>Last year I bought a BLM-1 clone battery from CompUSA. I've
>used in in rotation with the OEM battery that came with the E-1.
>This battery consistantly gives me about 90% of the runtime of
>the OEM and does give identical voltage readings (with and
>without load).
>
>Just bought a second one a couple weeks ago.
>
>These are light-grey colored and go by the "DIGITAL Concepts"
>brand. BTW, I've had tremendous success with the "DIGITAL"
>rechargeable AA batteries at WalMart. The latest set of
>four(including the 20 minute charger) cost a mere pittance and
>have actually kept my flash going for entire weddings and
>events.
Look up this page:
http://t5r.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/e1/clonetests.htm
Last January, I have bought the Uniross VB104295 (highly rated in the test
above) from MDS batteries:
http://www.mdsbattery.com.fr
http://www.mdsbattery.co.uk
http://www.mdsbattery.com
Currently priced at $25.99:
http://www.mdsbattery.com/shop/productprofile.asp?Model=&ProductGroupID=1740&Brand=&DepartmentName=&DepartmentID=
The battery has worked flawlessly since January. I have not checked the voltage
nor the runtime precisely, but in current usage the battery seems to me to be
indistinguishable from the BLM-1.
Bernard
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