hahnel batteries

[Ray99]

Anyone any experience with hahnel batteries? Considering getting the HLX-OX1 which is apparently equivalent to the BLX-1. Not had particularly good results with 3rd part batteries in the past but needs must.

[pdk42]

I gave up on 3rd party batteries some time ago - they never seem to have the same capacity as the originals and I've had a number of them swell up making it impossible to put into the camera. My vote would be to stick with the OEM ones and live with the price!

[Ray99]

It's not the price! The ones I'm looking at are on a par or only slightly cheaper. It's the blooming availability. I've finally managed to get a grip for my OM-1 but the OEM batteries are even more rare and doesn't look like they are going to be in stock any time soon.

[Crazy Dave]

After purchasing a Hahnel battery, I wouldn’t touch them with a barge pole.

David

[Ray99]

Any specific reason Dave? The issue I have is there is o real alternative at the moment.

[Crazy Dave]

Ray, it was dead on arrival and wouldn’t hold a charge. In fact totally useless.

Maybe the quality has improved since but I’m not inclined to find out.

Hope that you find something.

David

[Ray99]

Not good. If I get one it's going to be from a shop (probably LCE, Exeter or Taunton) in person so hopefully a fighting chance. In any case I'll get a BLX-1 when they eventually become available.

[Crazy Dave]

I’m sure that LCE will remedy any failure, I bought mine via Amazon.

Fingers crossed

David

[Ian]

Amazon won't quibble either.

[rsh1960]

Buy Newell BLX-1 battery - Campkins Cameras

[Bikie John]

I used Hahnels with the E-1, E-3 and E-5 interchangeably with the Oly originals. I had no problems with them, and didn't notice any differences in performance or capacity. Of course, that doesn't mean that the same still applies, but if I were going to try a 3rd party battery I would happily give the Hahnels a go.

John

[jima]

Hahnel are OK but typically a bit less capacity than the original (a bit model dependent). They are amongst the better of the clones in terms of cell quality and construction. Crazy Dave - all manufacturers can spit out a runt - I had an Olympus original which did exactly the same thing.

[Ray99]

Well I've bit the bullet and got one. Camera recognises it, which is always a good start. I'll stick it on charge overnight and see how it goes.