My trusty Lenovo T430 has just passed the two year mark and the battery is starting to show signs of age. It currently holds a bit under half of the design capacity and I've had notifications encouraging me to replace it.
I'm happy with an aftermarket battery, but with a plethora of suppliers out there, can anyone recommend either:
- a cheap, genuine Lenovo battery, or
- a reputable (and cheap) aftermarket battery that won't blow up or fry my laptop
Cheers guys
Recommend to buy a genuine from Lenovo. Cost you more than double, but give you well over double battery life, much more longer operating time and you are safe to use it. If you want to save some, try to find a branded one. Don't buy "Genuine" from overseas, most fake or refurbished. Don't buy unbranded compatible, inferior quality and dangerous.
70+ battery for t430
55+ not suit T430
It might be too late, but I just purchased a new battery directly from Lenovo. I used "ACCESS30" to get 30% off and it was also free shipping. My reasons were the same as tramperleo mentioned above.
Thanks Woody! I did it just then and got 30% off too :)
I have a T400 and am in the process of upgrading to a T430s. The T400 think pad can detect non genuine batteries and post annoying alerts every time the lap top resumes or has power connected. I believe later models may be even more particular about non genuine batteries to the point of not charging.
I suggest confirming with the vendor that the battery is compatible. Later model thinkpad batteries may have a security chip in them. Check the discussions on lenovo forums.
Sorry I cannot point you to a particular vendor.