Don't Buy THIS Small Rig Battery For CANON Cameras 

It's hard to find creators who "step back" and goes "hmm, actually this wasn't that great". Thanks for the video, saved me from going cheap!

let's do the math, canon 80$ almost 2:30h of video shooting, smallrig 2x40$=80$ almost 4h of shooting. if it's the only problem "working time" with smallrig, and other problems don't appear during exploitation, I don't think the batteries are bad

Well, I would say, since it's almost half the price of the Canon battery, you basically come out the same (it's not like you paid the same or more as an OEM battery) IJS. But to each their own.

Thanks for being honest with us and giving the truth about your purchase and trial use. I wish more you tubers had the same ethical standards. Please continue to make more mistakes so that we may learn!!!

The USB-C option on the battery would be useful to use in older cameras that don't support direct charging via their usb port.

As long as they're safe to use in the camera, 80% of the charge for 30% of the price (that's exact on Amazon in the UK at time of writing) seems like it's hard to knock, misleading capacity numbers or not.

yes, my small rig battery is also running about the same compared to canon. canon batteries last a long time. I have one which came with canon 30d in 2007 and one in 5d mkiii in 2012 , still going strong. My after market BM battery's 5 years old and getting about 60% less shots than canon on my new R6 mkii.

I think the best solution for power is to use a cage and external PD batteries, that will definitely will last far more than the original battery, only the weight will be a little bit more.

8 to 9 houses a day... wow, tough! 👍

it's very rare to see a RU-vidr tell truth about gear and not be a sellout to sponsors. keep it up

I pick up a 3rd party battery for messing around. This way I can abuse it and leave it sit charged and not care about the degredation over time. I can deep cycle it, let it get hot, etc. Then I have oem batteries for anything I don't want to take a chance on.

Thanks for making this video. Looks like no third party batteries are better than the original one.

I stopped using batteries altogether. I use a dummy battery usb c powered using a 20,000mah power bank to power my R6 for all day use. Works great, and less overheating too.

If anyone can Canon can. All my 3rd party batteries are for emergency use and never had to use them in that scenario since OEM are so good

Yeah I can see that. I bought 2 of these and I love them strictly for on the go charging. When I travel I charge them with a power bank in my backpack and i love them for that. But I would never buy them thinking they are better than the canon ones.

Thank you. I was about to buy this product. But you just saved me😅 i will go for a canon one . Thanks again

Honestly speaking, the batteries with USBC still overrun cannon ones if they support 2A as input current value. For directly plugging in Cannon R6, the USBC input has to be 5V3A, requiring a power bank to support the voltage and current values. However, in my experiences the majority of power banks cannot support these values though they claim they can. Ones that do support these values are relatively expensive. As a sport filmmaker, third-party ones are still ideal options since the continuous shots do not need to be very long allowing me to change batteries when the operating one is dying. (Just some personal opinions)

do your camera get blank screen while photo shooting and can't press anything until you remove battery and put it back in? My R6 mark 2 got that problem. My friend said is because of battery but even original Canon Battery had that issues.

Anyone who has tried a third party LP-E6 in the past 10 years can tell you the mAh number on non-Canon batteries is never accurate. The SmallRig battery is less than half the price of the Canon LPE6NH in Australia, some people may find it useful to have two less power batteries for the price of one. The USB-C charging can also be useful for some people.

I was excited when I head about these batteries but the reviews were terrible. I’ve purchased BM Big Mike) LP E6NH batteries from Amazon for three years. I’ve used them in my R5 and marked the dates. They’ve performed the same as the Canon batteries and are still going strong three years later and are only $26. They act the same as the original as I shoot a lot of wildlife at high fps settings. Thanks for the follow up on these Small Rigs.

Batteries are a funny business. All you’re seeing is the outside and not the internals. These third party batteries have their place as backups (so long as they don’t cross a specific pricing threshold). I think powerbanks and other power supplies offer a better value. It’s too bad we can’t rig up Eneloops as reliable power supplies. Remember when Canon offered AA battery trays on their grips and then killed it? Nikon is even worse on the front of third party batteries as theyll go full IDF on camera internals.

It figures. When you add the charging in the battery there is less space for battery. The same would be true if Canon did the same unless using a different type of battery cell. Thar being said, Smallrig should state the proper power rating.

