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Well it took a few extra days to get my battery due to weather conditions out west but I got it. This is my second foray into the sick-demented-world of the glued in battery. My first was with my 2013 15 inch MacBook Pro and that was a success despite gutting my wee bearin to get it done. The 2014 13 inch MacBook Pro was easy - I wound up carefully prying up the battery and then cleaning up the sticky. It is back together the fan was running full speed. I disconnect and reconnect the battery and that seems to have solved it - guess it did not seat right the first time - said unrecognized battery but now all is well.

Just got my kit, followed the instructions and had 0 problems except could use larger photos of the inside of the phone as we are going along. Oh and the pressure contact - I never did touch it with anything other than the plastic tool of the screw driver. Not quite clear what position that was in from the pictures, could use a close up there too. Otherwise iFixed IT!

I want one but the only thing that is holding me back is the evolution of design. I have a early 2011 13 inch Macbook pro that I have added a 1.5 TB drive and 16gb ram. Nice to be able to do that inexpensively and later. The $3K price tag for a machine with 1TB drive and 16gb soldered ram is also a key point. I need the machine for work but having to get the everything now and not being able to replace hardly anything myself is holding me back. Battery, Ram, SSD minimally should be user replaceable, processor would be nice but not as necessary. SSD should be the best you can afford and in a common format to keep down costs.