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    From Nightfox to All on Sat May 28 17:35:02 2011
    Recently, I decided to buy an extended battery for my laptop so I can go longer before charging it (it's a high-performance laptop, and the battery it came with only lasts about 90-120 minutes). I was looking online to buy a laptop battery, to find that many places were selling one for about $150-$200 or more. I thought that was fairly expensive, so I kept looking and found a place that was selling one for about $85 (around $93 with shipping) and bought one from them. The thing is, it came from China, and the battery doesn't have a brand written on it. I'm wondering if it may be a lower-quality knockoff that might not actually last as long as a more expensive battery. Has anyone had experience buying these cheap laptop batteries vs. the more expensive "official" batteries?

    Nightfox
  • From Deuce@VERT/SYNCNIX to Nightfox on Sun May 29 16:55:01 2011
    Re: Chinese laptop battery
    By: Nightfox to All on Sat May 28 2011 05:35 pm

    expensive battery. Has anyone had experience buying these cheap laptop batteries vs. the more expensive "official" batteries?

    Some are good some aren't and it's hard to tell the difference up front. Basically, if the rating is correct, it'll be fine but if they're lying about it or you don't read it, you're screwed.

    If you order from eBay, and the goods aren't as described, you can return it very easily.

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  • From Nightfox to Deuce on Sun May 29 19:34:50 2011
    Re: Chinese laptop battery
    By: Deuce to Nightfox on Sun May 29 2011 16:55:01

    Some are good some aren't and it's hard to tell the difference up front. Basically, if the rating is correct, it'll be fine but if they're lying abou it or you don't read it, you're screwed.

    So far, this laptop battery seems to be fine, and it looks like it does indeed provide more operating time than the original battery. I wonder if it provides as much running time as an "official" battery would, though - but I'd think a 7200mAh rating should mean the same running time, no matter who makes the battery..

    If you order from eBay, and the goods aren't as described, you can return it very easily.

    Yeah, I've had to return a couple items bought on eBay before, and the process works fairly well, thankfully.

    Nightfox
  • From Deuce@VERT/SYNCNIX to Nightfox on Sun May 29 22:17:42 2011
    Re: Chinese laptop battery
    By: Nightfox to Deuce on Sun May 29 2011 07:34 pm

    but I'd think a 7200mAh rating should mean the same running time, no matter who makes the battery..

    Yeah... the problem is when they're labeled incorrectly. I've seen it with camera batteries, but the only way to know is to either test it or take it apart and look at the cells that were used.

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  • From Nightfox to Deuce on Sun May 29 23:35:13 2011
    Re: Chinese laptop battery
    By: Deuce to Nightfox on Sun May 29 2011 22:17:42

    Yeah... the problem is when they're labeled incorrectly. I've seen it with camera batteries, but the only way to know is to either test it or take it apart and look at the cells that were used.

    I recently heard a report in the news about that, with camera batteries. And I didn't hear that until after I had bought this laptop battery. :P But based on what Windows says, this battery does seem like it should last longer (and it is bigger, too).

    Nightfox