Battery Suggesions

[gadgetdad]

So I have a 14 month old MBpro and the battery is at 34% health and in critical condition so I need a replacement. Instead of spending $130 bucks, what alternative batteries are available? Anyone buy one off ebay? Are there higher capacity batteries available?

Thanks in advance

 

[Eddyisgreat]

Hi.

I havn't done any extensive research in the past few months, but last time I checked there was one vendor that offered a slightly extentend life battery (and when I say slightly I mean maybe five - ten extra mins).

A google search brings up FastMac which points to their selection of batteries , which I think may be your only option.

With that said, something tells me that OEM batteries, except for extreme circumstances, are the way to go

 

[KC2]

This may be a dumb question...I don't know how long expected battery life is for our MBPs, but have you calibrated your battery recently?

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1490

 

[gadgetdad]

This may be a dumb question...I don't know how long expected battery life is for our MBPs, but have you calibrated your battery recently?

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1490

I have not recently, I wonder if it will give new life to the battery.

Its plugged in at home right now, when I go to lunch I will unplug it and let it die till I get home and recharge it.

 

[group09]

I have bought OEM batteries on eBay and not been disappointed.

This may be a dumb question...I don't know how long expected battery life is for our MBPs, but have you calibrated your battery recently?

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1490

Nice link! I didn't know you could do that.

 

[gadgetdad]

I have completely drained over night and recharged during the day 3 days in a row and I am happy to say I have gone from a 30 % to a 54 % health. Amazing what happens when you cycle. A 24% increase in 3 days is real good. I will probably do this a few more days to see if my health will continue to improve.

So far my drain has not improved to much as I unplugged from my power source 10 minutes ago from 100 and now down to 78.

77 now

Well see how good it actually does.

 

[aquajet]

You are under the mistaken impression that "calibration" has actually given your battery more life than it had before. Cycling the battery is a waste of time and will do nothing to improve your actual runtime.

Read this post.

 

[gadgetdad]

You are under the mistaken impression that "calibration" has actually given your battery more life than it had before. Cycling the battery is a waste of time and will do nothing to improve your actual runtime.

Read this post.

Is there proof of this other than your own post?

 

[ZballZ]

Is there proof of this other than your own post?

I agree. Calibration is simply optimizing the communication between the OS and the battery.

...and I did the same as you a few months back, and revived my battery from 50% to almost 75%, unfortunately I did a cycle too many, and I dropped back to around 60% !

... On the other hand, sometimes my battery drops to 0% and I get the warning, but instead of shutting off, a few seconds later the battery will jump to 12%. Weird.

Long story short - it is nice to have a correctly calibrated battery - but running a zillion cycles will do no improvement of the actual battery time.