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Review on Power Up Your Canon PowerShot G And SX Series With OAproda Fully Decoded NB-13L Battery And Dual USB Charger - 2 Pack Kit Included by Mike Pettigrew

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great value for extra batteries

I am using these in a Canon SX720. These batteries so far are a great buy, getting two comparable capacity batteries (and a charger) for the price of one OEM battery without a charger. Battery meter works properly, and the camera gives no error messages from these 3rd party batteries.OEM Canon Battery: 3.6V, 1250mAh, 4.5WhOAproda Battery: 3.7V, 1500mAh, 5.6WhSimilar to a 3rd party battery I had for an older camera, these seem to have higher capacity than the OEM but function similarly or slightly less. I tested these batteries vs the OEM with non-stop video recording at 1080p, 60fps. The results of each test, in MM:SS as follows:OEM: 97:23Oaproda Battery 1: 94:06Oaproda Battery 2: 85:00Charge Time (2 batteries, 2.1A charger): 2h 15m. This charge time is equal to the Canon AC wall charger for one battery, and about an hour slower than charging the battery in the camera through USB.--------------------Edit: Batteries worked great on a 19 day trip, but I had one in my back pocket which I accidentally sat on and broke with the grey tip separating from the battery body. On this trip we took tons of pictures and videos, and even on the heaviest days, we only used 2 of 3 batteries (Camera OEM + one of these). I did just notice that on the grey part on the remaining battery is also a tiny bit loose so that might be an issue in the future. It looks like I can still charge one battery with the dual charger. Also note, the USB cable that comes with this is a charge-only cable, so keep that in mind if that might be an issue for you.--------------------Edit 2: I have another trip coming up so I needed to replace the broken battery, and the other one that will be broken eventually, with a new set of these batteries. Unfortunately, you can't buy one Oaproda battery by itself, or two without a charger, so I bought the two battery set from this link (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06WLHDWG7/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1). Exact same batteries, cheaper charger I don't need, but with a slightly lower price so I could save a few bucks. I emailed Oaproda about this two-battery-only policy, they apologized for the inconvenience but they don't sell singles, and gave me a $10 Revain credit towards a new set.Here's an update to my previous review with charge times again at 1080p, 60fps. Charge times taken from the OEM battery that sat idle for 5 months with half-ish charge, depleted, charged to full, then depleted noting record times. Oproada batteries were depleted from new in box, charged full, then depleted noting recording times. Regarding the second battery, since my original testing yielded the same drop in battery life, it could be due to the camera being warm from constant recording.1080p, 60 fpsOEM: 93:28Oaproda 1: 91:32 (sat overnight, depleted in morning)Oaproda 2: 85:05 (sat overnight and through day, depleted at night)Charging times and methods are the same as the old batteries.

Pros
  • No problems. Nice it has standard USB socket.
Cons
  • The batteries cannot be recycled