I am looking for a battery for my 17" laptop 68Wh A1189
The apple store rep suggested I try ebay for a cheaper battery rather than the apple swap program.
I went to ebay and was about to pull the trigger when i thought i would check amazon.
From what I could 'see' the batteries were all the same, but the reviews were all over the place. What concerned me though was a few people who said the non oem replacement batteries had exploded.
Although my laptop is old, I want to continue to use it and am not interested in it exploding or catching fire.
Does anyone here have any experience with these replacement batteries? Am I better off (just to be on the safe side) with paying the extra $60 and going with the apple oem battery?
my experience with non-apple batteries has been crap. I've had models from dr bott, BTI and whatever the junk is they sell from battdepot.ca. the runtime has generally been less than stellar at best, unusable at worst. i had to send back 2 of 4 BTI (less than 3 month old) models i tried for RMA (at my own expense too, might i add) and then 1 of those 2 replacements also failed within weeks.
the last batch i ordered from battdepot.ca didn't even fit in the computers they were supposed to fit in. they were a good 1.5-2mm thicker than the original apple battery, and when placed into the laptop pushed up on the back of the trackpad and button rendering it useless.
my experience with non-apple batteries has been crap. I've had models from dr bott, BTI and whatever the junk is they sell from battdepot.ca. the runtime has generally been less than stellar at best, unusable at worst. i had to send back 2 of 4 BTI (less than 3 month old) models i tried for RMA (at my own expense too, might i add) and then 1 of those 2 replacements also failed within weeks.
the last batch i ordered from battdepot.ca didn't even fit in the computers they were supposed to fit in. they were a good 1.5-2mm thicker than the original apple battery, and when placed into the laptop pushed up on the back of the trackpad and button rendering it useless.
+1; I'd only buy/sell genuine Apple batteries.
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I was reading similar comments from Amazon. I think i'll just spend the extra money and opt for the swap program at apple. I don't have time for issues like that.
Hmmm... I and for those I've bought replacement batteries for have never had any trouble with the batteries I've bought from intelligentbatteries.ca and lately battdepot.ca and before that newertech.com, and believe it or not the high capacity battery from newertech is still giving good service in an G4 iBook!!
keep in mind that a place like battdepot doesn't make their batteries...they, much like apple, most likely simply buy from whoever is selling what they need at the best price.
much the same way a macbook that came with a toshiba hard drive could get a samsung on a warranty replacement, i would be willing to bet that the product supplied on a battdepot order in january might be different to that in june..
I've bought replacement batteries from battdepot.ca on several occasions and had no issues. I'd order from them again for an out-of-warranty laptop.
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Just a couple of weeks ago I got a replacement battery from battdepot.ca and so far it's worked great. I'm getting the same charge I did when my 2008 macbook was brand new.
And for the record, when I called Apple to see if I could get my battery replaced, the guy on the phone also recommended I look into 3rd party batteries.
I got a replacement battery from battdepot.ca yesterday for my son's 2008 MacBook. Fit perfectly without issues and restored the machine to full power and full operating time. So go ahead Lars and broad, spend more than twice what is required to refresh a four year old machine via Apple. Most of us simply want a bit more life out of a faithful and reliable machine without Apple sticking it to us.
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