Thanks Jared for that clarification. I noticed you talked more about ease of recharging as opposed to actual field use in the initial video. Thanks.😊

Thanks for the update. Perhaps you should pull the old vid or post some new graphics on it stating the video vs stills performance difference

Maybe the battery had a problem.But face it you get what you pay for! I use off brand battery's and carry a few backups. But I save a ton of money! We use 5 Canon 1Dx cameras! You have pointed out how much you paid for off brand and cost of the Canon battery.. For the 1Dx the Canon battery is $169-189 each. Off brand is $29-49 So I can buy 6 to 9 for the cost of one Canon battery! Look I keep 2 backs up with me and yes I need to sometimes put it the back up battery in . But think of that! As having been in photography 50 plus years..A third party lens is never as good! Things like auto focus is slower or my of a problem with locking on the subject, maybe lack of sharpness of different F.stops and the lack of contrast. And how long the lens will last! I'm still using a few A.F. Canon lenses from the late 1990's and have taken millions of photos from them! I do thank you for your postings of videos but please cover the subject in all the matter!

Hmmm...80% of the power for half the price PLUS USB-C charging. Sounds like a pretty good deal to me.

Just a heads up. I have seen a number of people make this observation with 3rd party batteries in the past, and some of them have come back and said the battery life of the battery is better after they have used it for a number of weeks. I have no idea why that would be, but I have seen a number of people make this statement. I can't find any information about Lithium batteries getting better after a few charges or anything.

The problem is that different current draws give different total mAh counts depending on the cell design. Two different "1500mAh" cells may both give 1500mAh total when drained at 0.1amps, but when that is ramped up to a 1-2 amps, it may be only 900mAh for one and 1400mAh for the other. Camera batteries are unfortunately designed right at the edge of their drain/heat rates, which is great for high capacity in a small package, but then when you go beyond simple photo shooting it falls apart in performance. Comparing a Canon 1865mAh 7.2V battery vs a racing drone 1800mAh 7.4V Li-Po battery, the capacity is roughly the same, but the racing drone battery is rated for a higher current draw. Way higher. It could power 20 cameras concurrently and not break a sweat. I tested a EOS 550D on the battery current draw; It idles at about 0.15A(1-2W) and records video at 0.7A(5-6W). This is appropriate for those small canon batteries. On the other hand, my Blackmagic Pocket 4K draws easily 3A (20W) or more from those LP-E6N batteries, even when not shooting video. This is IMO 3x more than what is appropriate. The batteries totally overheat and shut down during operation. They can't work properly in cold. They don't work in sun. They don't last even remotely their full capacity compared to in a lower draining camera like a normal Canon DSLR. This is bad product design; it's canon LP-E6N compatible in size, but not in usage. To use the Canon batteries with my Pocket 4K, i have to swap between them every 5-10min so they can cool down and stabilize their resistance. So these Smallrig LP-E6NH batteries have even less current drain ability than an original canon battery, yes, but maybe in some cameras with lower current draw that's just fine. Given that even a Canon LP-E6N is under spec'ed for blackmagic Pocket, i think that's a consideration for any battery. It's still a good product, in the right application. Though the manufacturer should state this limitation. If you look at www.lygte-info.dk, the guy has a ton of tests of batteries that really shows the different total capacities at different current draws.

Good video, I am never convinced when it comes to third party batteries, they are never as good as the OEM battery. always stick to the manufactures battery. They can also damage your camera as well. be careful. Thanks for making a heads up video. I own 8 of the canon LPE6NH batteries. I will pay the $79 dollars from B&H. The USB charging got me excited as well. To good to be true. I cant trust Third party batteries. Try shooting with 40 FPS and it will probably fail on you.

I used wasabi brand batteries for a couple years in one of my Nikon cameras and authentic Nikon batteries in my other Nikon camera. When the weather temps get below freezing my Nikon camera with the wasabi brand batteries stops working after being out of my camera bag and in the below freezing temps for about 15 minutes while my Nikon camera using Nikon batteries keeps on taking photos with no problems.

I have the SmallRig LPE6NH battery WITHOUT the USBC port. It lasts just as long as a Canon battery. It comes with a charger that has USB-A and USBC port on it but it’s not a true Power Delivery usb-c, so it charges very slow. Still, it hasn’t let me down yet. I have no idea about the longevity tho. I’ve only had it for couple of months.

