[ltp] Battery Refill.com?

Nathan Kurz linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 29 Jan 2005 23:57:20 -0700


On Sat, Jan 29, 2005 at 11:37:40PM -0500, Crispian Thorne wrote:
> All the recent talk about batteries made me do a little inventory of the
> ~ current state of my T21's various batteries. And after doing a little
> research I came across www.batteryrefill.com, who claim to take your old
> battery, open it up & replace the cells with brand-spankin'-new,
> fresh-off-the-shelf, higher capacity ones. 

I haven't heard of them before, but it sounds like a great business
idea to me.  I'm not sure why it wouldn't work.  That said, it does
seem a bit pricey.  Looking for an X30 battery, it quoted me $78: on
Ebay "new" ones are selling for $50.  Keep us informed of how it works.

Nathan Kurz
nate@verse.com