 | Apple Macbook 13-Inch Battery, 5200mAh Brand : NG Model : A1185 Overall Rating :  From : 7 Reviews Color : / Size : |
Technical Details
- Replacement Apple Laptop Battery A1185, MA561G/A, MA561LL/A
- Compatible with Apple MacBook Pro 13" Series
- 5000 MAH
Product Description
Guaranteed to work with the following Apple laptops:Apple MacBook 13" MA Series, Apple MacBook 13" MB Series
Customer Reviews (see all-reviews)
Brian Ma ( San Diego, CA USA ) Terrible battery for a great laptop
I love my 13" Macbook and recommend it to all my friends. Despite it's many pros, the one big con is its battery.
The first one suddenly died after just six months of use. One day it's giving 4 hours of charge, the next day it's 100% dead and completely unusable. It won't hold a charge for a single second. Apple acknowledged this was a known issue, and it's well documented on the internet. This was covered by warrantee and they replaced it on the spot - excellent service. If this was the only issue, I'd give it either 4 or 5 stars (assuming it was a total fluke). The problem is, it's not a fluke and they actually issued a recall for these batteries.
To add insult to injury, a second less severe issue started plaguing this same battery after 3-4 months of use before it actually died. This is the well documented flicker issue. In summary, when using the Macbook on battery power, the battery has trouble maintaining a constant voltage/current which causes your screen brightness to constantly flicker. This gives you a headache, and looks bad. Switch to direct power and it goes away. Switch back to battery and it immediately starts happening. Further proof is if you pop in a new battery it goes away again. The problem is these batteries start to malfunction within the first few months of use. Was this a fluke? Read on.
Well after I got the replacement battery, everything was perfect like new at first. Of course after a few months the flicker issue started to plague this battery too, but at least I could use my Macbook. And it wasn't as bad as the first battery. If I kept it plugged in, it wouldn't flicker.
Fast forward a year and a half, and the second battery (which is 1 year old) has suddenly died the same mysterious death. One day it held about a 4 hour charge, the next day it refused to work at all. It died under the most ordinary circumstances of usage.
So I'm going to buy a third battery for my Macbook.
The third strike against this product is that for such a badly designed battery, they've decided to charge $[...] retail. A premium price for something that is way below average reliability and performance. The 13" Macbook battery is notorious for issues, and I'm not the only one who's had multiple dead batteries.
What's sad is battery problems plague ipods as well, and among 3 ipods I've owned one completely died a similar sudden death, another holds a charge for 1 hour, while the third is okay. So I wonder if this is just Apple's philosophy because I've had battery problems on 4 out of 5 Apple batteries. These were all bought between 2005-2008 so I hope the problems have been corrected since then for new products. I doubt it's been fixed for this product though, seeing as how my 2nd battery had the exact issues as the 1st but simply lasted 6 months longer.
I'm just reviewing the battery here, which gets 1.5 to 2 stars. The Macbook gets about 4.5 stars for being almost perfect.
The first one suddenly died after just six months of use. One day it's giving 4 hours of charge, the next day it's 100% dead and completely unusable. It won't hold a charge for a single second. Apple acknowledged this was a known issue, and it's well documented on the internet. This was covered by warrantee and they replaced it on the spot - excellent service. If this was the only issue, I'd give it either 4 or 5 stars (assuming it was a total fluke). The problem is, it's not a fluke and they actually issued a recall for these batteries.
To add insult to injury, a second less severe issue started plaguing this same battery after 3-4 months of use before it actually died. This is the well documented flicker issue. In summary, when using the Macbook on battery power, the battery has trouble maintaining a constant voltage/current which causes your screen brightness to constantly flicker. This gives you a headache, and looks bad. Switch to direct power and it goes away. Switch back to battery and it immediately starts happening. Further proof is if you pop in a new battery it goes away again. The problem is these batteries start to malfunction within the first few months of use. Was this a fluke? Read on.
Well after I got the replacement battery, everything was perfect like new at first. Of course after a few months the flicker issue started to plague this battery too, but at least I could use my Macbook. And it wasn't as bad as the first battery. If I kept it plugged in, it wouldn't flicker.
Fast forward a year and a half, and the second battery (which is 1 year old) has suddenly died the same mysterious death. One day it held about a 4 hour charge, the next day it refused to work at all. It died under the most ordinary circumstances of usage.
So I'm going to buy a third battery for my Macbook.
The third strike against this product is that for such a badly designed battery, they've decided to charge $[...] retail. A premium price for something that is way below average reliability and performance. The 13" Macbook battery is notorious for issues, and I'm not the only one who's had multiple dead batteries.
What's sad is battery problems plague ipods as well, and among 3 ipods I've owned one completely died a similar sudden death, another holds a charge for 1 hour, while the third is okay. So I wonder if this is just Apple's philosophy because I've had battery problems on 4 out of 5 Apple batteries. These were all bought between 2005-2008 so I hope the problems have been corrected since then for new products. I doubt it's been fixed for this product though, seeing as how my 2nd battery had the exact issues as the 1st but simply lasted 6 months longer.
I'm just reviewing the battery here, which gets 1.5 to 2 stars. The Macbook gets about 4.5 stars for being almost perfect.
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Stephen A. Trimm ( Texas ) Why buy from LIARS!!!
I don't understand why you would want to buy an Apple Original battery that is neither Apple or original. Why would you do business with anyone who is a liar to begin with? I refuse!!! Enough said!
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Leighann Esslinger ( california ) : )
works as well as the batteries apple sells at whole sale! would definetely buy another when the time comes!
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M. Davis ( Albany, NY USA ) somewhat disatisfied
I bought this battery to replace the original battery for macbook, which had just died. I bought this off Amazon because it was about fifty dollars cheaper than if I were to buy it direct from Apple. The item was shipped very quickly, but I am ultimately disappointed in it. The battery works well, but it does not quite fit properly, almost as if the plastic outer-covering was not cut correctly. Also, that outer-shell separates very easily from the battery, as if it were only attached by very low-quality glue. I have only had the battery for a couple of days, and I have not experienced any problems with the charging aspect of it, but i feel that this was very shoddily made. Next time, I will buy the battery directly from Apple.
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E. Brown Not the real thing.
It doesn't quite fit in my computer. My macbook doesn't register the charge well, so it randomly shuts off when I should have an hour of charge left. It charges slowly and doesn't have that great of a life for a new battery. Next time I'm going to spring for the real thing.
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