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I’ve been noticing it more and more… the battery that was powering my Roland FR-8X was starting to give up the ghost, but very slowly.\u00a0 Up until yesterday I had a good 1-2 hours before it would drop in to the red and give me the warning, but the real give-away was how fast it cold recharge, it would get topped right back up in about 15 minutes.<\/p>\n

That’s the sign of a bad battery, so I ordered a replacement.\u00a0 The last time I did that, I bought it through Long & McQuade, a Roland dealer, and they charged me a staggering $420 bucks plus tax!<\/p>\n

I was not going to fall for that again, and on an off chance, I noticed that someone was making “factory quality replacements” off Amazon, and for a lot less!\u00a0 This one was for just under $227.00CDN delivered to my door… awesome!<\/p>\n

It took 3 weeks as it came from (you guessed it), China, but they did something a bit different, they went through a Canadian address and I received it in a couple days after it came in to Canada with an unmarked shipping service, placed right in my hand.\u00a0 I liked that!<\/p>\n

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I unpacked it and checked it out… same size, weight and shape as the factory original as was the plug.\u00a0 The only difference that I could spot was that the connector wire was about an inch or so longer on the new one.. cool.<\/p>\n

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I then installed it in a matter of 2 minutes and plugged in my FR-8X to charge up this battery.\u00a0 I am pleased to say that the charge took 2.5 hours to complete, which is pretty much the same as a new factory battery.<\/p>\n

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Right now I am on about the 2nd hour of use and it still shows a full green charge… I am very pleased!\u00a0 Now I hope this one lasts a good couple years, these don’t grow on the trees but they are better than what I paid the last one!<\/p>\n

More to come as I find out how long I can play on this one battery.<\/p>\n

ADDENDUM Aug 12, 2025:<\/h3>\n

I am now on the 2nd charge of the 8X… we are looking at something like 9-10 hours of life on this battery. \u00a0THIS is how a battery on this accordion should work! \u00a0I like it a lot, its far, far, far better than the one that I got from Long & McQuade a while back, that one even brand new could not do 7 hours, so this is a marked improvement… I am one happy camper!<\/p>\n

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