Amazon Kindle 1 Replacement Battery

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3 x 1.9 x 0.4 inches ; 1.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000I6P1UA
• Item model number: A00100
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (120 customer reviews)

Product Description

Product Description
Replace or supplement your Amazon Kindle 1 battery with a spare. This high capacity, rechargeable, replacement battery is identical to the battery that came with your Kindle.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

102 of 105 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The Kindle Battery, July 22, 2008

By	K. Wyatt "ssintrepid" (St. Louis, MO United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

First and foremost, Kindle is an exceptional product. That being said, the battery provided for it, is not. After less than three months of moderate use, the battery that came with the Kindle went from working great to flat dead. I would definitely recommend that you buy at least one extra battery to have around just in case you find yourself inconvenienced by this poor product. Fortunately for us, the pricing on this battery is fairly low. Hopefully, the manufacturer is looking into this and will be providing better batteries down the road. {ssintrepid}

88 of 90 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Short Battery Life, July 2, 2008

By	Vince B. "Vince" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

I don't consider having a swappable battery a feature - as much as a common sense engineering decision. I can understand to some small extent why the iPod doesn't - as they are shooting for extreme size reduction. However even in their case - it was a mistake.

The issue with the Kindle battery is that they die too fast - I'm getting 3-4 months before the battery fails to hold a charge - I just ordered two more because my last one after charging all night held the charge for almost 15 minutes - not useful.

I suspect this is either very poor quality control in the Chinese made battery or a design flaw in the charging circuit. In any case Amazon really needs to look into this.

56 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars keep a spare on hand, September 18, 2008

By	Allison (willington, CT) - See all my reviews

I got this for a spare on hand. I have not yet to replace my original. It says in the instructions when I got my Kindle that to give the battery a long life, NOT to let the battery drain out before recharging. It is better to recharge frequently. When I see my battery at the half way mark, that is when I recharged it back up. Also, when you use the wireless service, it does drain out your battery faster so if you are reading, SHUT THE WIRELESS switch off as you don't need it on and you are just wasting your battery. I don't have any problem with my battery as the previous reviewers do but I wanted a spare on hand so I can replace it right away and not interrupt my reading.