[Leica] M8 aftermarket battery - follow-up

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

To date I have bought approximately 40 batteries from third parties 
for cameras and such, both for myself and other members of my family.

I have had one that didn't last as well as it should have.

Most have been better than the originals in capacity and lifespan.

The M8 batteries I got were from a fellow in Hong Kong via ebay, 
'wqtallup', ebayseller1 at yahoo.com.hk.

At first (early 2007) the batteries were about $15 ea, later down to 
about $7 ea. I wouldn't consider buying OEM ones; even if the 
capacity of the third party ones were only 1/2 of the originals it 
just doesn't make sense to me. BTW, none of the M8 batteries I bought 
from him failed prematurely, while one of the 3 original Leica 
batteries I've had failed after about 5 charge cycles.

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