Customer Reviews

Premium BP-511 BP-511A BP511 BP511A Lithium Ion Battery Pack for Select Canon Digital Cameras and Camcorders

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This battery was a great price. I thought so anyway until I tried to take a picture with my camera and it wouldn't turn on. I assumed I just forgot to recharge it. But no, one month and a few charges is all it lasted.

I got 2 battery for my EOS Rebel Canon Camera. The first day I use one it just Kill my CCD on my camera. I test the battery volt's and find out that this battery give you a little more that this camera will need, killing you CCD system. My camera is know for repair.

I purchased two of these, and I guess the old adage of "buyer beware" when faced with an unbelievable price is a lesson to learn again. The two BP-511's I ordered came promptly, but on first use in my video camera at an important marching band competition (for which we were representing the school as the official videographers) the battery dropped rapidly from full to half to quarter is 6 minutes, causing us to stop filming and losing precious minutes of the 10-minute performance.

Don't bother with these... they are certainly NOT 1800 mAh as advertised (and in fact, the batteries are almost half the weight of my original BP-512's, 1.5 oz vs. almost 3 oz, indicating a serious lack of battery material packed inside the normal size casing).

Have purchased several of these generic replacement batteries.
They are less expensive - but they do NOT seem to last as long as the original Canon battery packs.
Do your homework and look for the best ratings.
Caveat Emptor.

Haha, PREMIUM! Just junk! Don't buy these generics, you'll regret it. The original Canon battery lasted over four years and I was too cheap to buy another.
This knockoff lasted only about 6 months and around 3 charges before it died. Will no longer accept any charging. Off to the recycling center. This is the 2nd generic battery pack I've purchased for a digital camera that lasts under a year. No more generics, I'm sticking to the "overpriced" name-brands.

I bought a couple of these to use in my 40D and ended up sending the camera back to Canon to get the shutter replaced on 2 separate occasions. Within minutes of using this battery for the first time at a wedding, I was getting ERR99 on my LCD. Upon calling Canon, they had me send it back and replaced the shutter mechanism under warranty. I didn't suspect the batteries at that point, but about a month after getting it back, I popped in one of these batteries again and within minutes I was getting ERR99 again with the same shutter locking sound as before. At that point I made the connection that it was probably the batteries. Luckily it was still under warranty and Canon replaced the shutter mechanism again (thanks Canon!), and I haven't used these batteries since. Getting your shutter replaced out of warranty costs over $150, so please please spend the extra $40-50 and get the genuine Canon batteries. It's just not worth the risk, especially when you need your cameras to be reliable all the time.

I've run these through a couple of cycles now and they appear to hold up as well as the OEM battery did (in other words, quite well). It was painful to pay as much for the shipping as for the battery, but when taken as a whole, it was still a fantastic bargain.

Bought 2 of these and only had them for a short while but so far so good. They are holding charge very well and performing better than my OEM battery (although this is now quite old so not a great comparison)

Received and worked as advertised. Haven't used it for more than a few days, but camera seems to operate just fine with them. Batteries are marked as 1600 mAh.

Some battery resellers claim these batteries have over 1500mA capacity. Don't believe. The odds of it having over 1500mA is unlikely.

That being said, this batter works very well and I would recommend them. The charge lasted as long as my Canon brand battery and charged just as quickly.

Can't beat the price and delivery!