Customer Reviews

ThinkPad X60 Tablet 8 Cell LI-ION Battery (40Y8318)

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This is the Lenovo Li-Ion 8 Cell battery for the Lenovo X60 and X61 TABLET laptops. It's great - 4.5+ hours of battery life while working.

However - make sure it is the one you need. The regular X60/61 battery will NOT fit the tablet (definitely), and vice-versa (I think). There is a big notch in the battery to accommodate the swivel hinge.

Also, I think the photo is of the 4 cell version, which is slightly slimmer. The 8 cell version sticks out about an inch, and is covered with a rubberized grip (works well, makes it easier to hold, as per an earlier review).

If you have a Lenovo TABLET PC, then this makes a great purchase. It's the original Lenovo part and it works great. If you have the regular version (non-tablet) of the X60 or X61, then get the regular battery (Thinkpad X60 Series 8 Cell High Capacity Battery,eight-cell, Rechargeable System

I already had a 4-cell Li-Ion battery for the X61 tablet. Bought this one to provide extended battery for my daily work. It can hold up to 5+ hours. Lenovo also has this great feature where in Control Panel-> power management->battery information, you can set your batteries not to start recharging when the power cable is plugged until the remaining charge is less than some value you set (I set it to 50%). Instead of fequently recharging from 9X% to 100%, this feature can save a lot of battery recharging cycles, and supposedly enlonger the battery life. Overall, I am glad with both of my batteries, and the tablet itself too.

This piece is amazing. Setting your computer on an economical power plan in the power options will give you power for 6.5 to 7 hours on full charge! I use the Edison power software downloaded from Microsoft's website and I have between 5.5 to 6.5.

If you want to upgrade your x60 (or in my case x61 tablet) to working all day from the battery, then this is the solution. It adds about 1 inch to the depth of the laptop, but because it's got a rubberised surface, it makes the tablet easier to hold.

Highly recommended for mobile work life.

Though it was unclear to me whether this battery was 1.) a genuine OEM lenovo product and 2.) compatible with my X61t tablet laptop, it ended out being both and I am very happy with it. Feels great to have long battery life again (my last battery was down to about 45 minutes at most), hopefully it lasts for a while...

After researching available replacements I decided to go with the Lenovo brand to match my Lenovo Tablet. I read too many reviews stating negatives with non-OEM products to chance wasting my money. Battery life is never really as long as described but that's to be expected. Not pleased with the high price but you can't very well go without a battery can you?! Overall I'm happy with my purchase.

Works as advertised. If you adjust the tablets power setting for conservation, you will get over 7 hours of use.

The only potential cons of this 8-cell battery are additional weight and space; spatially, the battery sticks out almost exactly 1" more than the 4-cell battery--as others have mentioned, this really does make a nicer handle than with the 4-cell (the top and bottom are even partially covered with rubber for better grip while holding).

While it does weigh more (I think about a pound), it is of little practical import, especially when balanced against the enormous gain in battery life--my tablet went from about a 1 1/2 to 2 hour charge up to a 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 hour charge. I only notice a bit when I'm carrying my X61 tablet around that it's a bit heavier (I don't find it bothersome at all), but I feel so much more free to do so knowing that I can get an honest multi-hour session out of it.

Good buy, my tablet x61 lenovo gives me all the details with the battery, like number of discharge cycles..watts being used..every kind of info. this is an intelligent battery. It will tell you the status. This info is in lenovo battery/power management software. Dont know how many cycles the battery will last though.

It worked well while it lasted.

Died on me suddenly, shortly after the 1st year of warranty.

The extended warranty for 3 years was purchased with the laptop, however, Lenovo claims that the extended warranty does not apply to batteries!
Nor will they test my computer to see if the adapter or computer was at fault.

After many disappointments (other than this one) with Lenovo's service and products, I say no more.

-ex IBM thinkpad fan boy, past owner of 8 thinkpads