This must be proprietary because charging cables are so out of date, but only Canon seems to include a built in plug that folds nicely into the charger. No cables! I know this isn’t new, but since going from Leica to Canon again, I’m surprised Leica didn’t incorporate this design. Simple, easy design that could sway me to buy Canon just for the charger!
A lot of cameras don't even come with chargers now, which seems like a rip off. How am I supposed to charge a spare battery while using the camera?
The only thing that could make the Canon charger better would be if the folding prongs attached to a removable section for international travel. Just buy (assuming they wouldn't be $50/ea - lol) the prongs for the country(ies) you're headed to.
Canon's charger is okay for around the house but not so much for traveling. I can charge 4 batteries for less than half the weight of charging 1 battery with the canon charger:
I have a charger similar to yours Art but for some reason it charges to 99% each and every time. Won't go the full 100%. Weird. When I use the Canon charger or charge directly to the camera with both batteries in the grip on my R5MkII it's reliably 100% as well. Don't understand why this 3rd party charger much like yours with the 4 inputs, goes only to 99%
dcisive wrote:
I have a charger similar to yours Art but for some reason it charges to 99% each and every time. Won't go the full 100%. Weird. When I use the Canon charger or charge directly to the camera with both batteries in the grip on my R5MkII it's reliably 100% as well. Don't understand why this 3rd party charger much like yours with the 4 inputs, goes only to 99%
Not that there's any significant difference between 99% and 100%, but perhaps it's a communication issue. Like something in the Canon charger that tells the Canon battery "you're 100%".
if I load the 99% charged batteries into the grip in will indeed indicate only 99% not 100%. I'm OCD I guess but to me 100% means just that. Why would a 3rd party charger limit it to 99% and cut off?
artsupreme wrote:
Canon's charger is okay for around the house but not so much for traveling. I can charge 4 batteries for less than half the weight of charging 1 battery with the canon charger:
The only problem with that type of charger for Canon LPE6 style batteries is that it won't charge the newish LPEL battery for Canon's latest series of flashes. That battery has to be horizontally mounted for the contact pins to be engaged.
I'd really like to see Canon revise their chargers to also operate from power over USB-C. And make them smaller. When I travel now I typically bring a couple 140W GaN power supplies along with large USB power bricks, so would like to be able to plug Canon's chargers into those directly instead, especially for charging in the field. But for that I currently use Neewer dual-slot USB chargers that are smaller than the Canon charger, but larger than the ones in your link.
dcisive wrote:
if I load the 99% charged batteries into the grip in will indeed indicate only 99% not 100%. I'm OCD I guess but to me 100% means just that. Why would a 3rd party charger limit it to 99% and cut off?
Charge state is just voltage. What's a couple hundredths of a volt between friends?
johnld wrote:
This must be proprietary because charging cables are so out of date, but only Canon seems to include a built in plug that folds nicely into the charger. No cables! I know this isn’t new, but since going from Leica to Canon again, I’m surprised Leica didn’t incorporate this design. Simple, easy design that could sway me to buy Canon just for the charger!
Nikon has a removable C7 plug to Type A (Nema 1-15) for the US wall outlets. You can also buy various kinds of right angled C7 to Type A plugs that work with most chargers having a C8 inlet. For Sony I have an 8" C7 to Type A cable to fit into the desktop power strip I use in most countries. I only need one AC wall plug adapter per region and all 7 outlets are then NEMA 5-15. It is necessary to confirm that the power strip does not have MOVs or other components for 120V that don't like higher voltages.
johnld wrote:
This must be proprietary because charging cables are so out of date, but only Canon seems to include a built in plug that folds nicely into the charger. No cables! I know this isn’t new, but since going from Leica to Canon again, I’m surprised Leica didn’t incorporate this design. Simple, easy design that could sway me to buy Canon just for the charger!
