7.2 V 700Mah Rechargeable Battery

Purchased the DMW-BLC12 Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery (7.2V, 1200mAh) as a backup for my Leica Q. Works flawlessly and entirely likely that the two are identical except for the branding printed on item (the two companies have a close relationship with one another). Lasts equally as long as its Leica-branded counterpart, fits perfectly in the Leica charging unit and seems to have no downsides. And for the price compared to Leica's own model, it's a no-brainer.

These new V.3 pouches are even better than the V.2. The rain covers are designed much better!

Sometimes I even forget the I have to charge this battery. It's an Info-Lithium Battery with 6600mAh at 7.2V and it have a very long life!

I had no complaints with v.1 but I can notice a (very small) improvement in the finish of v.2. It’s now less rugged which makes the image a little less “blurry”

Great light but getting the rechargeable battery will make you use it so much more often.

This battery is everything I would expect out of a quality rechargeable battery.

Quality, well made and designed rechargeable battery.

I love the fact that the battery is rechargeable!

One of the Q&A’s says the Bescor BLS50AC dummy battery adapter kit is not compatible with the Olympus E-PL9.  I asked Bescor ( answers@bescor.com ) why the kit is compatible with the Olympus OM-D E-M5/M10, but not the Olympus Pen E PL9, since all three use the same Olympus BLS-50 battery.   The response was: “It will work. Your camera just needs to be added to our list.” The Bescor is 8V 3A. The Olympus battery is 7.2V 1175 mAh (1.175A).  I did some online research to see if a device built for 7.2V could operate at 8V.  One person describing himself as an engineer posted that 7.4V Lithium batteries actually span a 6V to 8.4v voltage range depending on state of charge of the battery.  Another “senior electrical engineer” said that because all devices are designed with some voltage tolerance value, a 7.4 volt device means 7.4 volt +/- 1 to 1.5 volts.  Still other posts indicated that you can use a 3A power adapter on a 1.5A device.  By logical extension, I figured (I don’t actually know) that since the PL9 uses a 7.2 volt battery, it is probably designed to also work at 8 volts, and is also okay running at 3A. Based on the response from Bescor and the Internet voltage and amperage responses, I decided to purchase the Bescor and use it with my PL9.  I haven’t seen any sign of overheating or other problems with this setup so far, but will update this review if that changes. I did not deduct points for the need to leave the battery compartment open because I knew that would be the case when I bought it.

Battery i ordered fit perfectly and it works better when its 7.2v not 7.4 volts. Same as factory battery.