PHOTOOLEX BB Series Camera Battery Pro

so far so good. at first it's not charging if you plug it in. what I did is , I installed it to my camera run it for a few minutes than removed it the try to charge it again. And it started charging. it's like you have to wake up the battery first from hibernation So far all the batteries are doing that. you have to wake them up first

I received the order for 2 batteries for Sony NP-FZ100. One of the batteries is not showing up the charged progress. The screen display is DEAD. Pressed the button showed nothing even after charging the battery.

Inserted into my Sony A7RV camera and turned it on. My camera didn't show any warning about the 3rd party battery. Which is a good sign!

Great product but courier is very slow

bit on the heavy side but works as it should

NOTE: before reading this review, please understand I am a camera ENTHUSIAST and professional photographer, I own about eight of these batteries, and my experience with this brand has been top notch, if I have questions their support team replies almost instantly on WhatsApp, and their products have STUNNING quality. I love and support this brand, you won't be disappointed by their batteries, chargers or the new QC100 Lite which is extremely bright and has a battery handle.

When you shoot professionally across multiple camera systems, battery reliability isn't a preference, it's a requirement. A dead or swollen battery on a paid shoot is a problem you can't afford. That's why I was careful about which third party batteries I was willing to trust, and after running Photoolex BB Pro batteries across my Nikon D810, Canon R5 Mark I, and Sony A1 II, I can say without hesitation that these earned that trust.

Runtime is right there with the name brands. I went in expecting a noticeable drop off compared to Nikon, Canon, and Sony's official batteries and it never came. Shoot after shoot, system after system, the BB Pro batteries keep up.
The longer I've used them the more I've come to appreciate what they don't do. They don't swell. Battery swelling is one of the more serious risks with cheaper off brand batteries and I've never seen it on a single BB Pro cell. They also don't self discharge. I've pulled BB Pro batteries out of my bag after weeks of sitting unused and found them holding charge right where I left them. That's not something you can say about every off brand option on the market.

I absolutely LOVE how this battery can be charged directly via USB-C, it is my favorite feature by far, although the little LCD screen is pretty hi-tech too.

I own all four battery types across all four camera systems and every single one has performed. For the price, there is genuinely no reason to pay name brand prices. Highly recommend.