I have a Toshiba A200-1V0 Laptop as do a lot of other people in the UK due to it's price vs. features.

It's a great little machine, but the supplied battery life leaves something to be desired.

On the front of the box when I bought it there was an offer to get a second battery sent out if I registered with Toshiba - I did and they sent me the battery.

Turns out that there are 3 different batteries that are available for the Toshiba Equium A200-1V0:

  • The supplied 3 cell one lasting about 45 minutes to 1h 15 minutes depending on usage
  • A 6 cell option, which lasts for around 2-3 hours depending on usage
  • A 9 cell option which I've yet to try.

Toshiba sent me a 6 cell battery for registering with them which helped me out no end on my journey to work (1h 15 mins on the train each way). With the original battery I had to charge the machine each end, at home and at work, meaning that I always had to carry the power supply plug with me.

With the free6 cell batter I just had to charge the machine once a day i.e. at home over night ready for the next morning meaning I could leave the supply plug behind.

BUT I want to go further and actually get the 9 cell option now I've seen how much an improvement the 6 cell is over the 3.

I looked on the Toshiba website (http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com) but there was no information there, so I phoned the number shown: 0870 444 8944 to try and order it as a spare part. Still no luck as I phoned on a Saturday and Toshiba use a 3rd party who don't work weekends to deal with repairs and spares: http://www.topazsupport.co.uk - 0844 800 2835

So I visited them and they only show a 6 cell replacement battery: http://www.topazsupport.co.uk/product248.html which seemed a bit odd.

I'll call them on Monday to find out exactly what the situation is but it doesn't seem that promising icon sad More Laptop Battery Life Stuff

But on the plus side I now know all the people to call if the thing ever goes wrong! icon smile More Laptop Battery Life Stuff





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