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I bought replacement cordless phone batteries from Radio Shack....thier "store brand". They last exactly 1 year and fail. They are NiCad which is cheaper and does not last as long as NmH style batteries. Needless they don't carry the better version in the store.
from Richmond, VA on 5/4/2008
Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. I got fooled by Radio Shack twice. Never again! No wondering the company is going bankrupt.
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This replacement is my fourth and now I have purchased a new phone system due to cost of these JUNK batteries with NO life span. Don't BUY!
from Missouri on 2/20/2008
I have purchased these 3.6v 850mAH batteries at my local Radio Shack twice in the past 10 months.
I did not realize that the mAH is capasity or charge time. The higher the mAH the longer the charge/talk time. No one at Radio Shack bothered to explain this to me. These batteries have a charge time of less than one hour. If they are used for businees or personal use they are NOT what any individual will need.
Teenagers/business/adults carry on lengthy conversations lasting much more than one hour these days.
I have found on line 3.6v 2000 mAH phone batteries for half what Radio SHack charged me.
From now on I'll study via the net before I make another purchase and I will not buy from Radio Shack.
And to think I thought it was my phones! And the folks at Radio Shack had me believing I needed to upgrade my phones with them to boot!
from NY on 1/14/2008
It loses it's life quicker than the original, even if you charge it only when it says it needs to be charged.
from Concord, CA on 12/29/2007
Bought 2 in the past. Never got close to the original battery. Thought was my phone. Charges never lasted long. Almost got rid of phone but decided to try better branded battery (Energizer). This works great. Stick with branded name.
from Upland,CA on 10/23/2007
Orginal battery lasted several years.This lasted less than a year. No warning simply stops.
The battery is already dying after very little use. My phone goes dead without warning and no amount of charging makes a difference.
I thought it was also a bad batch of batteries. Not the case this is my third set and last only 6 months or less. I am going to try the Panasonic brand and see if that one is any better.
Wish I'd read all these reviews before I bought a new phone yesterday. I thought the Panasonic phone had malfunctioned - frying the battery and reducing use time. Now I know it was the battery I bought less than 6 months ago. Useless - DO NOT BUY!
Pure junk. does not hold a charge longer than 3 to 4 min. Less than year old
These are the WORST batteries, they lasted about 6 weeks.
I may have got a bad batch of these. I bought two with date code 03a06 and they leaked out of the negative terminal and damaged contacts. they are only a few mounths old. my local r.s. store is going to replace them at no charge but the damage to the phones has already happened.
Apparently there were issues with a certain batch of batteries - got mine replaced free and it works perfectly now =)
Learned the hard way that Ni-Cd batteries shouldn't be left on the charger when it doesn't need it. They can be damaged and lose charge rapidly if you do. To revive it I left it out of the phone for several weeks until it was dead then charged it overnight. Now I only charge it when needed and it works great.
This battery will not hold a charge. It goes from full charge to empty in about an hour. Spend the extra couple of bucks and buy Energizer or a name brand.
AWFUL!!! Won't hold charge. Bought 4 and had to return them all. I don't understand why Radio Shack doesn't recall them or read this site to fix the problem.
AGGRAVATION! The Battery does not hold a charge. We will attenpt to return the battery less than 3 weeks after purchase. It is a shame that the battery is even on the market.
I sure wish I would have read the reviews on this battery before I purchased it.Mine lasted 30 days. the Original Panasonic battery lasted 3+ years.
I purchased the 3.6V/850mAh Ni-Cd battery about 6 months ago. It powered the phone for about 2 weeks at full power. After the 2 wks the phone would die after about 90 min of use. 90 days later the phone will come off the charger work for 5 min and flash ?recharge battery?. The second phone of the pair still has its? original battery. If I had checked the reviews I would have been aware of this batteries lack of performance. I would not recommend this battery
Our original Panasonic phone battery lasted 3 years. This replacement lasted only 5 months. I'm buying direct from manufacturer on this one from now on.
I purchased the 3.6V/850mAh Ni-Cd battery about 12 months ago. It held a charge for several weeks, but then started to die after using the phone for a couple hours. My former Panasonic battery lasted the entire day without needing to be charged. It didn't die for over a year. I also bought one for another phone which is dying after only 6 months.I would not recommend this battery.