I have never bought an extra battery that was generic but I was contemplating getting one. Now I have never had my battery run out (I did a 8 hour shoot taking around 600-650 pictures no dead battery) but I was thinking to get one as a back up juuuust in case.

Anyone ever done this? Will it cause a problem or should I just spend the extra dollars and get the real deal.

 

i once bought a energizer battery for my digital rebel. It worked well for a while, but a couple months later it wouldn't hold more than about 10 minutes of juice. While my canon battery worked fine for another couple years.

A couple months ago I bought a battery at batteries plus. So far it has held up well. The savings over canon wasn't so great though. I will probably just go get the canon version next time around.

In my experience, mostly with rc cars. You get what you pay for.

 

I've always bought batteries from these guys http://www.sterlingtek.com/

The ones for my XT last atleast 2x's as long as the "canon" one I have

 

thanks for the link, great prices

 

I'll second sterlingtek...I've ordered 3 batteries for my XT from them (using 2 at a time, with the battery grip) and they rock.

I do, however, wish someone would test/review their flash cards. I'm reluctant to take the plunge on one...

 

same here