Where To Purchase "Good Quality" Laptop Battery?

Just stay away from EBay seller Batteriesinaflash. I tried to buy a Kindle battery from them that was supposed to be an Excell battery in a new, unopened, sealed package. I got an off brand, in an open package that was delivered over a week later than promised, shipped from China. I have bought things on EBay before, but this one was definitely a bummer. They definitely got my worst rating for all the good it did. If I hadn't needed it so bad I'd have sent it back and got my money back. A low price on EBay is not always the best choice.

I've had very good luck with "refurbished" batteries from BatteriesPlus. It's been quite a few years now though. At work, we also used to have them refurb our laptop batteries with no issues that I'm aware of.

rockhillmanor wrote:
tigerdirect.com
It's my go to for ALL and everything I need electronics. Great prices and great customer service. Real people.

I've bought batteries and even a couple of laptops from them. Their refurbished laptops are a real good buy.
I found them to be very professional and responsible sellers.

X2 and they have a "store" in Canada too.

tigerdirect.com
It's my go to for ALL and everything I need electronics. Great prices and great customer service. Real people.

I've bought batteries and even a couple of laptops from them. Their refurbished laptops are a real good buy.
I found them to be very professional and responsible sellers.

I'll give you my solutions

1) for each laptop I've had, I buy a 12V charging "brick" I know the factory charger is 120V, but for every HP, acer, asuz, laptop I've ever had they also make a 12V charging adapter. Usually they are available as OEM or aftermarket on amazon. That way it's like being at home

Basically they are a DC to DC converter with 12V in, 19 V out.

2) I get spare high capacity battery packs from amazon. even the aftermarket ones on amazon have been high quality

another option. with laptops so inexpensive now, new ones run way longer on a battery. I can run my Lenovo for about 3-4 hours on a battery charge and the big HP pavillion 2.5 hours or so on the std battery.

I've gotten burned on third party batteries so many times, I stick with OEM batteries from the computer manufacturer.

I've had good luck w/ eBay batteries. Bought a half-dozen for various laptops and even bought one for my Milwaukee drill.

I usually go w/ USA Shipper, high rating and not the rock-bottom-Chinese price. Maybe it's just luck.

But, what about an inverter and a $1.37 6 foot extension cord?
Then you'd never have to worry about amp-hours. :)

Looking on ebay, it seems your battery may be old enough that prices have hit bottom and bounced back up. Unless there are other models of Gateways that use the same battery, and show up better in searches. I did not check that.

If you are looking at paying upwards of $30 for a battery, you might consider whether you could get a slightly newer used laptop or tablet for the same $$, and whether that would serve you better.

Tell us more about your setup -- is it inconvenient to just run off a power cord? Why so?

In my life, laptops of a cetain age are plug in only, because of the short battery time. (Eventually, it is measured in seconds.) But your life is different.

Edited to add: A non-refurb battery for an old laptop is going to be a battery that has sat in a warehouse for many years. Why is that better? (Inquiring minds want to know, as we used to say in the 80s.)

Rayovac is another good brand of replacement laptop battery. Batteries Plus sells them, but I'm sure there's better deals on the same thing on Amazon.

Get the most ah you can afford.