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Salvatorejrc

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Was not completely sure which forum to put this in, but I have a question about the reliability of cutratebatteries. I am looking for a cheap charger for an XTS 1500 for public safety use to replace my broken WPLN4111 charger. I found this one below:


Being that this product is apparently manufactured by cutratebatteries, does anyone have any feedback on their quality?
 

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+1 on factory OEM charger and battery. I currently pay $60.80 for new "old stock" Motorola XTS1500/2500 chargers. Used-Radio.com (Sunny Communications) is also a great source for anything Motorola.
 

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Aftermarket batteries can be hit or miss. I've bought a few over the years for some older radios. Some work fine. Other have led a really short life or peter out long before their OEM counterparts. If you want the reliability, go with OEM if you can.
 
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I've seen Honeywell XTS5000 batteries with a sticker saying 'only works in Honeywell chargers' or something similar, can't imagine anyone would fall for that.
 

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Aftermarket batteries can be hit or miss. I've bought a few over the years for some older radios. Some work fine. Other have led a really short life or peter out long before their OEM counterparts. If you want the reliability, go with OEM if you can.
Original batteries can also be "hit or miss." With some exceptions, manufacturers will use a cheap battery, just enough to get it out the door. How many times have you looked at the original batteries and seen a name you've never heard of? Sometimes, they're also even carbon-zinc batteries. Forget what brand came with the unit. Use batteries that you're familiar with and have served you well in the past.
 

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I've seen Honeywell XTS5000 batteries with a sticker saying 'only works in Honeywell chargers' or something similar, can't imagine anyone would fall for that.

While I don't have direct experience with that, It wouldn't really surprise me. They could very well change the shape of the charger end of the battery such that it isn't match the stock batteries or is somehow "keyed" so that it doesn't fit in a standard Motorola charger.
 

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Use batteries that you're familiar with and have served you well in the past.

Very solid advice. Unfortunately, the provenance of some supplier's wares can be questionable these days, especially in the "Amazon World". Even if a battery turns out to be bad, a decent OEM vendor or reliable battery supplier will stand behind their products. That may not be the case with some aforementioned products.
 

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Buy a used OEM charger on Ebay. You can get them all the time for nearly half of what that Endura copycat charger Cutrate Batteries sells.
 
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