Lenmar DLC4L Lithium-ion Digital Camera/Camcorder Battery Equivalent to the Canon NB-4L Battery

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 10 x 6 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007VPFI4
• Item model number: DLC-4L
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (162 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 20, 2006

Product Description

From the Manufacturer
Keep a spare battery on hand for your Canon SD300 or SD200 digital camera with this NB-4L equivalent Lithium-ion battery from Lenmar. It features 3.7 volts and 760 mAh of power and includes a 3-year warranty.

Product Description
NoMEM Lithium-Ion battery is the newest frontier in battery technology for power-hungry digital and high performance LCD type camcorders requiring a specially designed Lithium-Ion battery pack. It has the longest performance with no memory effect, highest quality Japanese made, original manufacturer approved protective circuit and it is 100% compatible with original equipment chargers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

134 of 134 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Identical to the Canon battery? , August 19, 2008

By	John P. Robertson "whatever" (Dallas TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I ordered one of these batteries as a backup to the Canon battery that came in the box with my Canon Powershot SD1100 IS, at the same time I ordered the camera.

Although the Canon battery, according to the writing on the shell, was made in Japan, and the Lenmar in China, they seem to be almost identical except for the tiniest variations in color of plastic and molding marks.

Both batteries are rated 3.7V and 760mAh. I put a digital multimeter on both batteries at full charge, and both read exactly 4.15V, which is about what would be expected.

There are batteries available with a higher mAh rating, but there's no iron-clad guarantee that they will hold a charge better, last longer, or even take more pictures on a charge, regardless of price. And even the best batteries will have a few duds in the batch, as a minority of these reviews reflect.

I could have done a test on how many pictures each will take on continuous shooting, but I will wait until both are "broken in" or conditioned... discharged and charged several more times. Then I will edit this review with the results.

I have discharged both batteries a couple of times while testing every feature of the camera, and I didn't note any problems or perceive any significant differences.

My camera should recycle the flash in about 3 seconds on a fresh battery. The Lenmar seems to be about 10% slower than the Canon, which amounts to a few tenths of a second. For one fourth the price, I can live with that.

For my Powershot, Canon advises not leaving the battery in the charger for more than 24 hours... as mentioned by another reviewer, it's not a good thing, regardless of protective circuitry in the charger or battery.

The battery will fully charge in 90 minutes, and there's no benefit in leaving it in the supplied charger after the green light goes on.

Tip; "Keep the battery terminals clean at all times. Dirty terminals may cause poor contact between the battery and camera. Polish the terminals with a soft cotton swab before charging or using the battery" (Canon manual).

So far, this battery seems like a good deal to me. I'll give it five stars, but only time will tell if the original battery is superior. I like it enough that I placed an order for another one today, along with another 4GB SDHC card.

I believe that you have to take a lot of pictures to end up with a few really good ones, especially with a compact camera, and I would rather carry several batteries than rely on a car charger... too slow.

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67 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As good as the branded version, November 13, 2006

By	Manish Laxmikant - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I bought this as well as other Lenmar batteries. I own the Lenmar equivalent of a Sony camcorder battery, two other different Canon camera equivalents, and now I'm getting the NB-4L and NB-5L as well from Lenmar.

I don't have a doubt about Lenmar. The batteries I bought three years ago are still performing flawlessly, and while Canon has caught up to them in capacity (yes, the Lenmar batteries used to have more capacity than the Canon branded ones) they are still high quality and charging with the cameras' OEM chargers without any problems. And they cost a third to half the cost of the Canon and Sony branded equivalents.

The Lenmar I got for my S400 Digital Elph actually outlasted the Canon battery, though I used them alternately and the Lenmar had more mAH than the Canon.

I've had more quality and warranty issues (though resolved) with Canon than I've had with Lenmar, so for me Lenmar deserves all five stars.

62 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works fine and much cheaper than Canon replacement, January 22, 2006

By	ericatdallas "ericatdallas" (Dallas, Texas USA) - See all my reviews

This works fine with my Canon SD-450. It's rated 760mAh just like the one provided with the camera. Given there is no difference, it definitely deserves a high score for being almost half the price.