By: Mike Johnson
Copyright 2006 Online Crazy Deals
Some laptop computer batteries dealers offer a refurbished
laptop battery claiming they are restored to original specs.
"Caveat Emptor", buyer beware. Most are cheap and won't hold the
charge for very long. You might get lucky and get a good one,
but the life of the battery is in jeopardy.
Why take the risk? New laptop batteries are not that much more
in price and they are going to last a much longer time. If you
buy a refurbished laptop battery it may only hold a good charge
for a couple of months and once it's dead, it's dead!
Many people trust buying refurbished laptops and computers
because the replacement parts are new and can make it last an
extended amount of time. The laptop battery is different. Think
back to when Dick Clark was selling the battery re-charger for
regular AA, C, D and AAA batteries? If you bought one you
quickly found that the charger worked great. One bad thing- the
battery only held about half the original charge and you could
only charge it a few times and then the battery wouldn't charge
at all anymore.
If you take the same concept with refurbished laptop computer
batteries you get the same results. They will last for a short
time and most people only saved a few extra dollars, but were
not happy with the overall performance. The technology just
doesn't exist yet to supply a good refurbished battery. In the
case of refurbished laptops, we have figured out that you can
replace the hardware and it works as good as new. Sorry, but a
laptop battery doesn't have hardware parts to replace, so the
end result could be bad.
If the laptop battery isn't too old it should work just fine,
but how many dealers tell you the age of the battery? Not many.
If you want to save a few dollars then please buy a better MPG
car, not a refurbished laptop battery. A lot of the time you
don't know exactly what you're getting like how many times has
it been charged previously, or how old is it. If you know the
answers you probably can get a decent deal, but good luck
finding out the answers.
Although a great way to save money it to buy refurbished
electronics because they have replaceable parts, the technology
to recondition batteries isn't quite up to the same speed. The
good news is most new laptop computer batteries have a one year
warranty and a discount price. You are much better off buying a
new laptop battery.
About the author:
Online Crazy Deals specializes in mobile computer technology
including refurbished laptops, but only new laptop computer
batteries. We recommend visiting us for more info.
http://www.onlinecrazydeals.com
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