12 cell battery available for T115 and T135 ...

Just thought I would give folks a heads up on this ... Toshiba has a 12 cell battery available for the following Toshiba laptop models:

Satellite L515, L515D, M500, M505, M505D, T115, T135, U500 and U505 series; Satellite Pro T130 and T110 series portable Computers

It is advertised as being potentially able to get up to 15 hours battery life on select models (prolly in super power saver mode).

Here is the direct link to the Toshiba site on this battery: http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/adet.to?poid=435195

On amazon.com the same battery (same model number) is available atm for 30 dollars less with free shipping as well.

Amazon.com link: http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-Prima...8&s=electronics&qid=1269555464&sr=8-1-catcorr

I already purchased 2 of them.

 

Interesting... thanks for sharing. Please tell us how your battery life improved with it...

 

I am pretty curious to be honest ... I am going to test it during my upcoming plane flight to Japan!

 

Okay - I was able to run a few tests with it ... I was able to get about 13 1/2 hours of battery life with it in "super power saver mode" ... which is screen dimmed to the max, wireless off, and only doing things like look at image files and/or do simple typesetting. Still ... 13.5 hours is very satisfactory in my book!

 

If it's not too much trouble, could you post a pic of your laptop with the big battery installed?

 

Hmm ... I can ... you want to see how much the laptop is lifted up from the table by the battery proper I take it?

Unfortunately I am getting ready to go to Japan at the moment (leaving on Thursday afternoon) but when I get to Japan and settle I should be able to do this.

I have tested both of the batteries in the machine by the way. Both are able to regularly get around 13 1/2 hours of life. Very sweet!

 

I wouldn't mind getting a 12 cell for my T115D-S1125, my question is how much higher will the back of my computer sit. ToshibaDirect shows it to be 1.71" high, how much higher would the back of my computer sit? Any pictures?

 

With the AMD or Intel processor?

 

Howdy

As far as I know the models of the T115/T135 with the letter D after then are the amd cpu's ... the ones without the D are intel cpu's. Mine has an intel cpu in it - a Celeron 743.

Broadly speaking the amd cpu's give a little more horsepower while the intel's give longer battery life. For me personally battery life holds priority over the other.

I believe the amd cpu machines are generating about ... 6 hours max with the same 6 cell battery? So with the 12 cell maybe it could get somewhere from 9-10 hours max? Just rough guestimations, mind you.

 

I have been trying to take some good pictures that are accurate and accurately convey the look of the battery and have been heartily dissatisfied thus far....

But as a rough guess, I would say that the distance from the table to the top of the back part of the laptop where the screen hinges meet the main part of the machine might almost be two inches.

 

I get nowhere near 6 hours of battery per charge, but I like to be able to see the screen too.
At Toshibadirect.com, it shows the 6 cell battery at .81" high and the 12 cell battery at 1.71" high, so wouldn't the back of the laptop sit about an inch higher in the back?
One more question, with the battery pushing the laptop higher in the back. Do little rubber feet come attached to the battery to keep the computer from slipping around?

 

Screen brightness is one of the main means for lengthening battery life I have heard of - if you need/like to keep your screen bright then I am not surprised that your battery life is not as long as "max advertised". Usually when I mention "super power saver mode" that means the screen brightness is at its absolute lowest.

Ah ha ... you were speaking of comparative height between two batteries. In that case I would agree with your assessment ... the 12 cell makes the entire machine about 1 inch higher in the back.

Now THIS I can definitely answer. YES. The little rubber feet seem to work quite nicely in keeping the battery in one place.

 

Mycanid.
Thank you very much for your informative posts. My 12 cell battery will be here some time next week. I'm hoping to get 6-7 hours out of each charge.

 

Mycanid.
Thank you very much for your informative posts. My 12 cell battery will be here some time next week. I'm hoping to get 6-7 hours out of each charge.

 

You are very welcome!

 

haha, im really interested in picking up this battery for my T115 for my flight to Japan too!

 

I called J&R Music in NYC and asked what the best deal they could make on the battery for a T115D, got mine for $109 and free shipping. That's about the best deal out there.

 

I should mention it lasted the entire flight easily. (Although I must confess that was not the only reason I purchased it.)

Yes - I got mine from J&R as well....