Reading mode: Light Dark

Black Diamond Battery - Lousy Quality

Go to last post
J

J Thompson

Veteran Member
Messages
1,003
Reaction score
0
Location
Anaheim, Calif, USA, US
I just received my BD Battery for the 1DM2. After charging it the first time, I gently pulled the charge cable from it's socket and guess what? The female receiver that is built into the new battery pulled out along with the mail cable (the cable attached to the charger). The female receiver is stuck copulated to the male pin. The consolation is that the male coupler will plug into the new battery, meaning, the female receiver plugs into the hole it pulled out of.

The little switch thingy that you turn when installing/removing the battery from the camera flops up and down when in the camera body.

Aside from this, the battery did provide me 1,400 and still shows full.

I will be returning it to the vendor for an exchange. It seems I've read more then a few complaints about this 3rd party battery here and on other sites.

When is this company going to finally get it right?!?

JT

--
To over-expose is human...
 
J Thompson said:
I just received my BD Battery for the 1DM2. After charging it the
first time, I gently pulled the charge cable from it's socket and
guess what? The female receiver that is built into the new battery
pulled out along with the mail cable (the cable attached to the
charger). The female receiver is stuck copulated to the male pin.
The consolation is that the male coupler will plug into the new
battery, meaning, the female receiver plugs into the hole it pulled
out of.

The little switch thingy that you turn when installing/removing the
battery from the camera flops up and down when in the camera body.

Aside from this, the battery did provide me 1,400 and still shows
full.

I will be returning it to the vendor for an exchange. It seems
I've read more then a few complaints about this 3rd party battery
here and on other sites.

When is this company going to finally get it right?!?
Click to expand...
Is this the supposedly all new version that fixes all the faults as shown on the mydigitaldiscount site?
 
J Thompson said:
I just received my BD Battery for the 1DM2. After charging it the
first time, I gently pulled the charge cable from it's socket and
guess what? The female receiver that is built into the new battery
pulled out along with the mail cable (the cable attached to the
charger). The female receiver is stuck copulated to the male pin.
The consolation is that the male coupler will plug into the new
battery, meaning, the female receiver plugs into the hole it pulled
out of.

The little switch thingy that you turn when installing/removing the
battery from the camera flops up and down when in the camera body.

Aside from this, the battery did provide me 1,400 and still shows
full.

I will be returning it to the vendor for an exchange. It seems
I've read more then a few complaints about this 3rd party battery
here and on other sites.

When is this company going to finally get it right?!?

JT

--
To over-expose is human...
Click to expand...
 
If you have the budget to buy a 1dMKII why are you poncing around with a silly battery for?
 
My sentiments exactly.

Spending thousands on the best camera bodies and then putting cheap batteries in them, well some people ask for all they get.

Colin.
riddell said:
If you have the budget to buy a 1dMKII why are you poncing around
with a silly battery for?
Click to expand...
 
J Thompson said:
I just received my BD Battery for the 1DM2. After charging it the
first time, I gently pulled the charge cable from it's socket and
guess what? The female receiver that is built into the new battery
pulled out along with the mail cable (the cable attached to the
charger). The female receiver is stuck copulated to the male pin.
The consolation is that the male coupler will plug into the new
battery, meaning, the female receiver plugs into the hole it pulled
out of.

The little switch thingy that you turn when installing/removing the
battery from the camera flops up and down when in the camera body.

Aside from this, the battery did provide me 1,400 and still shows
full.

I will be returning it to the vendor for an exchange. It seems
I've read more then a few complaints about this 3rd party battery
here and on other sites.

When is this company going to finally get it right?!?

JT

--
To over-expose is human...
Click to expand...
--
Jason
 
riddell said:
If you have the budget to buy a 1dMKII why are you poncing around
with a silly battery for?
Click to expand...
Well, first because the original Canon NP-E3 is very hard to get (out of stock) over here in Europe. And it costs $175.

The Black Daimond has 2200mA instead of 1650mA and was shipped in a few days from New York for just $29,99. So it was worth a test. Best of all, it works perfectly.

Regards,
Hans

http://www.wildpicture.com
 
..and I am not impressed at all :-(
JT
thx1138 said:
J Thompson said:
I just received my BD Battery for the 1DM2. After charging it the
first time, I gently pulled the charge cable from it's socket and
guess what? The female receiver that is built into the new battery
pulled out along with the mail cable (the cable attached to the
charger). The female receiver is stuck copulated to the male pin.
The consolation is that the male coupler will plug into the new
battery, meaning, the female receiver plugs into the hole it pulled
out of.

