Third party batteries suck

[evolve]

^ nasty ^


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 above). The official Sony battery may be pricey, but (ironically) it's the best battery solution by far.

[via PSP-Vault]

[bah]

hahahaha, that looks nasty.

Seeings it was sony batteries that were blowing up everyones laptops not that long ago, lets hope the official ones are really safe.

(Never heard of a report of one leaking/exploding so I'd say they're fine).

I'm not surprised the batteries didn't meet their ratings, few batteries do. Every time I purchase a new set of rechargeable energizers they seem to have a higher rating but last pretty much the same.