Experiences with Electrovaya batteries

[maqo]

Has anyone used an Electrovaya battery with their T4x? Any thoughts/impressions?

[Starmanx]

it last 179 cycles in my t40

[Leon]

how many design Wh design and now on yours?

[Starmanx]

After 179 cycles it last less than 1 hour now, the original one with 80 cycles last me 3,5 hours.

Basically teh concept is, the most you pay the most it last.
But as a spare the compatible one can be an option

[Kenn]

Nothing against Electrovaya batteries, but I've heard that some of the cheap 3rd party batteries can get very hot and possibly cause injury or damage to the laptop.

That said, nowadays I only buy generic batteries for my digicam :/

[jpresto]

I have the 160, but haven't used it much on my t42 - can't give you any runtimes. It used to overhead with my T30, but that had a P4 running full tilt gaming, etc.. Much better luck (6+ hrs?) when doing normal work on the T30.

Important to note that your laptop will run at full power when its plugged in, since it thinks it has an AC power source.

joe