I've always had large drives on my cameras. Similar applies to the more modern battery grip options.
Advantages other than the longer battery life and/or different battery options, is of course that you get the shutter release duplicated on many grips.....invaluable for camera handling when shooting in the 'portrait' / vertical format.
In the case of some cameras, we've had a few 'after-market' pattern made units come through from other manufacturers in the shop at work.......Go for the Nikon unit!...build quality is way better, and not necessarily way more expensive either.
That aside, way up the real pros and cons for yourself. My personal preference is to have them with.....my Colleagues laugh when they see me handling some of the even smaller DSLR's from Olympus...but the wife hates larger cameras, because she has much smaller hands.
I agree with Don, ultimately you need to try one out in your local shop.
Tho we've had all sorts of reasons from people in our shop as to why they want a grip...including one chap who wanted it "because it was more professional looking"!
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