With batteries, you need to take a host of things into consideration. The
Lenovo battery is far less likely to crap out on you during a presentation
or some other critical time when you really really don't want it to die.
I should have followed up on this, but several years ago I didn't help a
friend as much as I should have, getting a new battery for his Mac laptop.
About a week after getting it, it's sitting at a coffee shop and he and his
wife smelled something odd. It was the battery getting HOT. So hot that
is made a mark on the table, and caused minor damage to the battery
compartment on the Mac.
I got some replacement battery packs for some hand held ham radios,
and was somewhat horrified to see how they were constructed. They
didn't last long, either.
I'm sure there are places which have fairly high quality batteries,
somewhere. I haven't found them and I'm tired of wasting money.
So it's more than value for money, I think.
--STeve Andre'
On 10/10/11 14:31, Martin N wrote:
I expect the Lenovo batteries are better but not 4x better than these
replacements at a quarter of the price.
Value for money matters more than absolute performance to me
I do have a laptop sleeve which should be adequate inside a day sack
Martin N
At 17:21 10/10/2011, you wrote:
Aftermarket batteries are a bit of a crap shoot. I had good luck
with a T23 battery from dealextreme.com (who ship free - but slowly!
- to the UK), but their T60 batteries might be from a different
source. Official Lenovo batteries are generally far superior for
longevity, fit, and likelihood of actually meeting their charge rating.
You should carry your thinkpad in some sort of padded case to protect
it from getting knocked about, no matter what size battery you get.
DR
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From: "Martin N" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 5:53 AM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [Thinkpad] Battery for the T60 Thinkpad
Lo,
I am looking for a battery for the T60 so I can take it to college
and swap the battery during
a break since the included battery last 2hrs.
The course is 3 hours in an evening.
I do not want the 9 cell battery as it sticks out and since i am
travelling on public transport
it would get knocked about a little.
But apart from that i cannot really see how to distinguish between
the tens of sellers on
ebay. I will buying a clone battery as no one seems to be selling an
official Lenovo cell and
I have heard they are expensive anyhow.
Any tips before i take pot luck ?
I am in the uk.
Running MorphOS v2.6 (Nov 2010) on Mac Mini, Moderator of
MiniDisc,amithlonopen,bwfc Yahoogroups
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