Customer Reviews

UNIDEN BT-446 Cordless Phone Battery for Uniden

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these are fakes with fake labels- see for yourself

Based on the reviews you see for this product, there is conflicting news as to whether ordering the product on this page will get you a genuine Uniden replacement battery or not. The definitive answer is: it depends on who you buy your batteries from.

There are several Amazon Marketplace partners offering batteries on this page for several bucks less than what Amazon.com is selling them for. Some of the offers are for half as much as what Amazon is selling them for. If you buy from the Marketplace sellers who are selling at half what Amazon.com is charging, you can be pretty sure you're getting fakes. I can tell you I have ordered three of these batteries and each time got good quality long-life genuine OEM Uniden replacements: two in Jan 2011 and one in May 2011 from Amazon.com, not one of their partners, and yes, I paid a few bucks more than what the cheapest guy on this page wants to get it from Amazon.com and wasn't disappointed.

Am I saying every Marketplace vendor is selling fake batteries? No, but I didn't have the time or patience to try them all until I found who was selling genuine OEM batteries and who was selling knock-offs. I can assure you from my experience, however, that if you spend a couple bucks more and buy from Amazon.com directly, you'll get the genuine OEM replacement battery.

The genuine OEM replacement batteries are every bit as good as the originals that came with my Uniden phones. In some cases, my Uniden cordless phones came with the lower capacity 750 mAh BT-1005 batteries by default so these 800 mAh BT-446 replacements are a small improvement to the original batteries in my phones.

My advice: get this battery, spend the extra couple of bucks to get it from Amazon.com (not a Marketplace seller), and you won't be disappointed.

I ordered three batteries for my Uniden phones. I selected these batteries because the add and photos in the add made the batteries appear to be the same original factory batteries that came with the phones (Model BT-446). I wanted the same batteries because they had lasted for years. When the batteries arrived I was surprised that they were not the BT-446 batteries show in the add. The shipping was fast but the batteries I received were an aftermarket brand called New Energy and are green in color, not white. The battery number is MB-446. Although I felt cheated by the add, I needed my phones to work so I installed them instead of going through the hassle of returning them and trying again with a different company. I charged the batteries in my phones for a day and they appear to work fine. I do not know of this brand so I have no idea how long they will last. They have been in my phones for about a month and so far so good.

I read all the reviews and decided to do a test for myself. I ordered one BT-446 sold by Westronics (fulfilled by Amazon). And I ordered a BT-446 sold by Amazon itself. According to Amazon this is the same product and they share the same product page. The Amazon one was about twice as expensive. Even though I placed 2 separate orders (1 minute apart) they both arrived in the same box.

The one from Amazon is a real Uniden BT-446.

The one from Westronics is a fake! It has a sticker on it to make it look like a Uniden BT-446. It is physically smaller than the real BT-446.

Amazon needs to do something about all the fakes it sells through its fulfillment of vendors. I had something similar happen to me with some iPhone charging cables. Amazon, this makes YOU look bad because it is you who are selling these items as real, even though you technically are just fulfilling for a vendor. It is your reputation on the line. It is starting to feel like eBay on Amazon.

I'm so glad I didn't pay for a "official" Uniden battery ($30) when I can get the exact same battery type for a lot less. I highly recommend this product. Just make sure your phone is cordless, uses 3.6 Volts, 800 mAh, and has the "red/black" power cord connector.

It's great to have my phone good as new again. This battery lasts with handset off of the charger for up to four days with use. I am very happy with Uniden products.

Good overall quality. So far, maintains charged for a long time. Would recommend to a friend.

When you take into account that you can get this original item with free shipping from Amazon, it is not much more expensive than the substitutes. Also little things like length of the little cord and minor differences in size could be important.
While the cost of replacement batteries (for my three phones) is a substantial percentage of cost of new phones, I decided to replace the batteries to save time. I did not want to have to learn and set up a new phones...I merely replaced the batteries and was good to go.

This is actually battery BT-446 for Uniden phones. There is no BP-446. I contacted customer service and they were not able to correct it. I wanted the Uniden batttery and not a generic as the generic can be defficient and this was a super price.

I purchased three of these batteries in August for my cordless phones, and by October, 2 of the 3 no longer will hold a charge. Funny that they lasted just long enough that they are beyond the return date, isn't it? I'm hoping that the third one will hold out long enough for me to replace them, but I sure won't be buying this brand again.