The little switch thingy that you turn when installing/removing the
battery from the camera flops up and down when in the camera body.

Aside from this, the battery did provide me 1,400 and still shows
full.

I will be returning it to the vendor for an exchange. It seems
I've read more then a few complaints about this 3rd party battery
here and on other sites.

When is this company going to finally get it right?!?
Click to expand...
Is this the supposedly all new version that fixes all the faults as
shown on the mydigitaldiscount site?
Click to expand...
--
To over-expose is human...
 
You won't be very weathly if you camera fails on a job or before hand. What sort of a reputation is that going to give you?

I always use my camera without a 'silly' battery. I have some proper Canon ones to slide in there.

And is it me or are you currently not using your 'silly' battery because it has just broken on you?
J Thompson said:
JT
riddell said:
If you have the budget to buy a 1dMKII why are you poncing around
with a silly battery for?
Click to expand...
--
To over-expose is human...
Click to expand...
 
It does work, but it is irratating that the little latch flops around, and the female receiver of the male charge cable is not circumcised...I got it to work, to charge but the fact that I had to jerry rig it is irratating to me.

After 1,500 shots it still registers as full. All things aside, once in the camera it seems to last a long time.

Some responses here make it sound as thoiugh expecting reasonable performance from a cheap product is unreasonable. I don't understand that thinking. After all, it's just a batter, a simple design that is supposed to work with the 1DM2, so what is so unreasonable about expecting it to work?

JT
riddell said:
I always use my camera without a 'silly' battery. I have some
proper Canon ones to slide in there.

And is it me or are you currently not using your 'silly' battery
because it has just broken on you?
J Thompson said:
JT
riddell said:
If you have the budget to buy a 1dMKII why are you poncing around
with a silly battery for?
Click to expand...
--
To over-expose is human...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
--
To over-expose is human...
 
It seems the Diamond battery does in fact last a very long time (the charge). And if this continues to be the case, in other words, if this battery can except many charges and continue to last a very long time, then the flopping latch is a small price to pay, as well as having to jerry rig the plugging of the charging cable into the battery during charging.

For the $39 I paid I expected a better design, but having used the diamond, I find the cluggy work-arounds are not a high price to pay.

Still, it pi$$es me off.

JT
J Thompson said:
I just received my BD Battery for the 1DM2. After charging it the
first time, I gently pulled the charge cable from it's socket and
guess what? The female receiver that is built into the new battery
pulled out along with the mail cable (the cable attached to the
charger). The female receiver is stuck copulated to the male pin.
The consolation is that the male coupler will plug into the new
battery, meaning, the female receiver plugs into the hole it pulled
out of.

The little switch thingy that you turn when installing/removing the
battery from the camera flops up and down when in the camera body.

Aside from this, the battery did provide me 1,400 and still shows
full.

I will be returning it to the vendor for an exchange. It seems
I've read more then a few complaints about this 3rd party battery
here and on other sites.

When is this company going to finally get it right?!?

JT

--
To over-expose is human...
Click to expand...
--
To over-expose is human...
 
my first set from mdd had problems with charging/etc, my second set had carging problems too and bad latches, my third set had one bad latch but otherwise seemed ok - I put canon end caps on these and ater three full refreshes I am using them and they seem ok. I have used 1d and it sucks uice but if I had a new 1DII I would only use Canon batteries as the 1DII is not a power hungry beast. I am not recemmending the BD battery - just giving my experience with them. I have two canon batteries and alternate between the four - I've numbered them, 1 2,3,4 so that I use them evenly.
J Thompson said:
For the $39 I paid I expected a better design, but having used the
diamond, I find the cluggy work-arounds are not a high price to pay.

Still, it pi$$es me off.

JT
J Thompson said:
I just received my BD Battery for the 1DM2. After charging it the
first time, I gently pulled the charge cable from it's socket and
guess what? The female receiver that is built into the new battery
pulled out along with the mail cable (the cable attached to the
charger). The female receiver is stuck copulated to the male pin.
The consolation is that the male coupler will plug into the new
battery, meaning, the female receiver plugs into the hole it pulled
out of.

The little switch thingy that you turn when installing/removing the
battery from the camera flops up and down when in the camera body.

Aside from this, the battery did provide me 1,400 and still shows
full.

I will be returning it to the vendor for an exchange. It seems
I've read more then a few complaints about this 3rd party battery
here and on other sites.

