Replacement laptop batteries - reputable companies?

[NaePasaran]

6 year old laptop and battery life has naturally reduced.

Replacements seem to cost from £100 for original part, to £9 quid for an AliExpress effort with everything in-between.

Don't fancy putting a £100 battery in a device that's probably only worth that. Similarly don't fancy some unlicensed thing that may explode.

Any recommendations for any reputable companies when it comes to replacement laptop batteries?

[The Hofff]

Ifixit are a good outlet in my opinion. Been decent for replacement parts in the past for me

https://store.ifixit.co.uk/collections/pc-laptop-p...



If you buy a mega cheap AliExpress option, it could well be just an old battery with a new sticker

Edited by The Hofff on Monday 30th September 16:41

[jingars]

Mid-August I replaced the battery in a Lenovo laptop with a pattern part from https://www.good-batteries.co.uk/.

[wyson]

2 power and duracell are good brands for laptop batteries.

They arent cheap, but cheaper than OE.

I put a 2 power in my Dell, it is lasting better than the original Dell battery!

[Panamax]

Do laptops last six years? I find my PCs are grinding to a halt after three years and a cheap Samsung tablet (£180) can leave them for dead while the PC hard drives churn away endlessly. Then add in Microsoft's built-in obsolescence and it's all extremely annoying

[98elise]

wyson said:

2 power and duracell are good brands for laptop batteries.

They arent cheap, but cheaper than OE.

I put a 2 power in my Dell, it is lasting better than the original Dell battery!

I bought a duracell replacement for my tablet, and within a year it stopped charging. As you say it wasn't cheap.

[captain_cynic]

Panamax said:

Do laptops last six years? I find my PCs are grinding to a halt after three years and a cheap Samsung tablet (£180) can leave them for dead while the PC hard drives churn away endlessly. Then add in Microsoft's built-in obsolescence and it's all extremely annoying

Mine do.

I've still got a perfectly good Asus laptop from 2017. Only reason I got a new one is because it's for light gaming so the ancient GF 940MX just wasn't cutting it after 2022. It can still do web/email/meetings.

Sounds like you just need a Windows reinstall. Also stop installing all and sundry, that's usually what kills performance.

[ThingsBehindTheSun]

captain_cynic said:

Sounds like you just need a Windows reinstall. Also stop installing all and sundry, that's usually what kills performance.

Agreed, this is what I do and it is like getting a new machine again. I bought my current machine 3 years ago (a Lenovo Legion Pro Gaming laptop with a Ryzen 7 5800) and that is still stupidly quick. In fact I run it in whisper mode (quarter clock speed) and it is currently sitting at 3% CPU. Before that my last laptop was at least ten years old by the time I replaced it.

I personally don't think there is any point getting them replaced or buying new batteries. My daughter has a failed screen on her current laptop and the local repair shop quoted £160. I purchased a new Dell i3-1215U for £299 which is better than her current laptop anyway.

My experience of replacement batteries is they are usually poor and don't hold a charge anywhere near the original ones.

[cobra kid]

Panamax said:

Do laptops last six years? I find my PCs are grinding to a halt after three years and a cheap Samsung tablet (£180) can leave them for dead while the PC hard drives churn away endlessly. Then add in Microsoft's built-in obsolescence and it's all extremely annoying

But....back to batteries.....

[NaePasaran]

Thanks for the suggestions guys i'll check them out...


Regarding longevity of a laptop I guess it depends on the spec of the device in the first place. This wasn't a top spec laptop by any means, more a mid-market business spec'd device, but its still much better spec'd than budget laptops today.

Was in Curry's last week and they're looking for £300 for Intel Pentiums, 4GB and 128GB SSD's. That won't be good enough for tomorrow let alone 6 years time.

[mph999]

NaePasaran said:

.... to £9 quid for an AliExpress

That's a really good way to burn your house down ....

Don't go cheap on lithium batteries, really really not worth it

[nuyorican]

Panamax said:

Do laptops last six years?

Typing this on a nine year old Macbook Pro. Still as fast as lightning. Not sure how I'm supposed to change the battery though when the time comes, you can't get in it!