Manfrotto NP-W235 Battery for Fujifilm
Manfrotto is now offering its own third party battery for Fujifilm cameras, the Manfrotto NP-W235 for Fujifilm cameras.
I do use third party batteries and I know many of you do too.
However (and that’s valid also for other companies as far as I know), if you use third party batteries in your Fujifilm cameras, and that third party battery is cause of a problem (for example it swells up and gets stuck in the camera), then, even if your camera is under warranty, you won’t get the problem fixed free of charge. On the other hand, if you use the original battery, for as long your battery is under warranty, every problem caused by the battery itself to the camera will give you access to free warranty repair.
That’s why, if you want to go the 100% safe route during the time you camera is under warranty, you might want to stick with original batteries, so if any problem happens caused by the battery, it will be fixed under warranty.
In all my years using third party batteries, I had my first third party battery fail last year, where my Patona swelled up in my X-E3 and I had to fiddle around to get it out. Luckily my X-E3 did not get any damage, but if it would, I would not have been able to fix it under warranty.
If your gear however is out of warranty anyway, that is less of a problem.