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The Pitfalls of Going Cheap on Replacement Batteries

Lost or damaged the battery to your fancy and costly new camcorder, digital camera or cordless phone? Be extremely wary when going online to find a replacement.

Many online providers - and there are MANY - offer unbelievable prices compared to factory original replacements. They are able to do so by offering non-branded or their own in-house brand of replacement camcorder batteries, digital camera batteries and cordless phone batteries. Their advertisements sound almost too good to be true, especially after being told by your local electronics store how much a factory original replacement will cost. But these online deals usually are too good to be true - for what you save in money, you will pay for in quality.

These providers make all the usual promises of quality and functionality, but at the end of the day, they are resellers and marketers, not hardware manufacturers. As such, their products tend to be on the low end of the quality scale as they look to increase profit margins.

This is accomplished by creating camcorder batteries, digital camera batteries and cordless phone batteries that look, feel and connect just like the factory originals. The thing is, however, that most such batteries today are lithium-ion batteries, which can be made using a variety of different chemical compounds.

But not all chemical compounds are created equal, and some, while being much cheaper to acquire, result in much diminished battery life, lower energy density and longer charging times. It is a chemistry that experts say must be treated with care and respect for optimal results. You want someone who not only really knows what they are doing, but who also actually cares about getting it right.

In other words, you get what you pay for when shopping at these outlets.

When it comes to camcorder batteries, digital camera batteries and cordless phone batteries, it is recommended to buy only branded products. That is not to say you have to buy the exact brand as your camcorder, digital camera or cordless phone. Doing that often costs up to 70 percent more. It is possible to buy a non-name brand product, but you do still want to make sure there is a brand behind the product.

There are many companies represented online that specialize in producing replacement camcorder batteries, digital camera batteries and cordless phone batteries, and their products often rival the quality of the factory original batteries.

These companies are somewhere between the original manufacturer and the peddlers of cheap wares described above.  In price, they are only slightly more expensive than the non-branded resellers, but in quality they tend toward the high end of the scale by focusing solely on producing top-notch camcorder batteries, digital camera batteries and cordless phone batteries.

So buying something other than the exact brand of your camcorder, digital camera or cordless phone is not the issue. You can go cheap, just be careful of the cheapest option. A good rule of thumb is that typically the most expensive of the cheap options is going to provide the best quality.

Even so, take some time to do a bit of online research and make sure the product you are purchasing comes from a reputable brand that specializes in producing replacement camcorder batteries, digital camera batteries and cordless phone batteries. There is nothing more frustrating than finally receiving your replacement battery only to find that it doesn't work or stops working after minimal use.

About the Author

GMK Batteries offer replacement camcorder batteries from Hahnel and Uniross. Whether it's a Sony, JVC, Samsung, Sharp, Panasonic or any other make, we can offer standard and extended cordless phone batteries with a cross reference of over 20,000 battery combinations, we also sell camera batteries.

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