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Any good 3rd party X200 batteries?

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 7:37 pm
by 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?

Re: Any good 3rd party X200 batteries?

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2017 2:48 am
by 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

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

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46Wh and 1 charge cycle

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Batteries are Sanyo and was assembled almost two years ago.

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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.

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

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