» ThinkPad X60 Tablet 8 Cell LI-ION Battery (40Y8318)
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Features:
- Product #: 40Y8318
- Manufacturer: Lenovo
- Manufacturer Item #: 40y8318
- UPC: 882861340606
Editor Reviews:
- Product Description
Carry a spare ThinkPad X60 Tablet 8 Cell Li-Ion Battery so you can work unplugged longer! The 8 cell battery delivers approximately seven hours of unplugged time.
Customer Reviews:
- battery
The Thinkpad by lenovo is not that great of a product in itself, but since I am required to use it for school , this battery works nicely as a replacement for the one that died out earlier. I have been using it for several months with no problems yet - good, but not great
* Love it -- it works!!
* Love it -- the battery itself is easy to install.
* Love it -- I placed the order with Amazon in late-November 2009 and the battery I received was manufactured in October 2009; only 1 month old
* Dislike it -- on my X61T, this 8 cell battery reports only about 4hr uptime after a full recharge (on Lenovo's product website it suggested "approximately 7 hours".)
* Dislike it -- the old battery died after only about 14 months
* Hate it -- Lenovo battery does not come with a handy ship-the-old-battery-back-for-safe-disposal shipping slip (Unlike Lenovo, America Power Conversion (APC) does for their UPS batteries. The APC UPS battery comes with a already-filled shipping label; and you can just take out the new battery, put the old battery in the same shipping box, apply the new shipping label, and then send the old batteries back to APC for safe disposal.)
- Thinkpad Tablet X61 8-cell Battery
Why I had to buy a new battery? Thinkpad Tablet X61 is only 14 months old and cost more than U$ 2100.
My old original OEM battery gives an error message "A battery error has occurred. The battery cannot be charged."
Lenovo website lists my original battery as "DEFECTED" with free replacement but you must go through a program they provide to test the battery. It never works, forget about calling Lenovo, they don't honor anything. I work for IBM and I have bought 7 laptops before. THIS WAS MY LAST ONE.
I hope the new battery will last more than the first one. It is working just fine for now. - Weight little concern
The only potential cons of this 8-cell battery are additional weight and space; spatially, the battery sticks out almost exactly 1" more than the 4-cell battery--as others have mentioned, this really does make a nicer handle than with the 4-cell (the top and bottom are even partially covered with rubber for better grip while holding).
While it does weigh more (I think about a pound), it is of little practical import, especially when balanced against the enormous gain in battery life--my tablet went from about a 1 1/2 to 2 hour charge up to a 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 hour charge. I only notice a bit when I'm carrying my X61 tablet around that it's a bit heavier (I don't find it bothersome at all), but I feel so much more free to do so knowing that I can get an honest multi-hour session out of it. - Powerful!
This piece is amazing. Setting your computer on an economical power plan in the power options will give you power for 6.5 to 7 hours on full charge! I use the Edison power software downloaded from Microsoft's website and I have between 5.5 to 6.5.
