Wasabi Power Battery for Nikon EN-EL18, EN-EL18a, EN-EL18b, EN-EL18c and Nikon D4, D4S, D5, D6, D850 (with adapters/Grips)

I recently replaced my Nikon EN-EL18 battery with the Wasabi Power Battery, and it’s been a great choice! As an OEM replacement, it meets all my expectations. The battery allows me to achieve the full 9 fps shutter speed on my D850, which is fantastic for capturing fast action shots. It fits perfectly and provides reliable performance, just like the original battery. Highly recommended for anyone looking for a dependable and high-performing battery for their Nikon camera!

I have yet to try the new Nikon EN-EL18c batteries, but I can say this does work as good if not longer than the Nikon EN-EL18 and EN-EL18(a)(b)'s. If you're purchasing this for the D850 or D500 listen very carefully, you can get away with saving money on these batteries and the Wasabi charger, but don't buy third party battery grips or BL-5 battery door chambers. You need to buy the Nikon battery grip as the third parties are dangerous and can short your camera out, destroy your camera if they break wrong and void your warranty too. It's never worth it to cheap out on the grip or the $26 battery door chamber either, as the third party BL-5's are cheaply and poorly made with no or lacking weather sealing. I made the mistake of buying both in the past and will never again so please listen to me and spend the extra money. I know the Nikon grip's are expensive but they are worth every penny for their build quality, reliability, warranty, weather sealing and fit and finish. Same with the Nikon BL-5 battery door chamber it's made extremely well, fits great, locks well and is properly weather sealed. Now having said that there is absolutely NO reason not to buy or trust Wasabi EN-EL18 batteries or the MH-26 charger as both great and have for over two years. I already owned a Nikon MH-26a from my D4s and although it feels heavier and better made than the Wasabi, the Wasabi version works just as well except for one thing, calibration of older batteries does not work properly and I don't trust it. Nikon is crazy for charging over $300 for their charger and if I had not already had one I would never have bought one, I only bought a Wasabi so I would have two chargers for my 4 batteries! I used to shell out $160 for Nikon batteries and the old me would have never trusted a third party charger or battery, but a close friend sweared by Wasabi and I trusted him so I gave them a try two years ago and have never looked back. Just don't make the mistake of trying to save too much money and buy the Nikon grip and battery door!

provides more power for more shots than nikon brand. works as advertised

and when it doesn't switching on and off the camera works so far. Whats really disappointing is I just got it. If I were on paid shoots I would be furious cuz everything just shuts down.

Almost double th capacity of the original D500 battery...charges fast too!! Great investment!!

Got this and it was already charged up about 70%. Put it in the charger to get it to 100%. When I put it in camera it read 99% but I didn't worry about it.Shot about 20 pictures and it went down to about 89%. Didn't worry about that either, since I figure it takes a couple cycles to get the right reading. I let it sit about 10 days then took it to a wedding. Shot 290 pictures or so. After that, it has been sitting in camera for 2 weeks. So over three weeks, over 300 pix, and right now the battery is reading 68%As most of you probably know...the battery reading will never be linear... taking another 300 pix doesn't mean it will go down another 32%.So it has been good so far. And obviously if it fails within the first 6 mo or year, I'll be back to update that.This battery doesn't *click* into the charger the same way the Nikon batteries do. It just sort of slides into place and has a bit of wiggle, but as the charging lights show it charges just fine.Update:After the 2nd time charging this battery I took 95 pictures and then left the battery in the camera for 2 weeks. No particular reason...just didn't use the D4 in those two weeks... Checked the battery and it was at 80%. Not bad for $105 off the Nikon price. And I don't think you can get "the D4 battery" anymore--only the newer higher capacity battery that is compatible but came with the D4S.

I own a Nikon D850 and have one Nikon EN-EL 18c battery for it. I wanted a backup without spending over 3x the price of the Wasabi battery. First of all, the specs, look and feel of the Wasabi are virtually identical to the Nikon battery. It locks into the charger and the full charge reflected on the charger is confirmed by the charge indicator on the D850. The Wasabi produces 9FPS on the D850, just like the Nikon battery. It appears to hold its charge and produce as many shutter actuations between charges as the Nikon battery, however I have not done an objective test of this. Time will tell if it lasts as long as the Nikon battery, however at less than a third the price, I can replace it 3 times and still come out ahead. I highly doubt that will be necessary. By the way, Wasabi's charger works flawlessly for the Nikon battery and the Wasabi equivalent. Don't spend $350 for the Nikon charger.

(Update) At first I had no problems but now some . They don’t seem to last as long as they should compared to the amount of shots I’ve (read) genuine Nikon battery users get . But there can be variables. Mainly they will loose contact or fail to power the camera. I unlock the door cover pull out the battery and slam it back in and gain contact and it’s usually good to go . I also use the genuine Nikon battery door cover with this battery. So far awesome product. I need big battery life for my cameras on tripods . This is working perfectly and I’m going to purchase more . I hope in the long run they keep working good. By switching to this over the standard enel 15 battery in the grip. The d850 zings. Brought new life to this camera. It has a better hit rate on focusing than with the enel 15. Love