The battery for my Lenovo L530 laptop is really on its last legs. A charge probably doesn t even last an hour. Maybe it does but that d be literally it. I m getting notifications to change the battery and when i charge it the light is orange instead of green.  As mentioned in the other thread about cloning drives, i don t actually use the laptop a whole hell of a lot. If it was the main machine in the house i wouldn t even be asking this and i d just buy genuine.  Are non-branded batteries generally ok or are they a false economy? I don t want to be buying non-brand for £25 every 12 months because they can t last beyond that when genuine may cost me £45 for 5 years for example.