Amazon Kindle Replacement Battery (for 1st Generation Kindle)
by Amazon.com
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Customer Review: Are you leaving your whispernet on?
Summary: 5 Stars
I have had my Kindle for over a year and have never had to replace the battery. I leave my kindle on all the time, but only turn on Whispernet when I have purchased something and want to download. Leaving your kindle on takes virtually no energy because the putting up of the eink for each page is the only thing using energy, so the only time your battery is being drained is when you turn pages or use your Whispernet, and it lasts a long time for only turning pages. I never recharge until I am at the end of the battery, unless I am going to take it somewhere where I won't be able to recharge. I definitely think it is a good idea to have a backup battery if you use your Kindle daily like I do. I would be lost without my books.Customer Review: Short Battery Life
Summary: 1 Stars
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.
Customer Review: Kindle 1 battery
Summary: 1 Stars
I went on Amazon today to purchase a battery for my Kindle 1. Boy, do I wish that I researched this further before buying my kindle only 4 months ago. My battery is now on backorder as is all the others. I have been singing the praises of my Kindle since I received it. I use it every day. Well, Amazon, I will no longer have good things to say about my kindle if you don't do something for your Kindle 1 customers. I have never had a battery on an electronic item die so quickly. You would think that Amazon could come up with another longer lasting battery. At least kieep the darn batteries in stock. Kindle 2 will not be on my shopping list. I hold grudges and have a long memory.Customer Review: Great backup for Kindle 1
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had this battery for about two years now. Whenever I'm prepping for a long trip I charge my Kindle, swap batteries, and then charge the backup. Travelling with two charged Kindle batteries is a luxury. Having a swappable battery is one of my favorite things about the Kindle 1. This replacement battery is every bit as good as the original.
Even if I haven't recently charged it, this battery holds a charge for many weeks. If my battery is failing, I can pull this one out of my bag of tricks and it usually has enough juice to get me through the day until I can charge everything back to full strength. Very handy!!!
It's also very simple to install.
Customer Review: Battery Problems
Summary: 2 Stars
I love my Kindle and was looking forward to taking it with me out of town when unexpectedly as I was reading, the pages no longer turned and it just froze. I tried to charge it but it still would not function. Having had it only a couple of months, I couldn't understand what was wrong. Then I realized from reading the comments from other users that it was the battery. I hurried to order a new one but got a message that they were out of stock. This is really a let down. Surely they will not allow poor battery performance to undermine an otherwise very good product. I have no idea when I will receive the new battery they said they would send an e-mail when it is available.