Third party batteries suck

[wraggster]

Via pspfanboy

Don't be tempted by third-party batteries: they may promise longer battery life, but Ruriweb has proved that they're unreliable, and dangerous too. For comparison purposes, note that PSP is packaged with a 1800mAh battery. Sony offers a longer-life 2200mAh version as well.

Ruriweb tested three third-party batteries and they all had incredibly disappointing results. The 2200mAh battery produced only 2000mAh of power. Two other 2600mAh batteries produced only 1500mAh of power: that's less than the battery that comes with your system! To make things even worse, one of the batteries actually caused massive damage to the system (pictured right). The official Sony battery may be pricey, but (ironically) it's the best battery solution by far.

I cant say i agree, i found the 2600mah battery to be very decent, agree or disagree via comments

[foxzoner]

so... the sony's batteries are the best, right...?

[dmac]

still on the original battery, but good to know if i ever need a new one

[CaptainMorgan4]

I'm using the STAMINA battery the 3.6v 2200mAh battery, hasn't seemed to give me problems, how can I test/tell how my battery is operating. I think I may be able to check using iRShell, I'll go check.

[Adrenalin]

lol, pspfanboy wants u to buy more sony products as usual!

[Welshboy]

I'm using a 3600 MaH Lithium battery and it is awesome, provides so many more hours of playback and has never caused me any trouble. I'm sorry but their advice is unfounded and in fact.....wrong.

[Basil Zero]

i'm still using the same battery i got with when i bought the psp

1800 i think it was, cant remember, never replaced it LOL

[xg917]

thanx for feed back because im thinking of buying a longer lasting battery

[Emeriastone]

Why not just carry two batteries? I mean you already have to carry UMDs, and if your trip is long enough you should know to carry your extra battery.

[Paradok]

I used a Datel HDD for a long time, and the X2 3600 mAh battery that came with it. Now I'm on a Sandisk card with the original Sony 1800 mAh battery. No noticeable difference in duration or performance. The Datel hard drive is supposed to consume about twice the battery power as a memory card, so that would make sense. My generic battery seems to work just fine.