X30/X31/X32 eBay 6600mah Extended Battery

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bigdoofus · #1 Post by **bigdoofus** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:23 pm

I found a seller on eBay selling what appears to be custom 6600mah batteries for the X30 series ThinkPads. I ordered it and got it pretty quickly. It is Made in China and so far it seems to be equal to its 6600mah rating. In some quick testing, I got 5 hours of battery life in normal usage.

eBay 6600mah Battery

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

qviri · #2 Post by **qviri** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:59 pm

It looks larger than the normal one. Does it stick out the front?

bigdoofus · #3 Post by **bigdoofus** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:46 pm

It does stick out the front about an inch or so.

Jason404 · #4 Post by **Jason404** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:53 pm

I like the capacity, but I do not like spoiling the sleek lines of my X31.

I still get nearly four hours from the standard battery, even though it has lost nearly a quarter of its capacity.

Do you know what the highest after-market or OEM standard battery I can get for my X31?

Cheers

cmarti · #5 Post by **cmarti** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:08 pm

The 6600mah Battery is the bigger.

Quattro · #6 Post by **Quattro** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:31 pm

Interesting. Would you mind snapping a few pics of it installed?

bigdoofus · #7 Post by **bigdoofus** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 2:24 pm

Quattro wrote:Interesting. Would you mind snapping a few pics of it installed?

When I find some time I'll snap some pics.

#8 Post by **Harryc** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:18 pm

If anyone know where to get a standard 4400mAh X30 battery I'd appreciate a tip. Not interested in waiting a couple of weeks for batteryrefill.com.

bigdoofus · #9 Post by **bigdoofus** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 4:55 pm

Here are some pictures

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2078/237 ... 7c58e1.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3120/237 ... ddef77.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2282/237 ... ae08e2.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2299/237 ... b37813.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3276/237 ... c44808.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3111/237 ... b37813.jpg

#10 Post by **Harryc** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:07 pm

It's like having an extended palm rest

. One downside I see is that every time that you put the machine in an X3 ultrabase you have to remove the battery.

bigdoofus · #11 Post by **bigdoofus** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:09 pm

Harryc wrote:It's like having an extended palm rest . One downside I see is that every time that you put the machine in an X3 ultrabase you have to remove the battery.

Good point on the Ultrabase. I don't have one so I forgot about that, but yeah, it wouldn't fit with an Ultrabase.

Also I'm not sure if the stress of the extra weight is good for the retaining mechanism. But I certainly like the battery life.

Here's a screenshot from the Battery Information

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3057/237 ... 5c8d_o.jpg

bigdoofus · #12 Post by **bigdoofus** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:25 pm

Jason404 wrote:I like the capacity, but I do not like spoiling the sleek lines of my X31.

I still get nearly four hours from the standard battery, even though it has lost nearly a quarter of its capacity.

Do you know what the highest after-market or OEM standard battery I can get for my X31?

Cheers

The X30 series has two OEM batteries.

The normal-sized one has a maximum of 4400mAh in both OEM and after-market versions.

IBM also sold an extended battery which uses the dock connector and sticks out the back. That one I believe also had a 4400mAh capacity.

This one is fairly unique in the fact it doesn't replicate any OEM designed battery. It also has the highest rating at 6600mAh which is 50% more than the stock.

Harryc wrote:If anyone know where to get a standard 4400mAh X30 battery I'd appreciate a tip. Not interested in waiting a couple of weeks for batteryrefill.com.

Hammerhead Tech is selling a few used ones via eBay

eBay Link

#13 Post by **Harryc** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:21 pm

Thanks for the Hammerhead link. I was at their website earlier today and saw some more of them. The problem I have with the batteries is there is no guarantee of charge. In all of their battery auctions (that I could find) I see words to the effect of "This is a used battery but we guarantee our batteries to hold a good charge (1.5 - 2 hours) or we will refund or replace the battery. " I see no such words in the X30 battery auction, and I have to ask myself why?
Here's a typical Hammerhead battery auction..
You could assume from the lack of this wording in the X30 auction that;
1.) These batteries are really marginal and as such there is no way to reasonably give a 'holds good charge' guarantee.
2.) Hammerhead has not tested them in an actual X30 or X31 therefore can't make such a guarantee.

I see they have 100% feedback and I suppose I could go on faith here...are they that good?

X30/X31/X32 eBay 6600mah Extended Battery

X30/X31/X32 eBay 6600mah Extended Battery

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