Inland laptop batteries from Micr Center

[Speed38]

I have an ancient 2010 15" MacBook Pro which I keep around as I find its FireWire and Ethernet ports can sometimes come in handy when helping other seniors with very old laptops.

I haven't had it out for about 3 months and when I just booted it, I see the battery is at Zero charge, it is charging according to the MB Pro, but hours later, it remains at Zero.

I rarely use it and don't want to fork out almost $100 for a new battery at iFixIt or similar suppliers.

I found a replacement battery at the Micro Center, an Inland battery, for $50, which is great...if the darned things are any good.

Anyone have anything good or bad to say about Inland batteries. Could not find any reviews online.

Many thanks.

 

[velocityg4]

It’s the house brand for Micro Center. I’d assume they are decent enough. Since they’d be liable for them. I’d trust them more than some random no name off Amazon or eBay.

 

[Speed38]

That was my initial thought...but if I read the details on their site, they only offer a 30-day warranty. Looking at some of the cheap ones on Amazon and reading the comments, some of them die before 30 days is up!

 

[velocityg4]

That was my initial thought...but if I read the details on their site, they only offer a 30-day warranty. Looking at some of the cheap ones on Amazon and reading the comments, some of them die before 30 days is up!

Just cycle it fifteen or twenty times. If it holds up. It’ll probably last. Not full cycles. Just down to 20/30% and charge. Except a first and last calibration cycle. To see if there is a capacity change.

You can look on Amazon for Ninjabatt. They’re usually good. Don’t know if they have your model’s battery though.

 

[Speed38]

Just cycle it fifteen or twenty times. If it holds up. It’ll probably last. Not full cycles. Just down to 20/30% and charge. Except a first and last calibration cycle. To see if there is a capacity change.

You can look on Amazon for Ninjabatt. They’re usually good. Don’t know if they have your model’s battery though.

Thanks for that tip!

 

[Fishrrman]

I doubt that any outfit selling replacement batteries is going to offer "a warranty" much longer than 30 days. I could be wrong.

Buying 3rd party batteries is a crapshoot. Like the box of chocolates in Forrest Gump, "you never know what you're going to get"...

 

[Speed38]

This tale of the flat battery has a curious twist.

I have always wanted to play around with Linux and so after making a TM backup of the 20120MBP, I installed Linux and right away ran into serious overheating problems and, not knowing anything about how to troubleshoot Linux, I erased the HD booted up from the clone and then cloned the clone back to the HD.

First time I rebooted into High Sierra, I got the charging icon in the Menubar, but hours later the battery charge had not moved from zero.

As the laptop is 13 years old, it seemed logical to conclude that it had died. However, something about the way it died so suddenly made me suspicious and so I booted into Recovery Mode, erased the HD yet again, reinstalled High Sierra, connected the Time Machine back and ran the Setup Assistant.

The battery very quickly began to show that it was holding a charge and eventually reached 100%. Ergo, no need for a new battery.