You can save 20% off the well-reviewed SmallRig LP-E6NH battery for a limited time. They are now $31.99 (Reg $39.99).
SmallRig LP-E6NH
- For Select LP-E6NH Cameras
- Built-In USB-C Port
- Up to 3 Hours of Recording Time
- 2400mAh Capacity
SmallRig LP-E6NH $31.99 (Reg $39.99)
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Still shows as in stock when I look on Amazon. Same deal is also available at B&H, likewise in stock.
My charging system involves throwing used batteries on a Dolgin charger, which can charge four at a time. I then throw the charged batteries into the stack of other charged ones, ordered so I'm using the one charged least recently. This forces them to be cycled consistently. I have 11 in active rotation, 2 of them being SmallRig. I notice that when I take a couple batteries from the stack, if one is SmallRig and the other Canon, when I look at the battery menu screen, it shows the SmallRig around 100 percent and the Canon one in the low or mid-90s.
One thing I'd like to test out is whether the R5 lowers shutter frames per second once these batteries get below 80 percent power, as the R5 does with the other third party batteries.
I love the USB-C charging port, but I find I don't actually use it. Might bring them especially when traveling, though, as it would be handy to not bring my charger with me and exploit that USB port. I just know that someday it'll save my bacon.
The recharge performance of the Canon LP-E6NH and OEM spare that I got with my R7 has dropped to two bars. Once they're gone (probably by the end of this year), I'm going to go with just a couple of these.
Another thing I've heard you need to be careful about is that such a deep discharge could cause one of the individual cells inside the battery to reverse its polarity, damaging it or an adjacent cell. But this may also be old advice, from a time before batteries contained lots of electronics to optimize their performance and lifetime. YMMV.
You all may recall that Canon batteries typically go to the lower fps only after they've been run down to 60 percent full. The other third parties were able to keep the 12 fps for only until they got below between 70 and 80 percent. If you really want to dive into all that trivia, you can read the article on batteries from three years ago...
Powering the EOS R5: Review of the LP-e6NH & Other Options - Camnostic
These SmallRig ones, again, proved to be just like the Canon Batteries, making it to somewhere between 60 and 50 percent charged before going down to 9 fps. The imprecision there was because I let them go down too long before I tried them again.
I've only tested two in this fashion. Now have four to try out, so I'll add to this if I see anything different from the others.
The upshot: I think these batteries are slightly better than Canon's OEM ones. Add the USB port and the fact they cost half as much, these are the ones I'll buy next.