Digital Concepts BP-2LHCL-C 1500 mAh Replacement Battery for Canon NB-2L/NB-2LH

I can not say anything positive about this battery except that it has not exploded. Yet.

It will charge up, work for a brief time with a 100% charge according to the camera meter, then quickly stop working 30 seconds after telling me the battery is low. Interestingly, if i take it out and put it back in, or shake my camera, I can *sometimes* get it to work (and the camera says its charged). The day after getting it, I made the huge mistake of forgetting it was in my camera...thinking the original was in place. As a result, it failed at a critical moment and I missed getting a good shot of my daughter's graduation. I hold myself responsible as I bought this piece of junk. I cant find the original packaging, and at this price its probably not worth the effort to send it back.

Probably used it 5 times in 4 months. Now it doesn't hold a charge. Waste of money. (Original Canon battery works great still.)

Purchased this battery as spare battery for my Canon G7. Mainly used original battery during all my trips / shots, and used this one just 4-5 times during last year (charged it about 10-15 time just to make sure there is emought power just in case OEM baterry is depleted). Noticed also that Digital Concepts BP-2LHCL-C 1500 mAh bettery can't hold power as the original Canon battery does even this one is "1500 mAh" as opposite to OEMs 800mAh.

So, just a week after first year I checked this Digital Concepts BP-2LHCL-C battery and found that it is completely dead! No power, you can't charge it, nothing. And it is no longer in warranty.

I need second battery because, you know, every moment is unique, If I can, I would like to capture this moment before its gone. That's why I will never purchase cheap "replacement" battery for my cameras and camcorders. I'm going to buy original Japan-made Canon battery at Amazon. Yes, I know, it cost 3 times more, but I know it will work for years and I can rely on it.

Do yourself a favour and purchase OEM battery.

This battery lasts much longer than the original battery that came with the camera ever did. It did state a 1500 MAH but it is actually 1300 MAH as stated on the side of the battery.

They charge fairly quickly and as stated above they last much longer. As usual cold affects them somewhat, they don't last as long in cold weather but with two of them charged I don't worry about charging for a week and that is taking a lot of pictures each day in that week.

The battery is great. Works well with reasonable charge capacity. Both my camera and myself satisfy with it.

But the order came in with a wrong one at first. This one is 1500 MAh, but they have another one of 1000MAh. They looks very close except the label of capacity on the paper and on battery label. Guess what, these two models have the same UPC number on their barcodes. Be careful when you receive it. Look on the print first before opening the package.

I do hope Amazon inform the manufactor of such error and avoid the wrong shipments in future. This costs Amazon too.