Cheap second battery for W530?

usually I would never by non original batteries, but having spent £250 on batteries on my W520, then for it to blow up and have to throw them in the bin because the W530 doesnt support them, is the last straw.
There are a number of no-name batteries going cheap on ebay, e.g:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/for-Lenovo-6-Cell-Battery-Thinkpad-Sl410-Sl410K-Sl510-Sl510K-W510-W520-W53...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Battery-For-Lenovo-ThinkPad-T430-T530-W530-L530-L430-T520-W520-45N1005-45N...
Has anyone tried either of these companies, and did the battery last more than a year before dying, not charging or blowing up?

Hello.
*EDIT, just saw your other post where you stated you got the 55++ battery, which compatible with:
Systems
Machine - Models
ThinkPad L410, L412, L420, L421, L510, L512, L520
All
ThinkPad T410, T410i, T420, T510, T510i, T520
All
ThinkPad W510, W520
All
Both the ThinkPad Battery 70+ (6 cell) (0A36302) and the ThinkPad Battery 70++ (9 cell) (0A36303) can be used in all the following systems: T410/20/30, T510/20/30, W510/20/30, L410/20/30, L510/20/30.
I can't say anything about the 3rd party batteries as I won't even contemplate putting one in one of my ThinkPads. No way, no how.
Cheers!
ThinkPad W540 (20BG) - i7-4800MQ/24GB // ThinkPad T440s (20AQ) - i7-4600U/12GB
ThinkPad T440p (20AW) - i7-4800MQ/16GB // ThinkPad Helix (3698-6EU) - i5-3337U/4GB
ThinkPad W520 (4282-W4Q) - i7-2720QM/32GB // ThinkPad T400 (2767-W1C) - P9500/8GB
ThinkPad T61 (7665-CTO) - T7700/4GB // ThinkPad T60p (8741-C2G) - T7400/4GB

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