I need to replace my laptop battery…..again. Where abouts for a decent one?

I bought a cheap replacement on ebay but that hasn’t lasted very well so looking for one that will last as long as the original.
Any decent ones anywhere or is it back to Acer?

TIA

I got one from Amazon, good reviews and so far is great.
Although I dont know just yet if it will last as long as the original, its already lasted half as long, for a third of the price

I wouldn’t give up hope on compatibles. I think most of the problem is the quality control chain between factory and seller. If a seller gets a good source then there shouldn’t be a problem. I bought a compatible battery off this seller on ebay: http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/digilanduk/?_trksid=p4340.l2559 his feedback score is rather good, I don’t see any evidence of people getting dodgy batteries from him. He must be sourcing quality controlled ones. He also offers a 3 year warranty which is surprising with these compatibles so he must be sure of his source.

The one I got registers fine, although (and I’m using linux so have more data available) it only registers 91-93% full when charged. £22 instead of £90 though.

Here’s the current data, basic web browsing, wifi on, with my screen brightness up on max for a Dell 1520 replacement they sell @ 7800mah:

Panasonic
DELL GR9867
Energy 66.8wh
energy design 56.6wh
rate 22.7w
voltage 12.2v
time to empty 2.9hrs

The battery was accepted without complaint by the laptop, had about 33% on it when I stuck it in. Make sure your power management software winds down your laptop at a safe minimum as draining a modern battery kills it.

I’ll get a mate to check power management but think it’s set up ok at the mo. Are the ebay sellers likely to honor the warranties on those batteries after 6 months use I wonder?

I once set my power down to be critical, and the laptop turned off on me twice, knackering my battery, leaving me with a max 56% charge in future. Always make sure your settings turn off your power before the critical period and you’ll drastically lengthen the life of your battery.

Well, I never checked if the ebay seller is a registered business, and we all know what happens when a small business fails and leaves debts behind (suppliers get paid first, customers last) But check out that specific sellers history on battery sales compared to others. It took me hours of searching through feedback histories of a variety of sellers till i found this one and bought feeling confident.

Thanks again mrdestructo, I’m not too hot with these compooters. Any ideas of how I can check my settings?

Re ebay feedback it’s for getting the battery at a decent price and time and won’t reflect on the batteries themselves having any longevity. I find buying ‘compatible’ replacements a nightmare as some are OK and others not so.

@granny ring, download Linux Mint, install it to a flashdrive (in persistent mode if you can) with Universal USB Installer, boot off it and then just left click on the battery symbol in the taskbar, choose the top option and a window pops up with shedloads of information to go through.

Blimey! Think I’ll have to get my mate involved with that. 🙂
Thanks again.

Excellent timing Granny – my laptop keeps telling me the battery is on it’s way out and there was no way I was gonna pay £90 unless I had to. Having said that I was a little concerned about units at 20% of the price on eBay. I’m going to go with MrDestructo’s advise – £20.99!

Cheers all.