Cheap knockoff third-party battery grips

[Peeb73 1]

Ill-fitting, unreliable, fragile, poorly constructed and designed, yet 1/10 the cost of the OEM.

Spring for the 'real deal' or buy the cheapie and replace every now-and-again?

I'm stuck on the 29.99 special treadmill.

 

[480sparky41 40]

I used to be a knock-off fan, but no more. After two cheapie failures, I am strictly and OEM man.

 

[tirediron]

Memory cards and power (batteries/grips) are two areas where I would NEVER go third-party. Granted, most of the time they will work just fine, or at worst simple fail quietly, but you don't have to look to far to find a LOT of horror stories about after market batteries and power causing major problems. Aside from the potential for these items to ruin a shoot, there is also potential for serious camera damage, which will NOT be covered by your warranty!

 

[greybeard35 7]

I bought a Vello ($75.00) for my D750. It works fine with the Nikon Lith-ion batteries but does not work with the AA setup. It sits in the cabinet and rarely gets used because it just feels cheap. If I had it to do over again, I'd bite the bullet and buy the OEM.

 

[nerwin]

I'd go OEM, yes more expensive, but at least you have a peace of mind and don't have to worry about a chance that your camera's electronics will fry.

 

[JustJazzie]

Ill-fitting, unreliable, fragile, poorly constructed and designed, yet 1/10 the cost of the OEM.

Spring for the 'real deal' or buy the cheapie and replace every now-and-again?

I'm stuck on the 29.99 special treadmill.

If you don't like running, step off the treadmill. It's that easy.

 

[Overread17 5]

Memory cards and power (batteries/grips) are two areas where I would NEVER go third-party.

But all memory card brands ARE 3rd party - unless Nikon is branding their own?

But yes in general if you go outside of the own-brand items you want to make agood choice and research the options. There's some 3rd party items which are safe and good; some which can be better or at least offer more features whilst others are rubbish and some dangerous to the item.

Research the options and find out what is reliable or generally favourably reviewed. You can also buy 3rd party from reputable retailers which helps ensure that its a reliable source (ergo authentic)

 

[nerwin]

Memory cards and power (batteries/grips) are two areas where I would NEVER go third-party.

But all memory card brands ARE 3rd party - unless Nikon is branding their own?

But yes in general if you go outside of the own-brand items you want to make agood choice and research the options. There's some 3rd party items which are safe and good; some which can be better or at least offer more features whilst others are rubbish and some dangerous to the item.

Research the options and find out what is reliable or generally favourably reviewed. You can also buy 3rd party from reputable retailers which helps ensure that its a reliable source (ergo authentic)

I'm going to say he probably meant brands like SanDisk, Lexar and not some no name brand memory cards.

 

[tirediron]

Memory cards and power (batteries/grips) are two areas where I would NEVER go third-party.

But all memory card brands ARE 3rd party - unless Nikon is branding their own?

But yes in general if you go outside of the own-brand items you want to make agood choice and research the options. There's some 3rd party items which are safe and good; some which can be better or at least offer more features whilst others are rubbish and some dangerous to the item.

Research the options and find out what is reliable or generally favourably reviewed. You can also buy 3rd party from reputable retailers which helps ensure that its a reliable source (ergo authentic)

Okay smart-donkey! For memory cards, I meant the first-party brands, such as Lexar, SanDisk, etc.

 

[table1349]

Cheap Knockoff third party grips are like cheap knockoff third party Viagra. The may look the same but the results will disappoint when needed.

 

[480sparky41 40]

........... worry about a chance that your camera's electronics will fry.

Is there any empirical proof that this has actually happened?

 

[Braineack]

what buy knockoff again and again and again.

 

[astroNikon]

After buying OEM for my D7000 & D600,
I bought Adorama's grip for my D750.

It was draining my OEM batteries like no tomorrow,
and it virtually killed one of them.
The one OEM battery that was nearly killed is still working though at power level 3. When I put it in the Adorama grip it just moved from 0 to 1. Then went right to 3 and drained like crazy all the time.
I replaced it with an OEM grip and have not had a problem and the battery is still at 3.

My D500 has the OEM grip too.

I should mention that my Sigma 150-500 lens also drained the battery. Yes the camera was off .. but the light would blink from time to time. The lens drained the battery. Lens off, no problem. Lens on, drains battery even with camera off.

 

[table1349]

........... worry about a chance that your camera's electronics will fry.

Is there any empirical proof that this has actually happened?

Yes there is. I took my old 30 D with a battery grip that had dead batteries. I got 20 feet of 10 gage wire and wired one end into the battery grip and the other end I put on a 220 plug. I took it out into the shop and plugged it into the 220 outlet for my table saw and switched the camera on. Looked pretty much like this.

 

[nerwin]

........... worry about a chance that your camera's electronics will fry.

Is there any empirical proof that this has actually happened?

If I can find it again, but on another forum I belonged to years ago someone bought a cheap grip for a D7000 I think and it literately fried it. The connection point for the grip was melted lol.