laptop (computer) replacement battery; where to buy?

I looked at Sterlingtek, and they seem to be about camera batteries, not offering laptop batteries.

I have a Dell laptop computer and the battery no longer holds a charge. Is there an aftermarket seller of laptop batteries that has a quality product without the huge mark up?

Tom

Am I the only one who has a had a battery die?

Anyone?

Check out APC, they make decent batteries. If you look around sometimes they have a 5% coupon out there.
http://www.apcc.com/

batteries arent gonna be cheap! and i wouldnt buy just any 3rd party one. ebay is always an option.

www.batteriesplus.com

first off how old is it, dells have a 1 year battery warrenty.

go back to dell in my honest opinion. it isnt going to be cheap but itll be 100% right.

Thanks everyone for the help.

The computer is about 2 and a half years old.

I hate spending $150 on a replacement battery, when I could invest that in a new $600 laptop computer and end up with more RAM, processor etc.

So goes the technology game.

Given that even the name brand laptops have been having issues with their OEM batteries catching fire, I'm not sure I'd go with an off brand. Plus, in almost all laptops I've seen, the battery is part of your laptop's external casing and appearance, so fit and finish may not match up. Because of that and the rapid model turnover, I don't think there's actually a big market for aftermarket batteries on laptops. I've seen some, but it probably isn't as profitable as it is on cameras and cell phones where you don't have to match the OEM battery's appearance perfectly. Plus a laptop battery has to provide a lot more juice, and therefore is probably a lot more complex.

You're absolutely right though...once your laptop battery no longer holds a charge, you often are faced with the prospect of paying a significant percentage of the cost of a new laptop just to get a fresh battery. You're still obviously spending a lot more to upgrade the whole thing, but it does often feel like a better use of cash. If you can afford it and if you feel like your existing laptop isn't meeting your needs, I'd say go for the upgrade. If you can't afford it or you think it's fast enough that you'd use it for a few more years, then I'd replace the battery.

You could also try ebay for the dell branded one, but of course with a battery you want it to be new or very low usage, and you're taking their word for it there.

Diamondback Battery
Though the only batteries I have bought from them are for my camera.

yay my first post and its to help some one. i got my battery's for both my dell's here. i have not had any problems with them yet..(almost 1 year using them)

http://www.bestcompu.c​om ….asp?classid=Pa​rts_B_Dell

Hope this Helps you

Rich

thanks Rich for the post and helping out an old timer.

Appreciate your feedback and look forward to more posts.

Tom