Looking at replacing the battery on my FT-60r.  OEM batteries are fairly expensive vs. the Chinese stuff out there.  Found a few with warranties on Ebay.  What's the runtime difference between 1400mah/1650mah/2000mah/2400mah?  Looking for bang for the buck.  1650's are $19, 2000's are $28.  I've seen 2400's, but they are like $70.



Anyone have any hands on experience in the additional runtime with the higher capacity batteries?

Runtime will highly depend on duty cycle (Receive time vs transmit time). Some radios also have power saving mode. It all depends on how you use the radio.
I would not be scared to buy Chinese made battery packs. Most likely the OEM batteries are made in China or of Chinese components. IMHO the 2000mAh would be a good compromise (price vs capacity).

Thanks.  I'm just wondering how much of a difference, assuming the same usage/duty cycle, between the different capacities.  For instance, assuming 10% TX and 90% RX, 1400mah = 6hrs, 1650mah = 8 hrs, 2000mah = 10hrs or something.  Guess if no one has the data, I might do this myself at some point.

Would still love to hear some real world experience on this, but I did find this on the interwebz:

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Let’s calculate some
expected operating times for both the standard and alternative Li-ION batteries
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2300mAh /
862.5mA = ~ 2.7 hours, ~ 69% more time than standard battery

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Using that as a template, it appears that the 1650mah battery will yield:  5/5/90: 12.8 hours ~ 18% more time than the standard battery; 50/50: 1.9 hours ~ 20% more time than the standard battery.





And the 2000mah battery would yield: 5/5/90:  15.6 hours ~ 43% more time than the standard battery; 50/50:  2.3 hours ~ 45% more time than the standard battery.

 

I have a few aftermarket batteries that are made by Maha and are made with their Imedion LSD NiMH cells.  I looked at HRO and didn't see them, so who knows.  You can also try Batteries America.