Trustworthy Olympus Battery Vendor?

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(First version deleted due to fat finger—sorry.)

Anyone have a third-party battery vendor they trust?

I’m looking for spare BLN-1 batteries for my OM-D E–M1 (Mark I.) Olympus is out of stock, probably permanently, and all the replacement batteries I can find online have at least a few bad reviews–mostly premature failures (in some cases non-functional batteries delivered), but a few “interferes with camera operation” problems.

Anyone have a vendor they trust?

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Wasabi works for me: Amazon.com : Wasabi Power Battery for Olympus BLN-1, BCN-1 (2-Pack) : Electronics

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I have used third party batteries in my D7100 since I first bought it and both the original and the 3rd party are still going strong. I have two Enegon batteries for my Canon R7. They came with a USB twin charger which I prefer over my Canon’s mains charger. They are performing very well. I have done over 1000 images in a single shoot with these batteries and didn’t need changing.

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Thanks. Energon doesn’t provide batteries for olympus, unfortunately.

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Thanks. I’ll probably give them a try.

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I usually go with Patona’s premium (green) or protect (gold) batteries.

Avoid unknown Chinese brands that may be suspiciously cheap; otherwise you should be OK. Depending on your location and accessibility, Patona, Jupio, Wasabi, Newell etc should be all right.

FWIW, I usually go to my trusty brick & mortar camera store for these things, they don’t sell crap and I am happy to pay the slight premium. FWIW, I just checked and for BLN-1 they carry Newell.

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+1 for Patona

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https://www.duracelldirect.co.uk/

I have found duracell reliable and use them for a number of camera backup batteries and charging devices

I tended to use an Olympus om1/2/4 , for about 25 years but that was the analogue camera; didn’t need to worry about equipment mind you it probably showed, some rangefinder and medium format dabbling

I haven’t used the digital ones but I am coming around to the APSC argument

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Thanks. Unfortunately, they don’t sell camera batteries in the USA. Good luck with your APS-C experiment.

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Thanks. I only have two “local” photography shops, and neither of them carry the battery I want. I’ve ordered direct from Wasabi Power; at least they offer a three-year warranty.

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