What is the big deal if the battery capacity turns out to be 20% less and the battery cost 1/2 the price ? That does not make it a bad purchase. If you value the convenience of the USB-C port directly on the battery that should be good. Sure capacity is less than advertised maybe but that is almost always the case with batteries unfortunately. I would not make a big deal about it. As a side note Canon made several versions of the LP-E6 and they have different capacities

Great 👍 to know that you retest the battery. Maybe for the sake of helping others maybe you could add a comment to your other video linking to this one.

I really had my hopes up for that battery for travel. This would have been a great solution for a problem that I found while researching African safaris. Many guide services only offer USB charging in your tent and this would have been a good solution. Thanks!

Just watched your initial review on it 😅 glad I saw this

usb c, 80% of the charge for half the price? I'd say that still worth it. You could buy two for the price of one cannon battery, and end up with essentially 160% of one canon battery. sure you may have to change batteries one time, but you have the flexibility and they're not large. but I do think they should be more careful with their advertising

So the batteries could actually be the claimed size (which I think they probably are) but the battery management circuitry could be much less efficient due to lower quality components (why they can make a profit with $39)

I bought the Neewer LP-6NH 3 battery plus charger pack. I'd rather do that once a year than fork out £300 every 2 years for OEM.

Usb circuit probably takes 20% of space in Smallrig battery. So it has smaller cells. And smaller capacity.

This battery was crap, I lost video footage because the battery died when there should have been 25% left. And I get only around 1000 pics with this, I get over 2000 with Canon's LP-E6NH

USB-C option in the Canon Battery would be nice. One than can charge them in the field with a powerbank. Tnx for this video.

Thank you for testing it. Now I know to stay with the Canon batteries. Even though I had some third party batteries from my 60D days 😅.

I use a brand called Jupio. They work just the same as the Canon batteries (charge in the Canon charger, charge in-camera and show the battery level on the camera). They seem to last 'at least as long' for photography, and in Australia at least, they're half the price of the Canon batteries.

When it comes to cages and video heads they make awesome stuff,

Thank you too much! Great review! If just 20% difference - not so bad result. Thanks again 😊🙏

Love that saying !

I have 4, two died completely in a couple of months.

What about cost per battery life?

Love it. Thanks for the info!

Thanks man❤🙏

I have a USB-C portable charger for my phone and thought this was a great idea. I got the Neewer version on Prime Day for $23. I've had pretty good success with their regular ones so I said why not. I was disappointed.

By the way, where are you located

I wish they had designed the USB charge port to fit onto the battery like a dummy battery then we we'd have something interesting.

If there is one thing to purchase OEM, it's the batteries!

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Good stuff. Thanks bro

Ya get what ya pay for. That’s why I stay away from cheap equipment.

Is your smallrig battery are 2000mAh too like the canon one ?

You get what you pay for. At least it has the usbc port

BRO If you know you made a bad video DELETE IT! I almost bought it.

Please take down your initial video. I almost bought it from that video, and then stumbled upon this one. I almost dismissed it as a "gotcha" video.. you know the negative title and key frame videos that re click bait... thankfully, I still clicked on it. I understand youtube algorithms etc.. but please remove the initial video.

20% less capacity, you say? Gosh it's almost as if a fifth of the Smallrig battery is taken up with USB charging circuitry instead of electrolyte.

I bought them due to your recommendation. Off I go to try to cancel.

Great experiment! 24.56% Increase btw.

so I assume if youre shooting 8 houses in a day, you must not be doing anything but go in shoot everything as is... regardless of what it looks like

Canon battery got 20% longer recording time than smallrig. You can see the test a little past the 3min marker of this video.

I stand corrected lol Hey you tried, right?

How dare you say that about small rig?😂. Small Rig POLICE on the way. You’re going to get trolled so bad.😂😂😂😂😂 I never buy third-party the only one that I ever did buy third-party batteries from is RAV power. They worked great for about a year, then lost their fizz.

so you should delete your video that recommends this product...I had ordered it based on your review....Thanks for nothing! Do your homework before recommending crap!!!!

Well this shows how Smallrig starts to implement chinese practices. Shame on them.

Thank. I’m thinking of buying that thank you. ❤️🙏🫡