Reddit mentions of Sony BCQZ1 Z-Series Battery Charger

You'll generally find people in two camps on this:

1. I'll gladly pay $100 per battery when I'm putting it in my $2,000 camera. It's not worth messing around with the electronics, and I don't want to trust some no-name backwards-engineered Chinese brand when it comes to my camera.
   
   
2. It makes no sense that a camera battery costs $100 when a good four-pack of rechargable AAs sells for $13 and has much higher capacity. It's just a battery - I'd rather have a half dozen, even if they're not quite as good, than one overpriced OEM battery.
   
   I used to only use OEM batteries. Now, I have a mix of Sony and Wasabi batteries. As far as I can tell, they work just the same. That said, part of me feels just a bit safer with the Sony ones.
   
   But do I think the charger alone is worth $88? No. That's crazytalk.

You can get Sony’s original external battery charger even though it’s price is a little bit steep.

• Sony External Battery Charger
  
  Or you could get some third party chargers for the fraction of the Sony price.
  
• Wasabi Power Battery
  
• Ravpower