Netbook Batteries

[NorthEast]

Looking at purchasing a Netbook, but it only has a 3 cell battery. Anyone have any experience/comments of non oem 6 cell or 9 cell bateries that are for sale around the £40 mark.

[twister]

14 months ago I got a third-party 9-cell for my Aspire One, and without any question it's been worth every single penny I paid for it - the original Acer battery is now resigned to backup use for those rare occasions when the 9-cell runs out (usually because I've forgotten to recharge it...).

[BenElliottRacing]

The netbook that I bought (acer aspire one) had a 7 hour battery option for £10 more

or are you going 2nd hand?

[NorthEast]

twister said:

14 months ago I got a third-party 9-cell for my Aspire One, and without any question it's been worth every single penny I paid for it - the original Acer battery is now resigned to backup use for those rare occasions when the 9-cell runs out (usually because I've forgotten to recharge it...).

Thanks was a bit concerned on the quality of third party batteries, bearing in mind the price difference betwen them and branded batteries.

Edited by NorthEast on Monday 1st March 10:16

[NorthEast]

BenElliottRacing said:

The netbook that I bought (acer aspire one) had a 7 hour battery option for £10 more

or are you going 2nd hand?

Was looking at refurbised with a 12 month guarantee, but not sure if to do this, or pay the extra for new.

[pokethepope]

IIRC the 3-cell batteries on the NC10 and its related models only gave around 3-4 hours battery life, so if you want greater I would go for the 6-cell, but it would obviously vary depending on what netbook you are looking at.

[NorthEast]

pokethepope said:

IIRC the 3-cell batteries on the NC10 and its related models only gave around 3-4 hours battery life, so if you want greater I would go for the 6-cell, but it would obviously vary depending on what netbook you are looking at.

Its a refurb NC10 I am looking at says 4 hour battery life, so I am assuming its fitted with a 3 cell battery

[twister]

NorthEast said:

Thanks was a bit concerned on the quality of third party batteries, bearing in mind the price difference betwen them and branded batteries.

I also have a third-party battery for my Canon DSLR, which was significantly cheaper than the equivalent Canon part - the only way I can tell it apart from the original battery supplied with the camera is to look at the label on the side... as far as the performance is concerned, it behaves just like the Canon-branded battery.

So whilst there probably are some sub-standard third party batteries out there, you just need to have a bit of common sense about you when buying one - check user reviews, Google for any pro/anti comments etc.