DSTE Replacement for Pro BG-E14 Vertical Battery Grip + 2X LP-E6 LP-E6N Compatible Canon EOS 70D 80D 90D SLR Digital Camera

I recently acquired a Canon EOS 80D, and I wanted the option for more battery life. The batteries already have a long life but this will double it. There are two separate trays that fit into the base. One tray allows for AA batteries and the other for the LP-E6N batteries. The AA battery adapter is a decent emergency or backup option when all of your batteries have drained but the life is much shorter. The LP-E6N works much better.Apart from the longer battery life, this grip gives you versatility to hold in the vertical position. It has the same functionality as your standard shutter, focusing buttons, shutter speed adjustment, zoom, etc. The tradeoff is size and added weight.It fits perfectly into the base of the 80D. The compartment cover of the 80D fits onto the side of the batter interface so you don't lose the cover. The base has a port for attaching to a tripod. It is well balanced and very comfortable.Battery life has been as good as OEM, and the price is more competitive.If your skeptical about using a third party accessory, well don't be. This works perfectly for my camera.

I bought this to use on vacation and wanted a full day's use without having to fumble around with extra batteries. I only used the two LP-E6 battery tray, and not the AA tray. I got about 750 shots, and only used up half the battery power. Absolutely no compatibility issues.The grip buttons all worked as good as their counterparts on the camera body, and I was surprised by how solid they felt, although I didn't wind up using them much.The grip screws firmly onto my 80D with no play whatsoever. I had no worries about it coming loose, which it never did, and I had no reservations about keeping one end of my strap attached to the bottom of the grip. I was even happy that the securing screw is long enough to take several turns before it's tightened, giving me extra peace of mind.The plastic is sturdy, and felt good to the touch. It does not come across cheap, like some other grips I've had in the past. It really looks like it was made to compliment my camera's body.

Since I'm going for cheap these days, I decided to go with this item over the much more expensive Canon version for my 70D.Fit is excellent (see note below). I don't have the Canon version to compare to, but examining it, and after watching YouTube reviews to know what to look for, I believe it is spot on.Finish: Some might be put off by the slightly more rubbery feel of the grip surface compared to the Canon version, but one must make allowances for wanting to go cheap.Operation: The buttons for use in vertical mode have a slightly different feel to them, definitely not Canon quality, but forgivable for the price. My main gripe is the unit's main wheel, which is plastic instead of rubber, is noisy on operation, and feels like it could be vulnerable to failure. It is accurate, however, in returning the same stop increments that the Canon main wheel does when changing shutter speed, for example.Another gripe is that the large wheel which attaches this unit to the camera "bottoms out" when snugging it into the camera and then flops around loose. I suspect that if the 1/4-20 threaded bolt that is used to attach it to the tripod receiver at the base of the camera was a half a millimeter shorter it would snug in tightly and not feel loose. This does not affect the connection to the camera, however, because it seats extremely tight with no twist or looseness (see the note below).Two very positive attributes of this unit compared to other non-OEM offerings in the same price range is that battery contacts are gold-ish, and the inside of the battery unit is floored in metal instead of plastic. The round, threaded nut for the tripod mount at the base of this unit is all metal and is connected to the metal floor. Other units thread into a little metal round bolt, but then connect it to plastic on the floor of the unit. Since I will be using this exclusively on a tripod that was a selling point for me.OK, referencing the notes: There was one slight deviation from the excellent fit. Where it joined at the right side front corner, in other words where your pinky would be holding it with your right hand, there was a slight movement where it did not make a tight join. Functionally, it is no big deal. But I am annoyed by little things like that, so I took some gaffer tape and built up a one-piece-thick layer as a shim just at the corner. It is now very snug, no movement. It's likely this is just an anomaly between my particular camera and this particular unit, and that nobody else will experience it.The provided batteries are the same exact ones that I ordered a couple of years ago as spares and have been using regularly without problems. The camera accurately returns the batteries' remaining charge, charge reliability, and shutter count. The camera does use both batteries, not one and then the other, but I haven't figured out yet what the algorithm is for deciding which battery it uses when.Overall, unless you are a Canon snob and have money to spare you'd be crazy to not consider this over their much-more-expensive offering.