Customer Reviews

Sony VAIO Standard Lithium-Ion Battery for F, FX, and FXA Series Notebooks (PCGA-BP71A)

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The life of this battery is pathetic. Typically runs for 30 minutes and not for 3-4 hours as claimed by Sony.

But hey, is there a choice if you have already bought the vaio?

I'm shopping for the battery -- what a rude awakening! The price seems pretty high. I'm disappointed with the battery that came with my Vaio. I usually keep the computer plugged in, using the battery as a back up. Now the battery will not take any kind of charge, even though it indicates only 29 charge cycles.

Have the same problems with the VAIO latop battery, it just stopped working (the battery with the original laptop purchase). Logged on to Amazon with the intent to buy a new one, but was a) outraged by the price ($200 is 1/5 of the way toward a new laptop), b) convinced by the other reviews in this page that I would buy a battery with, likely, the same problems and life.

Thanks, all, for putting in your prior reviews on the Sony Battery...

A very poor quality battery indeed. Battery life is very low indeed, about half an hour. And then from 1 day to the next, after about a year (for us) it just stops charging. And then you find this ridiculously high price to buy a new one. Shame on you, Sony! but it's not like we can do anything about it, since our Vaio only takes this one battery. Nevertheless, very disappointing. Be warned before you buy a VAIO that uses this battery.

The battery which I received was not a Sony Battery. It was manufactured by a third party and did not fit well in the battery slot. The battery was not able to be charged in my laptop. The battery was returned to the seller.

After receiving the battery I realized that it wasn't the original "sony" battery.Also I wasn't able to reach the seller company and talk or email them(Amazon.com customer service was also unable to help me with that).

I didn't realize how universal the problem with the Sony laptop battery is. A friend of mine has a new 12" Sony, where the battery currently lasts many hours. I was shocked. I have never gotten more than 45 minutes out of my battery. Now it lasts under 10. I need a new one, but am more outraged at the price. Batteries for every other company are around $80-140, but Sony makes an inferior product for more than twice the average price.

I thought I just got a bad battery with my Sony Vaio. It has been a great laptop with the exception of this stupid battery. Within 3 months it wouldn't hold a charge for longer than 10 minutes.

Seeing these other reviews makes me realize I'm not alone. I feel your pain! I tried the Energizer brand but it was doa.

I'm tempted to buy some cheap unknown brand. Can't be any worse than this Sony OEM.

This is a terrible battery. Mine now loses its recharge in about 15 minutes. I was so frustrated to discover the poor quality of this battery, and to realize that I don't have a laptop anymore, I have a paperweight. Shame on Sony, who sit by quietly and don't try to make amends to the owners of these batteries. I have already seen other, smaller quality problems with other Sony products, but now, for sure I won't be buying any Sony product again for fear of the little surprises like this that can skunk my investment.

I purchased my Sony VAIO PCG-FX250 on September 2001, and let me tell you that I became dissapointed with it a long time ago. First thing that failed in my VAIO was the Diskette Drive before ending the first year, a few months later it was the CD-DVD/RW unit; I had to replace it, my power adaptor also had to be fixed about a year ago, and finally, my battery went belly up a couple of months ago. Now that I'm looking for a replacement I found that is awfully expensive which I don't justify, besides not being a reliable item, it doesn't even last more than a couple of hours when new.

To make a long story short, the VAIO computers and accesories have goood looks, but for a device that costed me a little more than two grand at that time, I expected a much more reliable device. My next laptop won't be a SONY VAIO.