Hardware Best place to buy a battery for the gamepad?

[kbf]

Nintendo no longer sells their bigger batteries for the gamepad on their website. I wanna get a bigger capacity battery but I've heard most 3rd party batteries are kinda shoddy. Can anyone recommend a third party battery that is actually decent and where to get one? I found a couple:

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08695R6DW...olid=2UGD82EX02K1C&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Game-C...ePad-Battery/IF207-041?o=3#productDescription

I have no idea how good these are though.

 

[huma_dawii]

Hello, i can recommend you one i bought from AliExpress that has been working like charm! Will edit the post with the link

EDIT:

100% Original HSABAT 4100mAh ARR 002 Battery For Wii U GamePad|Batteries| - AliExpress

I hope it helps!

EDIT 2:
Bought it back in September 2020 and so far so good, that brand also makes batteries for phones and that's how I trust them.

 

[Flame]

well we dont have a much of a choice. end of the day it was a failed console so not even Nintendo cared too much about the Wii U.

i too wish we had more of the Nintendo bigger batteries, i would have brought one too but we just dont.

Hello, i can recommend you one i bought from AliExpress that has been working like charm! Will edit the post with the link

EDIT:

100% Original HSABAT 4100mAh ARR 002 Battery For Wii U GamePad|Batteries| - AliExpress

I hope it helps!

EDIT 2:
Bought it back in September 2020 and so far so good, that brand also makes batteries for phones and that's how I trust them.

maybe OP you should look in to this.

 

[Jayro]

I'm going to be ordering a LiPo for my gamepad soon, and going the DIY route with it. Opening the gamepad battery, cutting out and re-using the protection circuit, etc. Should be fun!

 

[kbf]

well we dont have a much of a choice. end of the day it was a failed console so not even Nintendo cared too much about the Wii U.

i too wish we had more of the Nintendo bigger batteries, i would have brought one too but we just dont.



maybe OP you should look in to this.

Isn't Aliexpress kinda sketchy? I heard most of these batteries produced in China aren't very good. But I guess I could try it. It's only about $20 for me.

 

[Hayato213]

If you want the larger battery you might get lucky if you find someone selling it on ebay, that where I got mine from, note though be prepare to pay a premium price if you want it.

 

[kbf]

Hello, i can recommend you one i bought from AliExpress that has been working like charm! Will edit the post with the link

EDIT:

100% Original HSABAT 4100mAh ARR 002 Battery For Wii U GamePad|Batteries| - AliExpress

I hope it helps!

EDIT 2:
Bought it back in September 2020 and so far so good, that brand also makes batteries for phones and that's how I trust them.

How long does a typical charge last you? the OEM battery I have lasts me maybe 3 hours if I'm lucky

 

[huma_dawii]

How long does a typical charge last you? the OEM battery I have lasts me maybe 3 hours if I'm lucky

This last me a long time, around 4-5 or 6 lol but i never actually measured the battery time. If i tell you i bought from that link, and got it back in september 2020 and that it works fine you should belive me, why would i recommend you something i bought and didnt work? Lol

 

[AmandaRose]

@Flame since when was it against temp rules to do a dump?? Lol I think you meant please don't bump.

 

[codezer0]

I got pretty fortunate in finding one of the bigger form factor ones on ebay. It's kind of obscene how much better the bigger form factor battery is for battery life for the tablet compared to stock. It feels almost criminal that Nintendo purposely shipped the thing with a gimped battery; even worse, that nobody in the states could buy the official larger model, while Europe and Japan could.

 

[Sathya]

why you all dont think to use big capacity power bank? you can attach it to your wiiu with some double side tape

 

[2DSGamerdude]

hi, i recently bought a 3rd party battery pack for the gamepad (3600mah) from amazon de.
still waiting for it to arrive from china (takes a month or so to arrive).
it should be better than the stock official 1500mah one,
it's not the official wup-013 pack, tthat one is impossible to find and super expensive,
but this one should work just as great as the official wup-103 pack. at least with this one i won't have to plug in the charger when the battery is red, it's double the battery life.

for 20 euroes, it is better than nothing, i guess

 

[Jacobh]

Isn't Aliexpress kinda sketchy? I heard most of these batteries produced in China aren't very good. But I guess I could try it. It's only about $20 for me.

The two you linked are also made in China (likely in the same factory). The reason to buy from Amazon is easier returns and faster delivery. However your almost certainly getting what is essentially the same battery with any generic replacement you buy. Quality control isn’t the greatest, so there is some luck in how the underlying cells will work in any of them. You might get a good one, you might get one that doesn’t hold a charge well.

 

[Ventilo]

hi, i recently bought a 3rd party battery pack for the gamepad (3600mah) from amazon de.
still waiting for it to arrive from china (takes a month or so to arrive).
it should be better than the stock official 1500mah one,
it's not the official wup-013 pack, tthat one is impossible to find and super expensive,
but this one should work just as great as the official wup-103 pack. at least with this one i won't have to plug in the charger when the battery is red, it's double the battery life.

for 20 euroes, it is better than nothing, i guess

Could you please share the link? I'm interested and I think I'm not the only one.