When the battery in my HP dv6000 started acting up, I checked out my options for a replacement. There are hundreds of different batteries to choose from! Which one do you get! The prices ranged from $20 to $200! After much research, I am totally confident I purchased the best battery I could get for my notebook and at quite possibly the best price it is offered. Don't be taken in by anything cheaper, check the reviews.
This battery is almost completely identical to the one HP gives with the notebook itself. It fits perfectly, and even out-performs my original battery! I can go about 6 hours plus of constant work on this notebook without a charge now! Definitely the one to buy. You won't be disappointed. Super High Capacity High Quality Li-ion Battery [8800MAH 12 Cells] For HP Compaq Presario V3000 V6000 Series Pavilion DV2000 DV2084EA DV2130US DV2500 DV6000 DV6100 DV6174 DV6200 DV6500 Series, Laptop Main Battery
I purchased this battery to replace the original 6-cell battery that came with my (now) nearly three-year old HP Pavilion dv2000 laptop. Unfortunately the battery was dead on arrival, my laptop wouldn't even recognize the battery was attached. It simply read, "No battery is detected." It wasn't a matter of compatibility as it fit perfectly, it just simply didn't work.
Most of the reviews here have been positive, which is why I ordered the product. I guess I just had a bit of bad luck. I see another recent review (posted four days ago) stated that theirs arrived DOA as well, so maybe manufacturing turned out a bad batch. Who knows.
If you choose to order one I hope you have better luck than I, you probably will. Still wanted to write up a brief review to explain my experience before my battery is boxed up and returned to Amazon for a refund.
To start off, this battery fits perfectly in my HP Pavillion dv6830us 15.4" Widescreen laptop. My original battery (6 cell) was about 85% dead which lasted about 30 mins on power savor. With this new 12 cell battery, the battery lasted for at least 7 hours.
My laptop specs are:
Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 @ 1.83GHz (uses 35 watts,
Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit,
3 gig ram,
250 gig 5400 RPM hard drive,
Intel X3100 intergrated graphics.
My Advance settings in the power options for "power savor" under the Processor Power Management tab is 1% for Min. Processor State on battery and 5% for Max. Processor State on battery. This is how I can get more in the battery. Overall this battery is great and long lasting. If you look at your origninal battery that came with your laptop, you should see two model names next to in white "FOR USE WITH HP SERIES" then for example "HSTNN-W20C, HSTNN-Q21C"(This is what it says on mines. Yours will be the same or different.) Well I searched for "HSTNN-Q21C", and I came across this battery. I decided to give it a go, so I bought it. It worked perfectly fine even though only one model name, "HSTNN-Q21C" matched the product title. It's well packaged in a static bag inside a cardboard box. It comes with a Warranty Card, Insurance Card, Instruction Manual, and Battery FAQ. Overall, this is a great buy, and I would recommend you to get this if it matches your battery model.
Well, again, after much review reading, I decided on buying this battery.
I have an HP Pavilion dv2000 series laptop, and my original battery started to malfunction.
I liked the idea of getting a "higher" capacity battery now that I needed to buy one anyways.
Well, first thing that I notice (as some of the other reviewers) is that the battery is, in fact, double the size of a normal battery. For anyone who doesn't know this, this is normal, this is the way is suppose to be, double the cells, double the size. I like the design because the laptop now stands an inch from the ground and the air flows in such a way that I even feel it doesn't heat the same way as before.
Anyways, as for performance, I've been timing this thing and it's going on its second hour (on High Performance mode) when, before, it only lasted between 40 minutes to an hour (tops).
I've been seeing TV on it and installing software and its still going strong.
I'll update this if anything noteworthy comes up.
Overall, very happy with purchase.
The battery arrived properly packaged in anti-static material, then in a sturdy box. I looked up recommendations online as to how to break in a new battery, and found that many recommended a few full charging and discharging cycles. I saw power retention rise from an initial 2 hours, to about 5 hours currently. My HP DV6000 series laptop easily recognized the battery, and the fit with the mounting is excellent. I have no issues with the added weight since I do understand that high-capacity means essentially fusing together two regular batteries in order to achieve the extended power delivery. Overall, an excellent value, so far. I'm hoping that this unit will outlast my original battery as well. - Long Battery Life - Hp Laptop Battery - Dv6000 - Extended Battery'
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