Best place to buy batteries

[stustrway]

My T40's battery life is at about 1.5 hours and I'd like to do something about it. I'd rather not pay $179 to Lenovo, but all I can find on eBay are third-party batteries for whom quality has got to be an open question. Anyone know of reputable places from which to get Lenovo batteries? Thanks!

[brainpicker]

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=19017

Make me an offer!

Thanlks,
Yak

[stustrway]

To answer my own question, I've had good luck with PortableComponents. Price was about the same as I found going rate to be on eBay. Got a new 9 cell manufactured in November (it's now January). 0 cycles and it's the T43 battery (not the older, lower capacity batteries). I'm pleased. Hope this helps others.