Best replacement battery?

[jthom137]

Hi all,

My macbook air (11 inch, early 2015) needs a battery replacement. My issue is that my only option for an apple-certified replacement requires me to leave my laptop with the store for a couple of days (also I can't schedule this over phone or email), but I'm a doctoral student and my entire life is on my laptop.

So what is the best replacement battery that I can buy for my macbook? I can't find OEM apple batteries so it looks like I have to go third-party.

 

[chrfr]

Hi all,

My macbook air (11 inch, early 2015) needs a battery replacement. My issue is that my only option for an apple-certified replacement requires me to leave my laptop with the store for a couple of days (also I can't schedule this over phone or email), but I'm a doctoral student and my entire life is on my laptop.

So what is the best replacement battery that I can buy for my macbook? I can't find OEM apple batteries so it looks like I have to go third-party.

Without a question, I would figure out a way to get a real OEM Apple battery installed. You might try to find an Apple authorized repair provider rather than an Apple Store to get it done. They may offer you some better scheduling flexibility.

 

[Audit13]

I've changed plenty of batteries in the Air and it takes no more than about 45 minutes. I use third-party batteries from Amazon.