Battery (2-Pack) & Charger for Olympus BLM-1, BLM-01, PS-BLM1, BLM-5, PS-BLM5 & Olympus C-5060, C-7070, C-8080, E-1, E-3, E-5, E-30, E-300, E-330, E-500, E-510, E-520

I'd been looking around for awhile for a backup battery for my camera. There's nothing worse than traveling to a remote location, finding a fantastic shot to take, and finding out that your battery died! Being a teacher with a limited budget, I never seemed willing to pay full price for the name brand. I came along these, and purchased them with a bit of trepidation, but they have been working flawlessly for months, and even came fully charged! Not only that, but everything is nice and compact, and fits in my smaller camera bag with no issues at all. I would highly recommend to anyone.

In July of 2011 I had to replace some Olympus E-500 batteries and charger that were misplaced. The Wasabi Power Battery and Rapid Charger Kit was an excellent price. The two batteries and the charger have worked flawlessly. As a rule, my camera is used every week and the batteries have been charged many times over the past 90 days. With and without flash the batteries have done a superior job. During a typical day of shooting I have not exhausted the batteries and the fact that the charger has a car adapter allows me to recharge as necessary between locations. The fold-up plug allows the charger to fit nicely in my small equipment bag. The original discription was excellent and I have had no disappointments.

I've got a boatload of old Olympus 4/3 cameras including four E-1s, two E-5s, an E-30, an E-500, and E-300 and a few others. The downside to that is that Olympus quit making factory batteries for those cameras a long time ago. I've tried a few brands of aftermarket batteries and the Wasabi ones seem to work the best. They have a good life in camera and hold a charge for a long while when not in use. Some others lose charge fairly quickly but that's not the case with the Wasabi version--at least not the individual batteries I've tried. I bought a bunch of these and have been very happy with them. I just hope they keep making them for a while so I can keep on using my cameras years down the road.

This battery charger is a great buy. It does an excellent job of charging the batteries for my Olympus 520 in home or in the car. I no longer have to worry about running out of power when I am on an extended shoot.I could not be happier.

Ordered this to get the batteries for my Olympus E-30. I have a similar charger for the Sony SLT A-55 batteries. The batteries are lasting as long as I expect the manufacturer batteries to last -- I've been shooting with the HLD-4 grip and two batteries for about a month, around 800-1000 shots, and the battery indicator is still showing full charge. The charger is actually more convenient than the Olympus charger, since you can simply plug the charger directly into the wall, and there's a car charging cord included -- you just remove the wall plug and replace it with the car charger cord and use your car battery to charge! I haven't used that bit yet, since I haven't yet had to recharge the batteries! I would highly recommend this kit for BLM-1 battery users.

Charger & two Lith batteries + car jack plug + direct connect to electric. Just charged 1 battery & green light came on faster than I expected. Haven't put in camera yet. Nice to pay less for 2 batteries & charger instead of buying the 1 Olympus battery. Thank you for offering this. DAJ

I purchased this BLM-1 kit based on experience with a Wasabi set up for Olympus EPL2. I only gave it 4 stars because I have not used it enough. But for the features it offers, it's a good alternative to pricey OEM products, especially for an older camera (Olympus E520).

Bought these for an Olympus OMD EM-1. My older batteries were due for an upgrade!