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W 126 battery questions

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GMacF Contributing Member • Posts: 999
Re: W 126 battery questions

21William wrote:

GMacF wrote:

I’ve had different third party batteries with varying degrees of success but credit where it’s due I picked up some Duracell batteries around 18 months ago and as far as I can tell they have been every bit as good as the OEM ones, which is a first for me.

Glad you’ve been lucky but someone on here a little while ago complained about how bad their Duracell W126 was. It was pointed out they’re apparently not made by Duracell. It’s also a lower mAh rating than the OEM battery.

I was looking at this the other day and none of them apart from the OEM seem to be available in the UK? What compatibles are folks using over here?

https://ultralightphotography.net/gear/fuji-cameras/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-np-w126-batteries/

I guess that could well be a case of the batteries I have being made in one of the better factories that week!

It's not all roses I should point out. I also picked up a couple of Hahnel HL-W235 batteries for my X-T4 that were on sale at a reputable high street store in the UK and they have turned out to be quite poor. I'd say they last around 50-60% of the time as the OEM Fuji battery. The Hahnel batteries are one of the few that are stocked at most camera stores and they come highly recommended but that's how it is.

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