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[eBay Plus, Refurb] Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Yoga Gen 2, i5 1145G7, NVMe 256GB, 16GB, W11 PRO $319.20 Delivered @ SMG-AU via eBay

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[eBay Plus, Refurb] Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Yoga Gen 2, i5 1145G7, NVMe 256GB, 16GB, W11 PRO $319.20 Delivered @ SMG-AU via eBay
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Dan24 on 05/03/2025 - 17:00 ebay.com.au (5178 clicks)
Last edited 06/03/2025 - 09:51 by 1 other user
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Am addicted to buying used tech for myself and family and had positive experiences with this store.

Seems like a decent price for an 11th gen intel, given 8th gens are still trying to be sold at around this price point.

Description says touch screen, has a thunderbolt port, ram is soldered, no spare nvme slot. Teardown video: https://youtu.be/cjPO3_pM5t8?si=QT9JPHtHRa855ufy

NOTE: Description indicates there may be medium case scatches and minor screen scatches (thanks mrvaluepack)

Confirmed with seller units do not have a backlit keyboard.

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  • You Were Warned on 05/03/2025 - 17:09
    +7

    Integrated Li-Polymer 46Wh battery, minimum 80% capacity
    13.3" FHD (1920x1080) Multitouch IPS 300nits Anti-reflection, Anti-Smudge 72% NTSC (100% sRGB)
    1x Thunderbolt 4 / USB4 40Gbps (support data transfer, Power Delivery 3.0 and DisplayPort 1.4)

    Not bad

    Beware high cycle count on the small sized battery so you may need to budget for a new battery

  • spacebanana on 05/03/2025 - 17:20
    +3

    Damn this looks pretty good, would have loved a 14 inch but this might be close enough for a great price.

    • RedHab on 05/03/2025 - 19:00
      +4

      It's a good robust machine, I've had the AMD version of this for 2 years. It's externally almost identical to the Intel model, according to NotebookCheck.
      https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-L13-Yoga-Gen-2…

      The only downside is the 13" screen with rather large bezels.

      Mine came with a stylus and it can be folded 180' to make a rather heavy tablet.

  • Windows7forever on 05/03/2025 - 17:23
    +2

    Sharp price point for a late spec budget laptop.

  • Uncle Roger on 05/03/2025 - 17:32
    +2

    Really good price

  • kaebomb on 05/03/2025 - 17:33
    +1

    This vs a Dell Latitude 5000 series equivalent? Specs are just about the same, just the brands are different. Haven't had experience with thinkpads before.

    • Dan24 on 05/03/2025 - 17:38

      Think the dells for the equivalent generation (in the 5000 series) have a full aluminium chassis but otherwise I have the same impression. 3000 Series should be plastic and cheaper.

    • browser on 05/03/2025 - 17:43
      +9

      Latitude is business grade laptop, L series Thinkpad is consumer grade.

      Generally business grade laptops are better build, thinner, lighter, with longer battery life.

    • drup on 05/03/2025 - 17:45

      32gb VS 16gb in favour of Dell?

    • kaebomb on 05/03/2025 - 17:47

      Dell Latitude 5420 14” Touch Screen FHD Laptop
      Processor: Intel Core i5-1135G7 @2.40Ghz 4 cores 8 threads
      Memory: 16GB RAM
      Storage: 256GB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD
      Display: 14” Touch Screen FHD (1920 x 1080)
      Graphics: Intel(R) lris(R) Xe Graphics
      Operating System: Windows 11 Pro
      Camera: Integrated Webcam

      Assuming the Lenovo in this OP is the better option?
      Sorry I'm unfamiliar with tech terms.

      • Dan24 on 05/03/2025 - 18:13
        +4

        My impression is that the dell would be better, because of chassis quality, so if the prices are the same, go with the dell. Also believe ram is soldered on that dell from "memory"

        • slimpickings on 05/03/2025 - 21:54
          +1

          The 5420 has two ram slots, nothing soldered. Chassis is alright; not as nice as a T-series lenovo but should be better than an L-series.

          • Dan24 on 05/03/2025 - 21:57

            @slimpickings: You are right, I should not have backed myself in this instance:
            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH8M_BjCCoU
            Bigger battery and better cooling as well

            • slimpickings on 05/03/2025 - 22:08
              +1

              @Dan24: yeah the 54xx range is fairly chunky by modern standards but solid business laptops. I have a few minor annoyances (why do you need three different keycap/switch designs for the same keyboard and why did I get all three of them in a single laptop shipment?) but they're very easy to maintain and repair.
              not sure which battery the unit would ship with, you get great battery life from the 63wh but ours came with 42wh originally

      • CyberMurning on 05/03/2025 - 21:28

        Where is the link for dell? Same price???

