Portable USB charger for Nikon EN-EL15 batteries

Started by chrome, July 12, 2023, 03:11:25 PM

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Looking for a portable charging solution for Nikon EN-EL15 batteries.
This DigiTek USB charger is the only one I've found but comes with Digitek branded batteries. This looks to be USB type-b unfortunately but there's no alternative I could find. I do actually a few spares as well but would like to know if these are reliable.

https://www.digitek.net.in/products/digitek-duc-010-enel-15#container-fluidnew
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Ficture47

https://www.amazon.in/Andoer-NP-F970-Channel-Digital-Battery/dp/B07KHZZCM5?th=1
This was available a few months ago at ~Rs. 2000. Looks like now it is being sold by an international seller. The price is exorbitantly high.

I am using a Nitecore UNK2, which I had a friend purchase and bring from the USA. It is robust and extremely portable. It is only slightly larger than the EN-EL 15 battery itself and the cable can be folded into the device itself.

I can see the Nitecore UNK1 on Amazon India website, but it has only 1 slot for EN-EL 15, and the price is on the higher side too.
Found the UNK2 on the below site, but I have never heard of this site. Not sure how reliable it is. They seem to have most Nitecore products.

https://lightorati.in/nitecore-unk2-nikon-usb-compact-travel-charger

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Thanks. Getting one from outside will not be possible anytime soon. Hoping to find something in India soon.
Shoot stuff I guess?

S_Pilaniya

Quote from: Ficture47 on July 13, 2023, 11:10:35 PM

Found the UNK2 on the below site, but I have never heard of this site. Not sure how reliable it is. They seem to have most Nitecore products.

https://lightorati.in/nitecore-unk2-nikon-usb-compact-travel-charger

Using the Nitecore UNK2 for more than 3 years now. Works very well. Got it mainly for my road trips but now I also use this as my daily charger.

I got it from Lightorati only. Here's the contact number of Vamsi(owner) 90300 27300
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Ficture47

QuoteUsing the Nitecore UNK2 for more than 3 years now. Works very well. Got it mainly for my road trips but now I also use this as my daily charger.

I got it from Lightorati only. Here's the contact number of Vamsi(owner) 90300 27300

Cool! Thank you. Going to travel to Hyderabad this month end. Have some Nitecore products in mind. Gonna visit and try hands on.

Bharat Varma

I have a Nitecore dual charger for another camera battery and it feels very well built and seems to work quite well.
Looking for a Rokinon/Samyang 135 F/2 Lens in excellent condition.

Also looking for a few Canon NB-10L Batteries.

Parampreet Dhatt

On a slightly unrelated note, Smallrig has recently introduced Sony NP-FZ100, Canon LP-E6NH & Fujifilm NP-W235 compatible batteries with USB-C ports on the batteries itself, allowing them to be recharged using mobile chargers and power banks and eliminating the need of carrying dedicated battery chargers while travelling. These are currently available in the USA and will hopefully become available in India in the coming few months.
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Quote from: Parampreet Dhatt on July 20, 2023, 11:20:29 PM
On a slightly unrelated note, Smallrig has recently introduced Sony NP-FZ100, Canon LP-E6NH & Fujifilm NP-W235 compatible batteries with USB-C ports on the batteries itself, allowing them to be recharged using mobile chargers and power banks and eliminating the need of carrying dedicated battery chargers while travelling. These are currently available in the USA and will hopefully become available in India in the coming few months.

No mention of EN-EL15 battery from them.

Coming back to the threads main objective, found this battery charger from SmallRig. Looks promising but out of stock  :-\
https://www.thereliablestore.com/smallrig-en-el15-camera-battery-charger/pid=8864
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Parampreet Dhatt

Quote from: chrome on July 22, 2023, 06:50:16 PM
Quote from: Parampreet Dhatt on July 20, 2023, 11:20:29 PM
On a slightly unrelated note, Smallrig has recently introduced Sony NP-FZ100, Canon LP-E6NH & Fujifilm NP-W235 compatible batteries with USB-C ports on the batteries itself, allowing them to be recharged using mobile chargers and power banks and eliminating the need of carrying dedicated battery chargers while travelling. These are currently available in the USA and will hopefully become available in India in the coming few months.

No mention of EN-EL15 battery from them.

Coming back to the threads main objective, found this battery charger from SmallRig. Looks promising but out of stock  :-\
https://www.thereliablestore.com/smallrig-en-el15-camera-battery-charger/pid=8864

Just an update - Smallrig has also introduced a Nikon EN-EL15 compatible battery with the USB-C port.

https://www.smallrig.com/smallrig-EN-EL15c-USB-C-Rechargeable-Camera-Battery-4332.html

I've recently brought one each for Fuji & Sony through a relative coming from US and they are working perfectly as advertised.

Hopefully Smallrig will make them available for sale in India soon.
Nikon Z8 | Nikon FE2 | Nikon F100 | Tamron 28-75mm F2.8 G2 | Nikon Z 28mm F2.8 | Nikon Z 35mm F1.4 | Nikon Z 50mm F1.8 S | Nikon 50mm F1.4 AI-S | Sigma 50-100mm F1.8 DC | Nikon 105mm F2.5 AI | Sigma 135mm F1.8 Art | Nikon 500mm F5.6E PF ED VR | Nikon 1.4x TC-III
Fujifilm X-H2S | Fujifilm X-T5 | Sigma 10-18mm F2.8 DC DN | Fujifilm 18mm F1.4 LM WR | Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN | Fujifilm 23mm F1.4 LM WR | Fujifilm 23mm F2 WR | Viltrox 27mm F1.2 PRO | Fujifilm 33mm F1.4 LM WR | Fujifilm 35mm F2 WR | Fujifilm 56mm F1.2 WR | Fujifilm 70-300mm F4-5.6 LM WR OIS
Ricoh GR III | Sony RX100V | Olympus mju-II

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Update: Bought a KnF USB charger. It has both type-c & b ports. Working as intended; shame it has no battery percentage reading!
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