Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob, I had the same experience of the cheaper version obtained from Honk Kong doesn't take a charge. I contacted the seller and he is sending me another one. Hopefully the new one will work as expected. Richard Clompus On Aug 12, 2007, at 2:25 PM, Robert D. Baron wrote: > After initially buying just one extra Leica-branded battery for my > M8, a couple of months ago I decided to order four extra third- > party batteries (substantially cheaper) from a Hong Kong seller on > eBay who a few other LUGers had said they had success with. I now > find three of the four will no longer take a full charge. > > Specifically, I put them in the Leica charger and they seem to be > charging fully, but when I put them in the camera two of them just > show one bar (out of three bars) and another just shows two (the > fourth one shows all three, or full). > > I have not been using the batteries very often and I can understand > if they would run down after a period of non-use, but I'm disturbed > they won't now seem to take a full charge at all. > > The price ($20 versus around $100) was pretty attractive, but the > product may turn out to be worth what I paid for it. > > Has anyone else had this sort of experience? > > --Bob > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information