| | |  | Oils, Vinegars & Salad Dressings | Home » » » » » Amazon Kindle Replacement Battery (for 1st Generation Kindle) | | | | | | | Description: | | Replace or supplement your Amazon 1st Generation Kindle battery with a spare. This high capacity, rechargeable, replacement battery is identical to the battery that came with your Kindle. | | | Features: | |
• Lithium polymer-based
• Rechargeable 1,530 mAh capacity
• Completely charges in two hours
• Can be recycled
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 2.95 inches | | Product Width:
| 1.93 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.39 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.1 pounds | | Package Length:
| 2.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 1.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.4 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 234 reviews |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
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198 of 209 found the following review helpful:
 The Kindle BatteryJul 22, 2008
By K. Wyatt
"ssintrepid"
First and foremost, Kindle is an exceptional product. That being said, the battery provided for it, is not. After less than three months of moderate use, the battery that came with the Kindle went from working great to flat dead. I would definitely recommend that you buy at least one extra battery to have around just in case you find yourself inconvenienced by this poor product. Fortunately for us, the pricing on this battery is fairly low. Hopefully, the manufacturer is looking into this and will be providing better batteries down the road. {ssintrepid}
76 of 78 found the following review helpful:
 I think the batteries might have issuesApr 06, 2008
By James Mueller
"Gadget Head"
My battery is dead after only 3 months as well. Based on the comments I have read others are having the same issue. Is Amazon looking into this? Are they going to make good on the replacement batteries for customers who have this problem? It's a shame, the device is great. I hope they don't let this issue overshadow the device's good points. Take a lesson from Apple when the iPod had battery issues when it first came out. FIX IT!
157 of 168 found the following review helpful:
Short Battery LifeJul 02, 2008
By Vince B.
"Vince"
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.
126 of 136 found the following review helpful:
battery died after 3 monthsApr 22, 2008
By Laurie J. Smith
I love my Kindle and use it almost every day. However, after 3 months, my battery just died. I expected it to last longer. Luckily I had a spare. I was reading and the text froze. None of the buttons worked. When I turned off the device the page I was reading stayed on. It did not go away until I took out the old battery. I love my kindle but it looks like I need to have spares all the time.
47 of 48 found the following review helpful:
Is something wrong with the charging circuit?May 22, 2008
By AdamP
I have a ton of products with Lithium Ion batteries, but I don't think I've ever seen one die quite this fast. 3 months, and maybe 20-25 recharge cycles and I'm down to an hour or less of battery life.
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