[ltp] battery questions

[Carles Pina i Estany]

Hello,

On Jan/18/2009, rappard@dds.nl wrote:

>>>> I'm searching a battery for a T-60. For example, I have found:
>>>> http://www.batteriesshop.co.uk/ibm-thinkpad-t60.htm
>>>>
>>>> £ 45.5,, 50 Euros, 67 Dollars
>>>>
>>>> I cannot check if it's an official battery from IBM. Any experience
>>>> using a non-official batteries? Same? Worse? Will explode? :-)
>>> Why not buy one on eBay(.com/.co.uk)? The shipping to Spain can't be
>>> *that* bad.
>>
>> well, same question: are these batteries reliable?
>> I mean, should I really prefer to spend some time and money searching
>> for a IBM/Lenovo original battery or I choose in some semi-random shop?
>
> Here you go:
>
> http://shop.ebay.co.uk/items/_W0QQ_dmptZUKQ5fComputingQ5fLaptopsAccessoriesQ5fLaptopBatteries?_nkw=thinkpad+t60+battery&_sacat=0&_fromfsb=&_trksid=m270.l1313&_odkw=thinkpad+t60+battery&_osacat=0
>
> 171 results right now, at least *one* them has to reliable (and if not, 
> you can always reverse the PayPal charges). Other than that, you can 
> always buy straight from IBM/Lenovo if you really want to be sure.

I'm not worried about buying in ebay (I have done it before, for
example)

I'm worried if the batteries that I can buy that are not official from
Lenovo/IBM will have less quality. Things like:

-5200 mAh but they are less...
-Battery gets hotter
-More memory effect
-Battery doesn't give good information to the laptop (battery remaing
and other information)
-Gets broken before
-...

> And (no offense meant) I've never heard of fake or non-official laptop  
> batteries - that sounds like a niche of a niche. ;-)

different manufacturers can have different qualities. But since I'm not
battery expert I'm asking if, as standard user, I will notice something.

I think that this is a bit off-topic (but I will use the battery under
Linux :-) ) so I will not send more mails about it in the mailing list.
If someone has any experience, feel free to share here :-)

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