        • kaebomb on 05/03/2025 - 22:28
          +2

          It's $80 more after eBay plus discount.. Also from a different seller that offers only 3 months warranty for the refurbished product which could be a deal breaker for people. Battery life said to be between 70-100% left.
          I decided not to order because of the warranty

          https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/235966324228?_skw=Dell+latitude+…

          • Dan24 on 05/03/2025 - 22:55
            +1

            @kaebomb: That's not too bad on account of the build quality and ram being replaceable. They should probably have a glass half empty way of referring to the battery health, "minimum of 70%" for instance.

  • congo on 05/03/2025 - 17:44
    +2

    In case you were wondering:
    Screen Size: 13.3 in

  • Halfpea on 05/03/2025 - 17:45
    +1

    I grabbed one to replace my very scruffy looking surface pro 7. Can't go wrong at that price.

    • bargaino on 05/03/2025 - 19:11
      -1

      Will it not be tough, going from 2736 x 1824 pixel surface, to the 1080P Thinkpad?

      They can have my scruffy old Surface Pro when they offer at least a QHD screen in the replacement.

      • Halfpea on 05/03/2025 - 20:38

        I hardly use the laptop for anything except emails docs and sailing the high seas to put on external HD and I have an S10 ultra so I don't think it will matter.

  • mrvaluepack on 05/03/2025 - 17:45
    +22

    Condition: Refurbished Medium case scratches. Minor Screen Scratches

    No thanks…

    • PhoenixAUS on 05/03/2025 - 17:57
      +8

      Not sure why you were downvoted - this is a legitimate comment and good to note for prospective buyers that missed this in the item description. Especially considering most (not all) of the recent deals have been Grade A refurbished units.

    • Dan24 on 05/03/2025 - 18:10
      +5

      Good pickup, The reviews for the listing seem positive, potentially just giving themselves some wriggle room. I'll just cover case scratches with some south park stickers because I'm a child. Screen scratches would be more annoying

      • kaebomb on 05/03/2025 - 22:20
        +3

        For $40 more after eBay plus discount, there's the A grade version of the same thing. Bit more reassurance regarding cosmetic/screen damage. Should just be minor case damage at the worst (with no mention of damage on the screen) compared to this B grade listing

  • m2thez on 05/03/2025 - 17:47

    Great find, in the same mindset to find a used laptop. Do you know any decent one for light gaming? Hoping to play Black Myth: Wukong.

    • Dan24 on 05/03/2025 - 17:54
      +6

      Personally don't think there is value is much worthwhile beyond really casual gaming for the used laptop market, reason these are so cheap is because they are bought in bulk for schools/ businesses, then decomissioned on a timetable when warranty ends or whatever. You'd probably be looking for an xps or thinkstation p series, or HP z book, if you wanted a dedicated GPU and ex-corp computer. Even then its a workstation GPU, and you would be approaching the price point of a budget gaming laptop anyway.

      TLDR, just stalk the lenovo outlet, or ozbargain until a sub $1000 gaming laptop pops that seems like a reasonable deal.

      • vinni9284 on 05/03/2025 - 18:57
        +1

        If you have an existing eGPU (like me) it has USB4 40Gb. Therefore you can extend & increase the graphics power

        • Dan24 on 05/03/2025 - 19:05

          I'll have to look into this a bit more as a couple of years back all of the enclosures were really pricey

          • vinni9284 on 05/03/2025 - 19:17
            +2

            @Dan24: They're a fad as many buy, sits, and gathers dust. Then sell it for peanuts. I bought a core X chroma eGPU with a RX580 GPU for $150. Yes, i got it for a bargain, but they're around. And like many neggers out there, it works really well. Not for every game but tbh not many cheapies (this laptop) like this don't have a TB4 port. Rare

            • Dan24 on 05/03/2025 - 19:21
              +1

              @vinni9284: Hopefully prices keep going down on the used market and docks from Ali become cheaper. Thats an awesome deal you got btw.

              • vinni9284 on 05/03/2025 - 21:02
                +1

                @Dan24: Thanks mate. Good luck in your endeavours. Cheers

    • mitcheo on 05/03/2025 - 18:10
      +6

      dont buy this or anything like it for games..

  • mitcheo on 05/03/2025 - 18:09
    +5

    I just bought one of these off marketplace.. its ok. I thought it had backlit keys (some do some dont) feels a bit bulky. Im not to stoked with it tbh honest mainly coz i wanted backlit keys so suss that

    • T-man on 05/03/2025 - 19:34

      Can you confirm if it has touchscreen?

      • mitcheo on 05/03/2025 - 21:03
        +1

        mine did yes

  • kid-vhee on 05/03/2025 - 18:12
    +4

    Bought this for the wife a couple months at 343. Definitely solid value. Note it is soldered ram but got it for the Thunderbolt 4 port. Means you can hook up an eGPU to make it a decent machine.

    Mine came in very good condition, and Battery life is still solid. Only concern so far is it runs quite warm, so presumably will need to take apart and see if I'll need to redo the thermals.

