Alternative third party battery charger (lp-e5)

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I stupidly left behind my charger at a venue a while back, my next mistake was to ask a friend to go pick it up for me, they have now managed to lose it whilst they were keeping hold of it until I went round to pick it up from them.

My fault, their fault.. I'm really not sure - either way stumping up upwards of £50 for a replacement charger seems a bit ludicrous. Are there any alternatives? I've had a quick glance but they seem rather cheap, I wouldn't want them to blow up my batteries. So I was thinking rather than just buying a cheapo explosive one I might see if there are any fancier ones in the market, maybe one that can charge 2 batteries at once?
 
I am facing the same problem. My charger (LC-E8) for Canon 550D went kaput while charging... now looking for another one and original one does not make sense due to its price? Are third party chargers available at E-bay / Amazon good and reliable?
 
I've had a quick browse round but most reports about the cheap ones are really quite off-putting..
 
Ash your charger should still be under warranty, surely you haven't had the 550D longer than a year ?
 
Chrish - I asked service center guys. But they do not provide warranty on chargers / batteries. Seems like i have to either buy a new one or get the older one repaired from some repair guy....
 
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