T500 Battery Failure and Replacement Options

The battery on my T500 recently "failed due to normal wear" and will no longer hold any charge. It had over 1000 cycles in a little under two years of use, so I guess that's not to be unexpected. The failure happened suddenly though (went from 2 hrs of normal life to no charge overnight). I tried reseting the battery through power manager to no avail, so I'm looking for a replacement now.
I'm currently looking at a couple of options and wondering if anyone has experience with any of these:
Stock Lenovo (I assume it would be the most reliable, but also most expensive at $179) http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?...
C&K on Amazon (Claims to be genuine; $136) http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkPad-40Y6797-Thinkpad-Standard/dp/B001TQ6VQ6/ref=sr_1_35?ie=UTF8&m=...
eComElectronics (Claims to be genuine, although some older reviews say it's non-OEM; $97) http://www.amazon.com/ThinkPad-SL-Cell-Li-Ion-Battery/dp/B000CBG0XI/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
Assortment of non-OEM batteries on Amazon ($25-$60) http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_26?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=lenovo+t50...
Do #2 and #3 seem fine? Even though they aren't sold through Lenovo, would they still be eligible for the 1 year warranty?
What about the non-OEM's? Are the price savings not worth the hassle of getting a lemon and the compatibility warnings from the power manager?
Thanks

if they are an official resellers then you can claim warranty from Lenovo, otherwise you would have to get the warranty through the retailers themselves.
Non-OEM quality can vary, since there are so many of them, it is hard to give you any sort of advice as to what you would expect.
But you could try the 6 cells Boston Power Battery, they have 3 years warranty, and priced competitively. They are the only non-OEM battery i would buy.
Regards,
Jin Li
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I am a volunteer, and not a paid staff of Lenovo or Microsoft

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