    • Dan24 on 05/03/2025 - 18:15
      +1

      Good to know, the teardown showed the cooling solution was pretty minimal maybe a laptop cooling stand from Kmart or Ali could help

    • bargaino on 05/03/2025 - 19:13

      when you say it "runs warm", do you mean it feels warm, or the sensors report a high cpu temp? Blocked/bad fan could cause both, bad thermal connections the latter.

      • kid-vhee on 05/03/2025 - 21:05
        +1

        Well compared to my work issued i7 acer laptop (same gen), this heats up immediately, which could be blocked fans, but assumed under refurbished it would've been cleaned.

        • ozgrizz on 06/03/2025 - 10:38

          so if you knew it there is heat issue b4 buying would you still keep it? idk if i should keep my order, plz let me know

  • Veedub on 05/03/2025 - 18:25
    +13

    for anyone else wondering how much does it weigh and dimensions… 311.5 x 219 x 17.6 mm, 1.38 kg

  • wiltonson on 05/03/2025 - 19:39

    Am i correct to assume this refurbished unit doesn't has backlit keyboard? Since lenovo website says it's optional upgrade

    • Dan24 on 05/03/2025 - 19:41
      +3

      Safest to assume it won't have one. I have asked the seller, will update description with odds of getting one when they get back to me.

      • wiltonson on 05/03/2025 - 19:54
        +1

        I ordered one before realising the backlit is optional. Hope seller has update soon

    • Dan24 on 06/03/2025 - 09:53

      Confirmed with seller, no backlit keyboard on these

  • lilchonk on 06/03/2025 - 01:47
    +1

    ThinkPad my beloved

  • parad0x on 06/03/2025 - 02:46

    Msgd seller to ask about KB backlight. I will reply to this post with an update of still relevant.

    Now I'm off to removing Chrome from my phone for deleting my typed post be free reloading the page all because I switched tabs!already made the switch on my laptop, but without workload Firefox is far more resource intensive than Chrome, and if made the switch to improve my browsing experience. Truth is I neeed more than a single screen, and maybe a desk to put them in.
    /rant

    Any luck with dual projectors anyone? Haha

    • anthman on 06/03/2025 - 07:01

      I yearn to see a few commas and full stops in your comment :P

      Thank you, will be curious to see what they say!

    • Dan24 on 06/03/2025 - 09:52

      No backlight, confirmed with seller

  • loadofrubbish on 06/03/2025 - 07:56

    I suppose the question is whether you’d buy something like this now or wait until Windows 10 support ends. The second-hand market will likely be flooded with PCs and laptops then.

    • parad0x on 06/03/2025 - 10:04
      +1

      It's not now? The place is a wasteland of sellers inventories growing and users having 2-3 laptop upgrades kicking around the house because private sales at pointless. An age where a single component an fetch you more than the combined machine as a whole. It's a mess and it's only getting worse

      • Dan24 on 06/03/2025 - 10:14

        Will be pretty good when 6th gen Intel's hit the sub 100 mark, since there is an abundance of them, and no shortage of new laptops hitting the used market. Then Linux popularity can grow when everyone installs mint xfce

  • Smashya on 06/03/2025 - 08:34
    +2

    Did the price go up? Mine is $429 before discount and $343.20 after discount.

    • awesomise on 06/03/2025 - 08:42
      +1

      Yes it has…

    • Dan24 on 06/03/2025 - 08:43

      Base discount on the listing changed from 20% to 14%. Potentially better to get the A grade version now. But there were fewer in stock

      • kaebomb on 06/03/2025 - 08:51
        +1

        The A grade sold out last night. There were at least 8 but that was dropped by the seller to 4 then they all sold https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/167283438487

        Hopefully there are other good deals around as these prices for the specs and warranty are great for students and families

  • wiltonson on 06/03/2025 - 09:23

    i was under the impression they have too many units to sell (well over 50 units can still be seen on ebay app) so it's a bit strange they increase the price to slowdown the sales.

    • Dan24 on 06/03/2025 - 09:26

      I was gonna say the same… They were going to clear out their stock and now they won't. Maybe they were only expect a few to go in the discount period, not ~150-200 units haha

      • wiltonson on 06/03/2025 - 09:34

        isn't the 20% discount absorbed by Ebay? rather than by the retailer?

        • Dan24 on 06/03/2025 - 09:43

          There was a discount of 20% which stacked on top of the eBay code, they changed their discount to 14% to raise the price

          • wiltonson on 06/03/2025 - 09:56

            @Dan24: edit - sorry i meant to say the "20% ebay code discount OFF20" is absorbed by Ebay hence the final price is attractive. Now that they jacked it up by reducing their 20% discount, it's not as exciting.

            • Dan24 on 06/03/2025 - 09:59

              @wiltonson: No stress, you were technically right. Just both discounts were initially 20% which was confusing.

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