Canon RP RP battery

[border guy]

Has anyone found a decent third party battery for the RP ? I don't think canon batteries are that good tbh, I have third party batteries for my R62 and they last longer than the canon ones.

Cliff.

 

[MSH411]

I use Wasabi Power in my R50, they performed great and never gave me any problems.

 

[SwampGrizz]

I use Wasabi Power in my R50, they performed great and never gave me any problems.

MSH411,
I’m looking for a battery for my R50 as well, and I looked at Wasabi batteries, and the little info blurb in the description said something about them not showing how much juice was left in the battery gauge. Is that true? My take is that the camera doesn’t recognize the battery and will not report how much juice is left. Correct?

Edit
I just looked again and the blurb said the batteries were not “decoded”, whatever that means, and that you have to use the charger that came with them. I am making the assumption that the camera will let you know the battery status/remaining juice.

 

[flowrider]

Cliff

You may want to study this thread:

Thread 'LP-E6 Battery Performance: Canon vs. Third-Party Deep Dive (Wh & Resistance Testing'

Jan 24, 2026

Introduction

After years of using both Canon and high-quality third-party LP-E6 batteries, I wanted to verify if OEM batteries truly offer superior performance. Because third-party batteries often "spoof" the camera’s State of Health (SoH) data—falsely reporting 100% health regardless of actual condition—I moved to independent hardware testing to find the truth.

The Test Rig

• Tester: Atorch DL-24 Load Tester.
• Battery Holder: A modified Canon battery magazine. Note: This adds some fixed resistance, so results should be viewed as relative...

• Bryan Conner
• Replies: 17
• Forum: Open Talk

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Lou

 

[MSH411]

Grizz were you looking at the Wasabi Power USB Battery (Ginger Series)?

I don't have the R50 anymore, I traded it for the R7. I do believe everything displayed including battery power. Amazon has them for $38 a pair and they are USB charging which was great for road trips. Some reviews did mention the battery gauge challenge but I think it was for the R10. I grabbed them because the ratings were good and the USB charging.

I also had a couple of the llano Aurora USB-C that performed well and had a LED gauge on the battery but I never used it since it was in the camera.

 

[SwampGrizz]

Grizz were you looking at the Wasabi Power USB Battery (Ginger Series)?

I don't have the R50 anymore, I traded it for the R7. I do believe everything displayed including battery power. Amazon has them for $38 a pair and they are USB charging which was great for road trips. Some reviews did mention the battery gauge challenge but I think it was for the R10. I grabbed them because the ratings were good and the USB charging.

I also had a couple of the llano Aurora USB-C that performed well and had a LED gauge on the battery but I never used it since it was in the camera.

MSH
Yes, that’s it. Sorry for any confusion. If I had just read the blurb thoroughly, I would have caught that. You’re right, the gauge challenge was for the R10, and does not mention any quirks with the R50. I think I will spring for a pair. Thanks for getting back to me. I appreciate it.

 

[MSH411]

Let us know if the in camera battery level works or if I was just sleeping at the wheel again.....

 

[SwampGrizz]

Let us know if the in camera battery level works or if I was just sleeping at the wheel again.....

Will do. It may be a week or so before I can get to it.

Some of my best naps are behind the wheel.

 

[JCBigler]

I have a set of Artman AB00005 batteries for the RP that seem to work fine.

I have a set of Artman batteries for my Go Pro 7 that also work well.

 

[Bryan Conner]

I have a Canon BG-R20 battery grip on my R6 Mark II. In this picture of the battery info, I have two SmallRig LP-E6P batteries, the latest usb-c compatible orange colored ones, in the grip. I did a lot of manual focus, macro shots where I used focus bracketing. So a lot of the shots were without mechanical shutter, but I think the shot count per battery is impressive. I also did not review the images a lot on this day, so these results could be viewed as a bit of an exception. But, the bottom line is that these batteries are indeed very good. On a recent trip to Sicily, Italy, I did not notice a difference between the SmallRigs and the genuine Canon LP-E6N and LP-E6P which I used in the grip. The post referenced above has the measurements and data/information about my quest for finding which LP-E6 batteries in my arsenal were the best. My final opinion in that post has not changed as of today.

Canon batteries are very good, no doubt, and are high quality. Canon batteries are the only ones that report truthful battery SOH ("state of health") in the camera. Third party batteries always report 3 bars for battery SOH on the battery info screen.

SmallRig batteries are very close in performance and are also high quality.
Patona Protect batteries are almost as good and also high quality.

Whatever battery you decide to buy, make sure that it has an NTC sensor built in. I will not use a battery in my camera which does not have an NTC sensor for safety.

 

[ShipleyNW]

MSH
Yes, that’s it. Sorry for any confusion. If I had just read the blurb thoroughly, I would have caught that. You’re right, the gauge challenge was for the R10, and does not mention any quirks with the R50. I think I will spring for a pair. Thanks for getting back to me. I appreciate it.

The battery info in the R10 sucks with any manufacturer's battery, including Canon batteries. It has no percentage readout, no battery health readout, only a 3-bar gauge where anything less than 50% is 1 bar. I would assume the R50 and R100 use the same battery system, but I have no first-person knowledge of that.

On the other hand, the battery life with those little LP-E17 batteries is excellent, with both OEM and aftermarket batteries. I abandoned Canon M-series cameras over battery life so I was a little concerned about it when I got my R10. I was pleasantly surprised. With the type of shooting I do with that body, a full battery can last all day.

Edit: Oh, and about aftermarket batteries in general, that's all I buy and I don't discriminate among the resellers. I'm pretty sure all the batteries come out of the same few factories, and if you buy a batch, they'll slap any name you want on them. I have OEM batteries that came with cameras, and I use those and aftermarket batteries interchangeably. Out in the field, I swap a dead one for a fresh one -- no more thinking than that.