Laptop batteries

[goughy]

So I need to replace my laptop battery again. Bought a 7200ma 80whr battery maybe 6 months ago and is pretty much cactus. Rob got it on ebay. Dell genuine seem like $150. But I'm wondering if there are better brands of after market ones, compared to others. This one is only lasting about 20mins now, and it was suppose to be one of the extended ones. But for an extended battery, it never seemed to get more than about 2hrs in the first place.

Any suggestions?

[BenM]

No suggestions except most of the ebay ones are crap in my experience.

[Yossarian]

My 20 dollar one is going great guns.

[Toolish]

How often is the laptop off the charger.

If they are on the charger the whole time it destroys the battery pretty quick!

[goughy]

Is on and off. I try and mix it up for that reason.