refurbished laptop batteries??

[Conroy9]

is it safe to buy a dell refurbished laptop battery? i understood that there was a maximum number of times the battery can be recharged before it dies.. doesn't this imply that the battery won't last as long?

also are there any other resellers of oem batteries for laptops?

 

[joinT]

bump cuz my Toshiba Satellite 100CS battery is practically dead.

anyone ?

 

[Erasmus-X]

There is nothing wrong with a refurbished product. Refurbs are often like-new products with very minor glitches that are reconditioned at a factory. Refurb parts often include the same warranty as a new product as well.

 

[medic]

If you could get some information on the degree of testing and refurbishing that they have had and the length of the warranty then you could consider them.
Especially important is if the packs have been rebuilt with new cells and if not the degree of testing they have had which would make the warranty even more important.
NiMH batteries for instance have an average life of 4-600 charge/discharge cycles, possibly up to 1000 cycles if they have never been subjected to temp. extremes, overcharging ect.
If they are only tested and not rebuilt then I would pass...without actually disassembling them it's nearly impossible to judge remaing life except by examining the degree of anode and separator degradation for instance.
These would be considered end of life at 75-80% of capacity.