3rd party batteries, recommendations

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3rd party batteries, recommendations

#1 Post by Olangu » Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:45 am

I'm looking to buy new batteries for my t430s.
(Recently bought a genuine Ultrabay battery just to find out that it - due to old age - only carried 90% capacity.)

Want to know if anyone have any recommendations on third party cells of high quality.
I live in northen europe and mainly looking to buy intra EU, but Asian suppliers could do as well. North america is out of the question as that usually equals high shipping costs as well as extra customs charges.

I've found a supplier of "VINITECH" cells on ebay, and the price is very good. Anyone familiar with that brand?
http://www.ebay.de/itm/122275922272?_tr ... EBIDX%3AIT

I also trying to find Ultrabay batteries but still no luck.

Please share your experiences.

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Re: 3rd party batteries, recommendations

#2 Post by dr_st » Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:22 am

Olangu wrote:(Recently bought a genuine Ultrabay battery just to find out that it - due to old age - only carried 90% capacity.)
90% capacity is awesome for a battery that's even 1-year old.
Current: X220 4291-4BG, T410 2537-R46, T60 1952-F76, T60 2007-QPG, T42 2373-F7G
Collectibles: T430s (IPS FHD + Classic Keyboard), X32 (IPS Screen)
Retired: X61 7673-V2V, A31p w/ Ultrabay Numpad
Past: Z61t 9440-A23, T60 2623-D3U, X32 2884-M5U

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Re: 3rd party batteries, recommendations

#3 Post by Olangu » Mon Feb 27, 2017 4:23 pm

dr_st wrote:
Olangu wrote:(Recently bought a genuine Ultrabay battery just to find out that it - due to old age - only carried 90% capacity.)
90% capacity is awesome for a battery that's even 1-year old.
I have several year old, used batteries that have 95%+ capacity.

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Re: 3rd party batteries, recommendations

#4 Post by dr_st » Tue Feb 28, 2017 2:53 am

You probably only think they have 95%+ capacity, because you never tried to run them down fully. If you did, you would find out that it suddenly reports much lower capacity, or that it suddenly jumps from like 30% to 5%.
Current: X220 4291-4BG, T410 2537-R46, T60 1952-F76, T60 2007-QPG, T42 2373-F7G
Collectibles: T430s (IPS FHD + Classic Keyboard), X32 (IPS Screen)
Retired: X61 7673-V2V, A31p w/ Ultrabay Numpad
Past: Z61t 9440-A23, T60 2623-D3U, X32 2884-M5U

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