3rd Party Battery replacement

[TeenyWeenyMargariti]

So I'm new to the forums and was hoping you guys could help me make a decision.

I have a healthy Vaio Laptop (VGN-CR353) that is working on Zorin OS (it's fast with windows 10 too, but I decided to go Linux for an old lappy like this one).

The laptop works just as good as a new laptop minus a few luxuries, but its battery is virtually dead.

It runs out instantly and charges for hours so I use the laptop with the power cord, but recently I found this:

http://www.betterbatt.com.au/s/laptop-battery/sony/vaio/vgn-cr353/

 

Is it safe to buy a battery like this? I've heard many cases of 3rd party batteries blowing up so I'm kinda sceptical.

Any help would be appreciated 

 

PS: Sorry in advance if this is in the wrong part of the forum.

[alexhelvetica]

3rd party batteries are very hit or miss. I've had both lithium polymer and lithium ion based 3rd party batteries, and they've either had decent battery life, but died quickly, or had awful battery life.

 

I've had known people who have bought 3rd party batteries, and received batteries with identical Panasonic cells, but those 3rd party will cost more.

 

Also note, higher price doesn't make it better, they might still be using no name cells with a shitty controller board.

 

I bought a new old stock battery for my Elitebook 8470p off eBay, and it's amazing. Was $90AU, but it's just the best that's available.

 

Also noted, DELL and other laptop manufacturers have had large recalls for their laptop batteries because of fires, showing that even proper brand stuff can make shit that can burst into flames, so a cheap battery with Chinese cells do have a much higher risk of fire (still probably still 1 in 10,000).

[TeenyWeenyMargariti]

5 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

3rd party batteries are very hit or miss. I've had both lithium polymer and lithium ion based 3rd party batteries, and they've either had decent battery life, but died quickly, or had awful battery life.

 

I've had known people who have bought 3rd party batteries, and received batteries with identical Panasonic cells, but those 3rd party will cost more.

 

Also note, higher price doesn't make it better, they might still be using no name cells with a shitty controller board.

 

I bought a new old stock battery for my Elitebook 8470p off eBay, and it's amazing. Was $90AU, but it's just the best that's available.

So should I go for it or nah? Cause the website and everything seems like a well established site soooo... I dunno

EDIT: There's this as well: http://www.betterbatt.com.au/why-shop-with-us/#positive-reviews

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

5 minutes ago, TeenyWeenyMargariti said:

So should I go for it or nah? Cause the website and everything seems like a well established site soooo... I dunno

most batteries are made in china, so I wold rather buy one from toaboa. 

i dont think any of these battery will blow up

[TeenyWeenyMargariti]

13 hours ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

most batteries are made in china, so I wold rather buy one from toaboa. 

i dont think any of these battery will blow up

Welp, I guess I'll take your word on it.

Thx guys

[alexhelvetica]

15 hours ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

most batteries are made in china, so I wold rather buy one from toaboa. 

i dont think any of these battery will blow up

Yeah, they probably are, but that doesn't make no name cells and well made, actually have decent battery life, and most importantly, are safe.

 

Dell recalled over 4.1  million laptops made between 2004 and 2006 that the batteries used in those were made by Sony.

 

Panasonic has a recall available for FZ-G1 series toughpads. (I typed in "battery recall", into Google, and that popped up on productsafety.gov.au)

 

Samsung had 2 recalls for the Note 7, and eventually pulled the plug for it

 

If 3 of the biggest battery manufacturers make mistakes which resulted in unsafe products every once and awhile, how can you ensure the quality and safety of what no name battery cells that were the cheapest at the Shenzhen markets for one particular week?