Laptop Battery

James01

I'm after a replacement battery for my HP laptop, the trouble is there are so many to choose from. I can't afford a genuine HP and I've searched on ebay and amazon but it is so confusing, mainly because the reviews are so mixed for each one. Also, there can't be that many different makes, I think you could pay anything from £12 to £30 for the same model.


My question is what are others experience of buying cheaper batteries online, bargain or disaster?

pooch

James01 wrote: »

I'm after a replacement battery for my HP laptop, the trouble is there are so many to choose from. I can't afford a genuine HP and I've searched on ebay and amazon but it is so confusing, mainly because the reviews are so mixed for each one. Also, there can't be that many different makes, I think you could pay anything from £12 to £30 for the same model.


My question is what are others experience of buying cheaper batteries online, bargain or disaster?

The problem with amazon in this type of purchase is that where's its not a OEM part, it a copy and you can't tell from the reviews which particular copy it is and/ or which supplier supplied it.

Reading feedback of sellers on ebay is a better guide as it relates to a specific seller and states the product (hopefully)

I bought a copy battery for my Dell laptop a few years back. It was a Li-ion one instead of the original Ni-Cd it came with. The Li-ion copy was still cheaper than a genuine Dell Ni-Cd (and of course the genuine Dell Li-ion was even more expensive)

New battery had about twice the capacity, and has already outlasted the original Dell battery (although I'm not sure if it's fair to compare the longevity of a Li-ion to a Ni-Cd)

Just check the feedback of the seller and their specific item first. I didn't choose the very cheapest, but spent a little bit more on a supplier/product I thought I could trust ... but it was still cheap compared to the OEM battery.

I think most of the negative feedback I saw with the cheaper ones I rejected related to poor fit rather than performance, so check photo's carefully and choose one that matches the existing one if fit & finish is important to you. Ignore sellers with poor photos or use stock photos "for illustrative purposes only" (Another problem with amazon in this type of purchase)

James01

Thanks pooch, that is very helpful and gives me more idea of how to proceed. I'm going to have a more detailed look on ebay now.

arsenalboy

I had a similar dilemma a few years back with a Sony laptop. They wanted circa £150 for replacement. I looked around at what was on the net and found plenty at around the £30 mark. However, the majority of these were Chinese imports with terrible grammar on the websites.
Eventually stumbled across Duracell Direct and found one for £60. Yes pretty expensive but less than half the price. I bought one and it is still going strong 3 years later.
Check the site out.