Wasabi Power Battery (2-Pack) and Charger for Ricoh DB-65 and Ricoh G700, G700SE, G600, GR, GR Digital, GR Digital II, GR Digital III, GR Digital IV, GX100, GX200, Caplio R3, R4, R5, R30

I'm paranoid about camera batteries. I always carry a couple of spares. When I bought my GRII, I intended to buy at least one spare Ricoh battery but neither Amazon nor B&H had them in stock at the time. I have had past experience with Wasabi batteries so I didn't hesitate to buy these. In addition, the Wasabi batteries come with a charger--something that is not included with the GRII.What's to say? These batteries work well. I have them in rotation with the original Ricoh battery and I cannot tell the difference in use. They fit my GRII perfectly. Mine have shown no tendency to swell. They seem to power the camera for about the same time in use as the OEM batteries. I keep a close watch on the amount of charge left in my batteries and I always recharge them before they are totally discharged. While I don't expect them to go through the same number of charge cycles as the Ricoh battery, they are a good economical substitute. When they finally die, I probably will replace them with another pair of Wasabis.As for the charger, it's a great little gadget. I own several of these chargers for different brands of cameras and they all have various branding printed on them--Wasabi, Vivitar, STK, Maximal Power, etc. They appear to all be made by the same manufacturer or, at least, made to the same specifications by various Chinese makers. They all work well and charge batteries efficiently. They make for excellent travel chargers since they dispense with the cord many companies still use. In some cases, they seem to be better built than the OEM battery chargers that came with the cameras. I have no complaints about the charger at all.

I've had these for YEARS now and they are still going strong. Just as good as the battery that came with my GRII. ZERO issues to report. Can't beat them for price. Highly recommend these batteries.

These batteries work extremely well in my first gen Ricoh GR Limited Edition. This camera sat for a couple of years and the original battery was beyond dead. I was happy to find these replacements at a good price and with a charger for home and the car. It’s fun to be able to use my GR once more.

This is an early review, meaning I haven't had a chance to put this product through its paces of a period of time, but I wanted to address an issue that I saw mentioned in a number of other reviews, which indicated that the battery was not quite the correct size and was difficult to remove. I have the Ricoh GR II, and I can tell you that these batteries are the exact same size as the DB-65 OEM battery that came with the camera, and they fit perfectly - they slide in and out without problem and have the same amount of wiggle room as the DB-65. Also, the charger works great. I received the camera on the same day as this charger, and the battery that came with the camera was completely depleted. According to the manual, it would have taken 5 hours to fully charge the battery using the supplied USB charger, but using the Wasabi charger it was charged in well under an hour. The quality also looks fine, and batteries are held in the charger with a satisfying click.I have nothing to report on the longevity of these batteries compared to the DB-65, but my first trip out I had a Wasabi battery in the camera and it seemed to last a long time. I'll update this review once I've put them through their paces.All in all, considering the Ricoh-branded equivalent of this product would have set me back around $160, I'd say this is a great deal.

I own a bunch of Wasabi batteries for different cameras and they work good. I photograph weddings so ill give them good use. After a year they eventually start to swell up and thats the cue to replace them. Not bad for the price. I will buy them again

Works with Sigma DP2 Merrill (and DP1, DP3) ..... BUT be careful !!!!If I charge one of these batteries full in this dedicated charger and then put it in the charger made for the Sigma dedicated battery, the Sigma charger thinks this battery needs more charging and keeps trying to charge it indefinitely.>> This ONLY occurs if the the Wasabi battery is fully charged in the Wasabi charger and THEN put into the Sigma charger.This means that the center contact is delivering different information form the Sigma battery's contact and these batteries may be overcharged by a Sigma charger.And being lithium, it's probably a good idea to pay attention to their temperature!This doesn't mean there is anything wrong with these batteries .... but since they are much cheaper than Sigma batteries they are likely to be used in Sigma cameras (I do) and there is a danger if the Sigma charger is used. Also, the charge status indicator on Sigma cameras may be inaccurate when used with these batteries but I haven't tested that yet.Update as of March 21, 2014, a year:Basically I regularly ignored my own advice on this. I just forget which battery and which charger I'm using or don't pay attention. I have found after realizing that I had mixed them up, that after a while (I think more than 10 hours) the Sigma charger seems to get the message and goes into maintenance mode. Maybe the Wasabi batteries have a slightly lower final voltage or they sneak up on it really slow or whatever, I don't know. But nothing blew up and the batteries all work fine.

Works as it should.

Charger didn't charge my original battery. It charged the included battery but that one did not fit in the camera. In fact, if you hold the original and theirs side by side it's not even a close match.