Customer Reviews

Canon CB-5L Battery Charger for BP511-BP535 Series Batteries

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I bought this battery charger in addition to an extra battery for my Canon G3 Digital Camera. The reason being that Canon was really short-sighted in not shipping the camera with at least an external charger. With the price I paid, they could have at least done that!

It's a really good camera with 1 or 2 quirks that you get used to. Excellent quality photos.

But you can't use the camera while it is charging the battery.

After 2 years I finally gave in and bought this charger. Someone must have been suffering from a guilty conscience at Canon, cause it came with 5 different power cables, so I can plug into almost any power outlet in the World.

Just be careful to note the difference between the cables for the USA and Japan, because they are almost identical.

I purchased this charger 10 months ago to replace the original Canon G2 charger that never seemed to work when I needed it most.

Although I bought a backup battery, the original battery I thought could have been the problem has been holding a good charge since I have been using the CB-5L charger. I love it!

Only used it a couple of times. Far superior to the brand x charger I had previously. LED readout handy in determining when batter is fully charged.

I bought the Canon CB-5L after the cheap knockoff I got on ebay died a week after I got it. There's not much to say about the CB-5L. I started by putting a totally discharged Canon BP511 battery (with no so-called "memory" build-up) in it. A "red" indicator light came on which immediately turned steadily green. I removed and reseated the battery several times. Was the battery fully charged? Who knows! I left the battery to charge several hours just in case. Does the charger do its job? Well, yes. My problem is with the charge level indicator. There are three valued printed on the charger housing: 0, 50, 100. The indicator is supposed to be a nlinking light indicator that functions as time indicator of how much charging time is left. Doesn't work for me. Maybe my charger is defective.

The charging unit feels light and flimsy. Not comfortable calling it "high quality". That's my 2 cents on it.

I bought a third party charger to save money instead of buying this one. The third party charger died after about 3 months for no obvious reason. Then I bought this one. It works perfectly, I expect it will for the foreseeable future, I've never had a problem with official Canon merchandise. AND, it came with power cords compatible with just about every type of wall socket in existence (very convenient if you travel like I do). Don't waste your time and money on a third party piece of junk. Buy this charger instead.

I bought this as my son was travelling out of country and the reviews indicated that charger came with cables for all countries. Not the case! Only came with a cord for the US. Looking back at the product description, there is no indication of what cables come with the charger. If it used to come with many cables, Canon no longer includes them. On contacting Canon, they told me I could buy the other cables at an electronics store. Not what I expected. Worked fine for US, but didn't fit what I expected.

I had previously bought some super cheap knock-off Chinese chargers trying to save money thinking that the official Canon one wasn't worth the money. BOY was I wrong, the first one blew up on me with a loud and concerning POP and the second one just quit working.

So if you're considering a 3rd-party charger I'd say just stick with Canon and save yourself the trouble, it's worth it in the long run.

I like this product for several reasons: 1) The separate cord gives me options for plug in locations & make for easy storage. Chargers with the built-in prongs take up too much space on a power strip & it looks/feels awkward on a wall outlet. I can plug in the CB-5L anywhere I want & even use a different length cord. 2) Compact & simple design. I'm glad it's just brick shaped & doesn't look like a flower vase or something. 3) The LED charge indicator is easy to understand. Nevermind trying to figure it out by reading the instructions. Just plug in a battery & watch it for a while. Then you'll understand.

I read on different websites that this product comes with plugs for different countries. Mine came with a non-polarized US/Japan/Taiwan prong cord. I don't feel I need cords from other countries anyways because the prongs are bulky & look weird. If I do need to plug in at another country I'll just use an adapter.

Purchased the Canon CB-5L Battery Charger for my Canon EOS 10D, and when it came, it was defective - my battery did not fit into the slot. I wrote an email to Amazon, and they, in turn, passed it on to the vendor (MZ Photo in NY). Joe from MZ Photo answered immmediately and sent me a new charger after he heard what my problem was. Impressive....usually one has to prove beyond a doubt that they received something already damaged before a vendor sends a replacement. I would certainly buy from MZ Photo and/or Amazon again.

Initially i received a defective product, but customer service and turnaround of product was excellent. I received a working unit and am very satisfied with their service.