Advice Sought: Trustworthy source for batteries?

I'd like to get an 8-cell battery for my X40.

Lenovo does not have them anymore (they have the slice, but I worry that will make the notebook too fat).

There are lots of 8-cell batteries on eBay, but I imagine a faulty battery exploding on my lap and that makes me trigger shy. So I figure you guys could share your experiences.

Who knows a trust worthy source for ThinkPad batteries.

 

I believe johnlumpkin purchased a battery from a third-party site before and had a good experience with them - I forgot the exact site, but you can either PM him or wait for him to show up here

 

Why not buy one from the Lenovo outlet? $73 at the moment.

http://outlet.lenovo.com/accessories/ca55y9168.html

 

i'm not sure if buying a refurb (dented and scratched presumably means not new?) battery is a good idea...

 

I believe the plastic shells of the dent/scratch batteries are old and may have minor physical damage, but the cells inside are new.

 

wish batteries for the x200s were at the outlet... i'd be all over that.

 

If I am in USA, I would jump on that. Haven't heard any bad things about outlet batteries, but tons of good experience.

I am looking at the x60 battery in outlet store and drooling.

 

I bought a scratch and dent battery. It had zero cycles and was 1/4 the cost.

 

ZaZ so you finally took the plunge and got yourself the X200?

 

I got a quality battery for my T40 from CalCellular. They have good generic batteries for a lot of ThinkPads (current and old). However, they don't seem to have any x40 batteries at the moment.

 

Yes, I bought a X200 last weekend with the 20% off coupon in the outlet. Did I really need it? No, but it was too good a deal to pass up. I plan on dropping in one of the AFFS screens so I'll have twin FlexViews. I've not gotten my confirmation email as of yet, which has me a bit concerned, but we'll see how it goes. I've still got a ways to go to catch up.