Replacement battery options

BlebNevus · 02-14-2009, 02:06 PM

I have a Dell Inspiron 600M laptop. Not surprisingly, Dell charges considerably more for a replacement laptop battery than do most on-line retailers specializing in batteries and offering after-market versions (with a one-year warranty, in most cases). Anyone have direct experience or access to data that would argue for or against buying a cheaper battery? And if I do go that route, are any of the on-line retailers (e.g., laptopbatteries.com, laptopbatteryexpress.com, PowerBiz, battery-biz, etc.) particularly reliable?

**TriggerFinger** · 02-14-2009, 10:27 PM

Just speaking from my own experience... the battery I bought from eBay with a 6month warranty did not perform as well as the genuine one. The first thing I noticed, it heats up a bit not like the genuine. May be that is normal but I guess I am not used to it. The other is that it charges well during the first 6 months but after that it does not charge full all the time... it gets stuck with 45 to 60% full. Oh it also discharges faster now.

So given that.. if the price difference is not that significant, I would get the genuine one.

BlebNevus · 02-15-2009, 07:06 AM

Thanks for your reply. Actually, the price difference is quite significant. While some people have cautionary tales to report as a result of buying after-market batteries, I'm trying to figure out if there are meaningful differences between reputable websites and E-bay sellers -- or among the various websites, such that some sell decent products . . . perhaps even made by the same manufacturers, or at least to the same specs, as the batteries made for Dell.

Anyone have a reassuring tale -- that is, about a battery that lasted?

02-14-2009, 02:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
BlebNevus Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 7 OS: XP Home SP2	Replacement battery options I have a Dell Inspiron 600M laptop. Not surprisingly, Dell charges considerably more for a replacement laptop battery than do most on-line retailers specializing in batteries and offering after-market versions (with a one-year warranty, in most cases). Anyone have direct experience or access to data that would argue for or against buying a cheaper battery? And if I do go that route, are any of the on-line retailers (e.g., laptopbatteries.com, laptopbatteryexpress.com, PowerBiz, battery-biz, etc.) particularly reliable?

02-14-2009, 10:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,846 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Replacement battery options Just speaking from my own experience... the battery I bought from eBay with a 6month warranty did not perform as well as the genuine one. The first thing I noticed, it heats up a bit not like the genuine. May be that is normal but I guess I am not used to it. The other is that it charges well during the first 6 months but after that it does not charge full all the time... it gets stuck with 45 to 60% full. Oh it also discharges faster now. So given that.. if the price difference is not that significant, I would get the genuine one. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

02-15-2009, 07:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
BlebNevus Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 7 OS: XP Home SP2	Re: Replacement battery options Thanks for your reply. Actually, the price difference is quite significant. While some people have cautionary tales to report as a result of buying after-market batteries, I'm trying to figure out if there are meaningful differences between reputable websites and E-bay sellers -- or among the various websites, such that some sell decent products . . . perhaps even made by the same manufacturers, or at least to the same specs, as the batteries made for Dell. Anyone have a reassuring tale -- that is, about a battery that lasted?