Cheap 9 cell battery from Newegg

[Unknown_K]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 1HD0R70105

Type: Li-ion, 9 cells
Voltage: 10.8V
Capacity: 7800MAH
Brand New Replacement Product, works as genuine parts, 100% OEM Compatible!!

72% off and ships from Hong Kong, for $16.99 including shipping I ordered one. Is ProTrend a reputable battery seller?

[brooklynboy]

Has it arrived yet?

[Unknown_K]

Looks like it will tomorrow.

[Unknown_K]

Its here, came with no charge.

Battery health shows:

77.23 Wh full charge
71.28 Wh design charge
Cycle count 1
First used date 1987-06 (????)
Sanyo cells
Manufactured 2011-05-04

Charging it up now , at 20%

[Unknown_K]

Its here, came with no charge.

Battery health shows:

77.23 Wh full charge
71.28 Wh design charge
Cycle count 1
First used date 1987-06 (????)
Sanyo cells
Manufactured 2011-05-04

Charging it up now , at 20%

[Unknown_K]

Seems to work fine, charged up all the way. Anybody else here snag one? There is a bad review from one buyer on newegg.

[systemBuilder]

The picture is wrong, is it not ?? Or, does the battery really look like a much wider 6-cell battery, does it lack the diagonal piece of plastic, is the 3rd row of cells really *NOT* being offset from the 1st and 2nd row of cells? Does it have the crease on the bottom so that the cell will jump the lip on an airplane seatback table? I may have to get 3 or 4 of these if it's good, I usually pay about $35/pack.

[Unknown_K]

Picture is wrong, looks like a normal 9 cell that sticks out the back. The fit is a little tight.

[RealBlackStuff]

Apart from being a knock-off, having Sanyo cells is no fun either.
In all the years I used Thinkpad batteries, the ones with Sanyo cells gave the most problems and died the first!
Good luck with that junk!