Consider replacing your battery

I'd buy 3rd party if it were me (so amazon or eBay most likely).

Price variance is most likely due to difference in charge capacity. Bigger battery means bigger price tag.

The batteries on Amazon are probably third party batteries. There may be nothing wrong with them, or they may be better than the Dell battery. It's a little bit of a crapshoot.

I'd personally buy the battery from Dell. Keep the warranty kosher, if you're worried about that. If not, third party is worth a shot.

"Stitches wrote:

I'd buy 3rd party if it were me (so amazon or eBay most likely).

So instead of paying $115 thru Dell, I'm paying $35 supposedly for the same damn thing? I'll send the thing back if it doesn't live up to the $115 version.
lol
Print a label and ship it back to Amazon at no cost.
You got to love their return policy.

Not expecting anything...

"bigbry wrote:

So instead of paying $115 thru Dell, I'm paying $35 supposedly for the same damn thing?

Depends on capacity.

"Desides wrote:

Depends on capacity.

Its the same. Could of spent like $168 for the upgraded version thru Dell.
This laptop is 3 1/2 years old anyway so probably buy another in a year or so.

Its coming from Texas so I'm pretty sure its one of Stiches old used up batteries.

Its funny reading the reviews on some of these "replacement" batteries.

"bigbry wrote:

Its the same. Could of spent like $168 for the upgraded version thru Dell.
This laptop is 3 1/2 years old anyway so probably buy another in a year or so.

Its coming from Texas so I'm pretty sure its one of Stiches old used up batteries.

Its funny reading the reviews on some of these "replacement" batteries.

Rated capacity isn't the same as actual capacity, that's all I'll say. :lol: But yeah, you should be fine with the new battery. Later this year or early next year will be a decent time to buy a new laptop, once the new Intel CPUs come out.

"Desides wrote:

Price variance is most likely due to difference in charge capacity. Bigger battery means bigger price tag.

The batteries on Amazon are probably third party batteries. There may be nothing wrong with them, or they may be better than the Dell battery. It's a little bit of a crapshoot.

I'd personally buy the battery from Dell. Keep the warranty kosher, if you're worried about that. If not, third party is worth a shot.

So far all is healthy with the new battery.

if the ratings are the same, with an older laptop, I'd go for 3rd party. OEM usually overcharge.

what, this is still a thing? :shifty:

Battpitt.com

As someone who worked selling computers and accesories for 13 years, my advice would be to avoid dumping the money into a new battery and put it towards a new PC. Unless the thing was crazy top of the line, or you need Windows 7 to run programs that won't run on 8 (which I understand), putting $100+ into a 3.5 year old machine is a bit of a waste.

"bigbry wrote:

Its the same. Could of spent like $168 for the upgraded version thru Dell.
This laptop is 3 1/2 years old anyway so probably buy another in a year or so.

Its coming from Texas so I'm pretty sure its one of Stiches old used up batteries.

Its funny reading the reviews on some of these "replacement" batteries.

You'd better wipe it down really good first. With disinfectant and bleach water.

This $35 battery is working as well as its predecessor(original equipment)

No complaints.

"bigbry wrote:

This $35 battery is working as well as its predecessor(original equipment)

No complaints.

k...

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