Wasabi PowerDual Battery Charger for Nikon EN-EL18, EN-EL18a, EN-EL18b, EN-EL18c, EN-EL18d, MH-26, MH-33

I really like how this unit works. At first I thought it would charge both batteries at the same time but it charges the lowest one first and then the other one. It seems to be faster than the OEM one for some reason but I have not found any issues. Im happy I bought it.

If you are looking here then you have probably already been shocked to find what Nikon wants to charge for their OEM version of this charger. I have a D500 with a Nikon grip and I use the EL18 batteries in it. Nikon wants an exorbitant amount for those batteries so I use the DSTE brand that I find here at Amazon. They work just fine. I have. No problem with them not charging to 100% and they last all day long. I have never seen the “calibrate” function work and I don’t know if that is working as it should or perhaps it does not play well with my off brand batteries. However, since they charge completely and the camera is happy with them I really don’t feel I need to complain about a non-problem. Perhaps as the batteries age the calibrate light will illuminate in the battery status and then that function will work. Not a big deal considering how much I saved. Nikon wants so much for the charger and batteries that trying the alternative options first is the only sane choice. My opinion is that this charger I know works fine with the DSTE battery and I am happy with it. It may also be fine with the Wasabi battery but they were unavailable when I purchased.

Charges the battery I got, a Wasabi EN-EL-18d. Not super fast, takes at least couple hours to go from 60% to full. The LED's blink when charging, showing you approx where you are (nice), and then they go out completely when full, which is a little confusing. Would be nice to just have the LED's lit up that show 100% (not blinking) when fully charged.

This is one of those items where I wonder how Nikon justify the price they charge. This equivalent works just as well, just as fast and has the same calibration feature to optimize charging. Initially I thought the only drawback was that this unit charges the two batteries sequentially and not at the same time, but I found out since that the Nikon one is also sequential. So save money and grab this one, you can buy 8 of them for the price of one Nikon and I doubt the Nikon will last 8 times longer.

Absolutely top notch !! At approx. 1/7 the cost of the exact same charger from NIKON (at a completely ridiculous $356.00 !!) the $59.00 for this unit (again, exactly the same charger - inside and out) seems just too good to be true but, alas, it is true. At this price point 2-3 chargers would not be a bad idea. Charge times are fast and charges last for, literally, thousands of shots. Terrific job WASABI !!

I spent a LOT of money on my Nikon and Sony gear. And batteries and chargers are OUTRAGEOUS in price for value. Even the thousand dollar Samsung phones catch fire, so cheap batteries need to be avoided.THESE ARE NOT CHEAP. They are priced right. Value. I bought two for back ups, and use them all the time in all sorts of weather from Cold Alaska to Hot Arizona. Wasabi is quality and value. I will never buy a name brand battery again.They do all my gear from now on. Flawless and half the price.

For a long time, my theory on Nikon power was to buy Nikon brand batteries and Nikon brand grips for their reliability. I saved money by buying an off-brand charger. I figured if the charger blew up, the loss was a battery, not a camera/grip. I stand corrected. One of my 2 batteries maxed out at 91%, the other at a whopping 31% after about a year of charging on the Wasabi charger. This happens every time I drained/charged the batteries. I tried calibrating. Nothing. Could both Nikon batteries be bad/failing? Possibly. Well, I bought the genuine Nikon charger for the EN-EL18, calibrated both batteries, and they now read 100% consistently. Lesson learned. Buy the reliable name brand. I would've saved myself $60 in the end plus all the frustration of the half dead "fully charged" batteries in the field.

Increase in frames per second. Last a long time