Where do people buy laptop replacement batteries?

I've got a group of fujitsu lifebook tablet batteries that need replacing.

The last group I bought have lasted only a year and while I know a laptop battery's life is finite that seems a little short so I am looking for retailers people have had good luck with.

Also, how does one determine battery QUALITY.

 

Got an awesome replacement battery for my old old old Toshiba Satellite A100 off eBay for $150. Worked like a charm.

 

get 'em on ebay from a seller with loads of positive, no recent negatives, 1 year plus warranty, and buy 'more' battery than you think you need because (chances are) the real capacity of the battery will be less.

That said, I got an HP-equiv 12 cell for my G70 at the shipped price of $75-. The battery appears to be well made, is rated at 10 amps, and I get 7+ hours of runtime with my G70 set to max performance. After 6 months I am seeing NO loss of runtime or charge capacity. My usage pattern is that I take it down to about 20% every day and dead once or twice a week.

You do need to spend more than 5 minutes on ebay researching both sellers and product though. A couple of hours spent can easily save you $100 or so but ONLY if you spend the time in research.

 

Another vote here for ebay.

 

The best place to buy notebook batteries is ebay only if you wanna save a few bucks.

 

Checked ebay but all they had were lower capacity batteries (4400mAh or 3600mAh). It pays to check the specifications.


Prices were good ($57), but these are office computers and we need them to run as long as possible. Currently running 5200mAh batteries so I ultimately went with Amazon. ($79)

The extra time we get out of the larger capacity batteries gets us all the way to lunch before we need to recharge so the extra $220 (bought 10) is worth it over the life of the battery.

P.S.--thanks to all those who answered

 

ouch

For $220 you could easily have bought one or two (three??) high-amperage external generic batteries that hook up through the normal power connection.

 

Not sure that would have worked. These are all tablets and they complain about how bulky they are now. Adding an external battery would have resulted in more staff complaints--plus, all laptops are in use constantly from 8 to noon and 1 to 5.

I need a four hour window with each tablet. Generally, we have 20 tablets going with an additional 10 batteries charging on chargers just in case. The vendors who supplied the laptops were charging us $150 - $160 per battery so $80 is still a great deal compared to where we were.

I was just thinking I could do better still. The 5200mAh batteries seem more difficult to come by.

 

there are flat external batteries that are designed to be stuck on the bottom of laptops. Adds 1/2" to 3/4" of thickness to the package.

 

All that I have seen are too big for tablets, ie, meaning they extend beyond the reach of the edges of the tablet so it is kind of like carrying around a laptop ontop of a piece of 10 by 12 inch piece of 1/4 inch hardboard.

And, I would still need at least 10 external batteries. Best to just spend the extra $20 per battery for the extra hour of time to get us to lunch time,

 

Battery do have a shelf life even when sitting in storage. If the battery was manufactured at the same time as the laptop. Buying one 2 years down the road is pretty much the luck of the draw as it may mean getting a battery that will not last as long during actual use in a laptop. Unfortunately there is almost no way to tell when the battery is manufactured (unless you understand the manufacturer's serial number coding method).