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    Are the boston power replacement batteries any good?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by asfd, Dec 29, 2011.

  1. asfd

    asfd Newbie

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    My 3 year old lenovo T500's battery just died and I don't want to replace the whole computer. I am looking to buy a replacement battery and the 150$ lenovo wants is too much (especially after having one of their battery die suddenly on me).

    There is a website selling replacement batteries that use Boston power Sonata cells (like HP enviro and some Asus) and would like to know if you guys have any first hand experience with them. They claim their battery should last much longer than a standard one (1000+ cycles) before losing capacity. Are they really as good as they say? They came out in 2009 but I could not find much long term review of them.

    Thanks!
     
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    Nick Professor Carnista

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    miro_gt Notebook Deity

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    ebay usually works best, but look for OEM battery as stated above.

    I bough a OEM 6-cell Sony one for my laptop somewhat 6 months ago, new, and I paid around 60 bux for it.
     
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    Yep, the Boston Power cells are known to be longer-lasting, due to the way the cells are hooked up. There's actually an IEEE article on them. If the 3rd party batteries actually use BP's cells, it might be a good purchase. Might want to do a price comparison between them and the OEM batteries you can find elsewhere, though.
     
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