Any good 3rd party X200 batteries?

[TPFanatic]

Whereas I can get good condition used T500 or T410 genuine batteries off feebay for $10-$15, used OEM batteries for X200 and X201 cannot be found at such a cheap price. Confound these uniquely shaped batteries. It's stupid to pay more for a battery than what I paid for the laptop....

Are there any good 3rd party aftermarket batteries for X200/X201 series?

[rkawakami]

I have just purchased batteries for two "older" Thinkpads; A31p and X300. Both of them were less than $20 apiece (free shipping). The seller also has an X200 battery for about the same price. I may buy one of these for my X200s system(s) based upon the results of these two.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121042940136 A31p
http://www.ebay.com/itm/161002301177 X300
http://www.ebay.com/itm/120912333563 X200


After the first charge, approximately 1:13 of run time.


46Wh and 1 charge cycle


Batteries are Sanyo and was assembled almost two years ago.


The A31p battery is not exactly the same size as the original since it has a hard time snapping into the battery bay of my A31p. I think it may be that the battery terminals are not precisely aligned to the ones on the motherboard.


Almost 2 hours of run time, 35Wh charge, assembled 1/16 by JingYi (?).


This X300 battery has a slightly better fit inside the bay than the A31p.