Very impressed with Fastmac battery

[findnemo]

My stock battery decided to crap out on me only giving me 2300mh after a restore.....down from 4k....so I decided to try out Fastmac's.

Very impressed with the quality. It's a tad lighter then the stock battery and the aluminum is dead on, although might be more silver, but that is prob due to my mbp being 2 years old and yellowed.

The best thing about this battery isn't the max mah......6500 It's how this thing holds charge.

My stock battery would lose around 30% if left on sleep for 4-5 hours from 100%. The Fastmac's would lose.....maybe 1-3%.

I had a bump with the customer service because I used paypal and they couldn't find my payment for over a week, but they cleared that up. If you were to order from this site......use the CC option.



Max time Wifi Off : 5 hours +
Max time Wifi On : 4 hours 30 min
Macbook Pro 2.0 ghz first generation

P.S- Stock apple batteries come in at 5500 mah, this one comes in at 6500 mah. My battery might be a freak of nature

 

[FightTheFuture]

i've been very happy with the performance from FastMac as well - though i use a 5 year old 12" PowerBook

i get around 3-4 hours if i'm not doing anything graphic intensive. my battery is about a year old. the original battery had about the same results during it's peak life.

i also picked up an AC adapter that was small, cheap ($29) and works just as well as the Apple replacement. i left that one at the office and used the original at home. i'm not even sure you can get an older G4 notebook replacement anymore...

 

[iShater]

Good to hear about these batteries, as I am sure I will need one for my 12" PB soon.

I just bought a replacement charger, but the original G4 charger are still sold for $70 I got mine for $42 after shipping.

 

[Tex-Twil]

Great information.

findnemo, how long does your notebook last ? Which notebook do you have ?

regards,
Tex

 

[alphaod]

I was actually asking about these batteries in past and not people had them; looks like something I would consider in the future as well.

 

[findnemo]

Whoops forgot to add - I'm using a first generation 2.0 ghz Macbook Pro.

 

[Wolf103FM]

Did you have any issues with shipping? I ordered a battery last monday, and the order still shows as "processing". Tried e-mailing them last night about it, and have gotten no response.

EDIT: No more than 10 minutes after posting, I get two emails from fastmac stating they are now out of stock of the 15" MBP battery. Due to a number of them not meeting quality requirements after reopening the factory in China after the Olympics. Oh well, atleast I know what's going on now.

 

[Tex-Twil]

Hi,
did somebody try the UMBP fastmac batteries ?

 

[BleXXon]

@All: How did the battery performed after this time period? Can you post some coconut screenshots? That would be perfect!!

Thx

 

[09iMac=Fail]

Also interested in hearing a long term report on these batteries. The battery in my MBP crapped out on me after about a year and I have been dragging it around with it's life support cord for over a year now, starting to get annoying.

 

[spaceballl]

I'm glad it worked out for you. I actually had to order a replacement battery for my macbook pro a week ago, and I decided to go with the Apple authentic. After doing some research, many people said the fastmacs would dies pretty quickly. I wanted to save the $, but in the end, figured I'd go w/ the reliable "old faithful."