Comments about Toshiba PA3819U-1BRS Notebook Battery:

I have used this battery for over a year and suddenly it stopped charging with an error message plugged in, not charging. I followed the advice listed on various support forums including Toshiba's but no luck. I never had such a sudden malfunction of batteries before. The replacement cost is too hefty. So now I have a useless laptop, if portability is the primary definition of a laptop. I have been a satisfied owner of 4 Toshiba laptops over the years. This episode is a disappointment. Maybe it's a manufacturer's defect or maybe it's just my bad luck.

Comments about Toshiba PA3819U-1BRS Notebook Battery:

This battery is excellent if you are going on a trip or are going to be away from the plug for more that 3 or 4 hours. I have gotten up to 10 hours before having to charge it up again. LOVE IT!!

Comments about Toshiba PA3819U-1BRS Notebook Battery:

please type the proper way to get full life of battery according to manufactures recomendation... recharge when drained down or recharge at end of daily use. which is the best way as i read both ways in these reviews

Comments about Toshiba PA3819U-1BRS Notebook Battery:

This battery has lasted 10 months before telling me to change it. Use it 16 hours or more a day. Does get charged when it says its at 10%. Video streaming, Internet use, Texting, Facebook. All typical high demands for a teenager. This battery did come with the computer. If you have the lessor model, use it as a backup. There does come the time when you do finally need a NEW battery. Do the simple checks of other possible battery problems first and then just get a new one.

Comments about Toshiba PA3819U-1BRS Notebook Battery:

This is the first laptop that I have ever owned or used. I like my tower better but I am very happy with this product. I am unsure whether or not to get the 12 cell Li-ion battery. It seems that either it works fine or it fails but even the users who like it are not that enthusiastic about it. I think that I'll wait a while as the battery that came with this unit seems to be performing acceptably.

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I love this laptop! This is the first of many. Got some time to get used to after using a dinosaur desktop. What a difference! Will always to go this way and give my desktop a proper burial!

Comments about Toshiba PA3819U-1BRS Notebook Battery:

Battery life may vary considerably from specifications depending on product model, configuration, applications, power management settings and features utilized, as well as the natural performance variations produced by the design of individual components. Published battery life numbers are achieved on select models and configurations tested by Toshiba at the time of publication. See ?Detailed Specs? for specific battery measurement test. Recharge time varies depending on usage. Battery may not charge while computer is consuming full power. After a period of time, the battery will lose its ability to perform at maximum capacity and will need to be replaced. This is normal for all batteries. Also if you want more life out of your battery let it die and recharge this is will help, and one more thing read your owners manual. Great battery normally get 6 to 8 hours of use.

Comments about Toshiba PA3819U-1BRS Notebook Battery:

I get over 6 hours of use with this battery, and I must say that is quit the improvement over the stock battery that came with my laptop. This battery has enabled me to watch movies and listen to music while on a 10 and 1/2 hour flight to Japan. While I didn't use it the whole time, I still had about 40% of the battery left when I arrived. All batteries need to be Deep Cycled on occasion. That means you run them down all the way and then recharge them to full capacity I would recommend this battery to any one!

Comments about Toshiba PA3819U-1BRS Notebook Battery:

Got the battery and did the standard break-in of running it down until it could no longer power my laptop, then recharged it overnight. This is something you need to do before your first use of any rechargeable battery and it's advisable as periodic maintenance step.

Comments about Toshiba PA3819U-1BRS Notebook Battery:

Got the battery and did the standard break-in of running it down until it could no longer power my laptop, then recharged it overnight. This is something you need to do before your first use of any rechargeable battery and it's advisable as periodic maintenance step. After the break-in, it spent almost 6 hours on a Sunday afternoon playing music for my family (via an external speaker plugged into the headphone jack) as well as some basic web surfing, and when I shut it down, it still had 50% charge. I'm impressed.