Rating: Summary: You get what you pay for Review: I bought two of these batteries in September 2004. One worked a month and went bad. The other one is still working so far (Nov 26, 2004 I think I'll go back to buying the Olympus battery even though it costs more.
Rating: Summary: Should have spent a little more on the Olympus original. Review: I was really debating whether to try this inexpensive battery out. I finally thought, how bad can it be? It's just a battery right? Well, I charged it up and put it in the camera and was able to get one or two shots off. Then the battery continually shuts the camera off. Like it is pulsing or something. I would turn the camera on, it would shut itself off... it was like the battery would run out of charge each time I turned it on. I put the original battery back in and everything works normal. Dumb move on my part to throw the packaging away before fully evaluating. If you want to take a chance, you might get a good one... but keep your packaging just in case!
Rating: Summary: Inexpensive Review: What is there to say? Delkin's product costs so much less than the Olympus-brand product that a consumer can purchase three or more Delkin batteries from Amazon (depending on price fluctuations) for the same cost as one Olympus BLM1 battery. Functionally, the Delkin battery seems to work just as well as the Olympus battery.
If you use a CompactFlash microdrive card with your camera, then purchasing a couple of these batteries may be a good idea.
