Laptop Batteries from DX or FocalPrice

[ceraf]

Hey guys,

I'm looking for a new battery for my Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop. I noticed that DX and FP sell laptop batteries, which I assume are the typical made-in-china 3rd party batteries. Has anyone purchased a battery from them?

[Iterator]

I agree with your assumption. I personally feel safer buying a battery from the manufacturer. Who knows, the batteries on DX/FP may be legit and that the supplier is the same one that Dell uses, but you can never be sure.

[bylo]

No, in part because they're not much cheaper than domestic sources like Intelligent Batteries. Also IB gives a one-year warranty.

Another reason is that a lot of what DX and FP sell are cheap counterfeits of the real thing. For instance I bought a replacement battery from FP for my Motorola cellphone. The battery looks identical to the real thing. It even has a genuine-looking Motorola hologram. Yet the FP battery lasts less than half as long between recharges. But then again it only cost $3.

[rayt-]

I bought a laptop battery for my VAIO a few weeks ago. It works fine and lasts pretty much as long as my OEM one. The first one they sent me didn't work too well though. I would use it for about 20-30% from full charge and it would suddenly shut off. I exchanged that and the one I have now is working fine. I would say it's a pretty good deal considering it costed less than half of what the OEM one would've cost.