Universal Battery Question

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there are so many universal batteries out there that claim they can give at
least 3-5 hours depending on your laptop model....do these batteries really
work? I'd be happy to even get 2 hours and my laptop is a 19v. If these
batteries do work, who makes the best ones?

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Jonathan L. Parker wrote:
> The Eggman wrote:
>> There are so many universal batteries out there that claim they can
>> give at least 3-5 hours depending on your laptop model. Do these
>> batteries really work? I'd be happy to even get 2 hours and my
>> laptop is a 19v. If these batteries do work, who makes the best ones?
>
>
> If my experience is any indication, you'd be better off buying a spare
> battery or two for your specific laptop model if you really need to
> work cordless for that long. I bought one of those big, flat N-Charge
> external batteries to use with my Averatec when its original equipment
> battery started heading south. It didn't last two weeks before I had
> to take its lifeless carcass back to Best Buy for a replacement. Then
> the connector that goes between the AC adapter and the laptop
> gave up the ghost just before the warranty ran out. And not only did
> I never get anywhere close to the claimed run times, but it didn't
> last anywhere near as many cycles as a standard laptop battery. I'd
> have been much better off buying a pair of OEM batteries for my
> Averatec than throwing my money away on this thing.
>
> Granted, this is only one manufacturer; others may really make useful
> products. Frankly, though, I wouldn't bet on it.

Very good advice. At least with a new OEM battery there is recourse if
it does not work.

Q