When is this company going to finally get it right?!?

JT

--
To over-expose is human...
Click to expand...
--
To over-expose is human...
Click to expand...
--
--

Jim

For most a Canon 24-70Lf2.8 and Canon 70-200Lf2.8 is all that is needed.

http://www.jim-kelly.com/
 
I'll never understand why someone will pay $4000 plus for a top-of-the-line camera and then cheap out on the battery. A Canon battery is only $120-- About the same as a 1GB memory card.
 
Anither thing to contemplate.

I bet this cheapo battery will void the warranty with regard to the weather sealing of the camera.

You get water in the battery compartment and see what Canon's response is.

For $120 or so it is not worth it.

The Canon batteries are about $180 over here in the UK and still worth it.

Peace of mind is worth a great deal in a professional working environment.

I need to rely on my equipment.

Colin.
DD2.1 said:
I'll never understand why someone will pay $4000 plus for a
top-of-the-line camera and then cheap out on the battery. A Canon
battery is only $120-- About the same as a 1GB memory card.
Click to expand...
 
I would say most people simply resent being charged 4x what the thing is really worth. Would be the same for brakes on their car if the dealer wanted 4x what the autoparts store sells them for (well, they probably do). Or getting an "asprin" from the hospital pharmacy for $2 when a whole bottle costs that much.

The fact that the China plant can't seem to make decent copies is not an indicator that making them is particularly difficult or costly. Just like a photocopy is'nt quite as good as the original, these copies are less than perfect clones. They cut a couple corners, too, which didn't help.

They should have just skipped the expense of reverse-engineering the latch and bought a few truckloads from Canon. If they'd done that, these discussions would never have begun, and their product would likely have been about the same price.

The cost of the camera is not part of the equation at all. The electrons that Canon's batteries produce are no better, no safer, no more reliable than those from some one else's battery.
 
J Thompson said:
I just received my BD Battery for the 1DM2. After charging it the
first time, I gently pulled the charge cable from it's socket and
guess what? The female receiver that is built into the new battery
pulled out along with the mail cable (the cable attached to the
charger). The female receiver is stuck copulated to the male pin.
The consolation is that the male coupler will plug into the new
battery, meaning, the female receiver plugs into the hole it pulled
out of.

The little switch thingy that you turn when installing/removing the
battery from the camera flops up and down when in the camera body.

Aside from this, the battery did provide me 1,400 and still shows
full.

I will be returning it to the vendor for an exchange. It seems
I've read more then a few complaints about this 3rd party battery
here and on other sites.

When is this company going to finally get it right?!?

JT

--
To over-expose is human...
Click to expand...
--

max...i was using one of these batteries last week in my 1ds. the camera stopped working with blank data screens when position changes were made made. since new the battery has become slightly loose. on examination of the latch it is made of plastic unlike the metal of the canon battery. wear on the plastic had made electrical contact position sensitive.
i expect everyone will have this problem with repeated use of this item.
 
My first one was sent back, tight fit, second fit fine, latch will occassionally s"lip out of the slot", nothing that a piece of gaffers tape did not fix.
Battery gave over 500 shost with a lot of reviewing, large Jpeg EOS 1D.

The largert capacity makes a difference. More juice at 1/.3 cost works for me!!!!
J Thompson said:
I just received my BD Battery for the 1DM2. After charging it the
first time, I gently pulled the charge cable from it's socket and
guess what? The female receiver that is built into the new battery
pulled out along with the mail cable (the cable attached to the
charger). The female receiver is stuck copulated to the male pin.
The consolation is that the male coupler will plug into the new
battery, meaning, the female receiver plugs into the hole it pulled
out of.

The little switch thingy that you turn when installing/removing the
battery from the camera flops up and down when in the camera body.

Aside from this, the battery did provide me 1,400 and still shows
full.

I will be returning it to the vendor for an exchange. It seems
I've read more then a few complaints about this 3rd party battery
here and on other sites.

When is this company going to finally get it right?!?

JT

--
To over-expose is human...
Click to expand...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Keyboard shortcuts

f
Forum
m
My threads
Mobile site
About
Editorial content
Cameras & Lenses
Community
All content, design, and layout are Copyright © 1998–2025 Digital Photography Review All Rights Reserved.
Reproduction in whole or part in any form or medium without specific written permission is prohibited.
When you use DPReview links to buy products, the site may earn a commission.
©GPS Media - Guides, Products, Services.
Back
Top