Customer Rating: 
Summary: Average performance
Comment: I use this battery on a Coolpix 5700. I have had my Coolpix for about 2 years now and the performance of this battery has been a mixed bag for me. I have used my Coolpix to shoot weddings, nature, landscape and architecture. When I started out, the number of shots I used to get per charge was quite normal. However, within a couple of months of use, the number of shots/charge dropped down dramatically. I called Nikon support and they mentioned that this number does go down with time. True! But within 2 months, that's hard to believe! And for those wondering if I was just on a picture-taking frenzy, no, I was not! I believed that probably the performance of this particular unit was bad, and bought one more EN-EL1. I got the same result with the second EN-EL1. Now I use them interchangeably, charge one while I use the other one. However, I am quite displeased with the performance. And the charger that came with the Coolpix 5700 started malfunctioning about a year after I bought the camera. So I had to go in for a non-branded charger for this battery. Now, I am unsure if this had anything to do with the performance, simply because I was still using the Nikon charger before it went bad. Also the battery indicator on the LCD panel for the 5700 needs an upgrade. Nikon seems to have just 3 indications on the battery life. It will be nice to have a menu setting that will display (in %) the remaining life of the battery. The other disadvantage with the Coolpix models is the inability to add a battery pack, which can fit in 2 batteries. Nikon probably should start thinking about incorporating this in the higher end models of the Coolpix line (5700, 8700 models).
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Customer Rating:
Summary: It's better than the generics
Comment: I won't go with a no brand name battery again. Frankly, I don't think any battery holds a charge as long as it should. However, this one does ok but it's not generic either. Spend the money and get the real thing. Otherwise you'll spend the same amount in quantity of the other just to get the same amount of time.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Being prepared
Comment: Does the job just as advertised. Plus having an extra can sure be a day saver.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not a real Nikon
Comment: I bought this in August 2005, when the original battery that came with my Nikon Coolpix 880 (late 2000) started running down fast. On the page I ordered from, it appeared to be a genuine Nikon battery, however, when I received it, it was not. It was made in Taiwan, and does not have the Nikon brand name anywhere on the battery (or packaging, as I remember). This battery has never held a charge well. It's about as bad as the original battery is now, and I've only had it a few months. Maybe I just got a lemon--but I'd recommend you buy a genuine Nikon, if you can find one.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nikon EN-EL1 Rechargeable Battery order
Comment: Order received in good time - no problems.
Battery lifetimes are short - not as good as first
original from dealer, but twice as good as poorer
choice batteries from other suppliers.
Summary: Average performance
Comment: I use this battery on a Coolpix 5700. I have had my Coolpix for about 2 years now and the performance of this battery has been a mixed bag for me. I have used my Coolpix to shoot weddings, nature, landscape and architecture. When I started out, the number of shots I used to get per charge was quite normal. However, within a couple of months of use, the number of shots/charge dropped down dramatically. I called Nikon support and they mentioned that this number does go down with time. True! But within 2 months, that's hard to believe! And for those wondering if I was just on a picture-taking frenzy, no, I was not! I believed that probably the performance of this particular unit was bad, and bought one more EN-EL1. I got the same result with the second EN-EL1. Now I use them interchangeably, charge one while I use the other one. However, I am quite displeased with the performance. And the charger that came with the Coolpix 5700 started malfunctioning about a year after I bought the camera. So I had to go in for a non-branded charger for this battery. Now, I am unsure if this had anything to do with the performance, simply because I was still using the Nikon charger before it went bad. Also the battery indicator on the LCD panel for the 5700 needs an upgrade. Nikon seems to have just 3 indications on the battery life. It will be nice to have a menu setting that will display (in %) the remaining life of the battery. The other disadvantage with the Coolpix models is the inability to add a battery pack, which can fit in 2 batteries. Nikon probably should start thinking about incorporating this in the higher end models of the Coolpix line (5700, 8700 models).
Hope this review was useful! Thanks for reading!
Customer Rating:
Summary: It's better than the generics
Comment: I won't go with a no brand name battery again. Frankly, I don't think any battery holds a charge as long as it should. However, this one does ok but it's not generic either. Spend the money and get the real thing. Otherwise you'll spend the same amount in quantity of the other just to get the same amount of time.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Being prepared
Comment: Does the job just as advertised. Plus having an extra can sure be a day saver.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not a real Nikon
Comment: I bought this in August 2005, when the original battery that came with my Nikon Coolpix 880 (late 2000) started running down fast. On the page I ordered from, it appeared to be a genuine Nikon battery, however, when I received it, it was not. It was made in Taiwan, and does not have the Nikon brand name anywhere on the battery (or packaging, as I remember). This battery has never held a charge well. It's about as bad as the original battery is now, and I've only had it a few months. Maybe I just got a lemon--but I'd recommend you buy a genuine Nikon, if you can find one.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nikon EN-EL1 Rechargeable Battery order
Comment: Order received in good time - no problems.
Battery lifetimes are short - not as good as first
original from dealer, but twice as good as poorer
choice batteries from other suppliers.
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