I have to handle primarily bought because I needed better control options in portrait mode (EOS 500D). This task is performed to handle the best satisfaction. The feel I find perfectly fine, but did not compare to the original. The filling of the handle with the standard LP-E5 battery is because no problems. Filling with normal batteries designed to often tricky. I do not know what it is, but something hooked or blocked permanently, so that it sometimes becomes a waiting game.
I recommend the battery grip all those who operate it with the standard batteries or want to improve the comfort in the vertical shooting.