Battery bargains

M@lice

So where do you buy your batteries? I used to get the pack of 20 panasonics in argos for €8 or there abouts. I recently bought 36 rayovac alkaline batterys in B&q in the liffey centre for €11.50. Saw 100 acme branded alkaline battery's in pc-world out there 4 sumthin like €30 aswell.

Has any1 else seen or got any gud deals on batterys recently.

I hav to laugh at duracell batterys sometimes. Sure they last 2x as long but they're 4x the price!

And I don't think i'd buy batteries that wern't alkaline these days.

Capt'n Midnight

Rechargables.
Pref. NiMH - less toxic than NiCAD (Cadmium = nasty)
and last three times longer.
When AA NiCAD's first came out you would get 500mAH now the better NiMH's give 2000mAH - which has got to be in or around Zinc-Carbon.

Last time I measure a walkman it used 130mA playing tape (and about 30 mA on radio) - so 2000mAH would give 25Hours on tape and 66 Hours on radio.

You can also get solar panel chargers and fast chargers - so no need wait overnight.

Just before Christmas LIDL had 8 of the 2000mAH batteries and a charger for €20 - Keep that in mind next time you want to spend €30 on stuff destined for the bin ARGOS page 910 - €19.90 4 NiMH 1300maH (10hours on the above walkman) + charger. , Another set of 4 €9.99

bovril

I got some duracell from www.7dayshop.com ... I think it worked out at around 7Euro for 10...

John R

Capt'n Midnight is spot on, stop wasting your money on throwaways and buy a fast charger and some high power NiMh rechargables.

s8n

on the subject wheres the cheapest place to buy spare camcorder batteries??

parsi

Originally posted by s8n
on the subject wheres the cheapest place to buy spare camcorder batteries??

www.sterlingtek.com are good. They sell clones - I bought ones for my camcorder and Ixus there - they work grand and are way cheaper than the genuine articles.

dudara

Anyone know a good spot to buy an IBM laptop battery?

oneweb

Agree with the use of NiMH - they're waaay better value for money than any throwaways.

peckerhead

Why not try eBay. I've just paid €10.32 (converted from US$) incl. p&p for
4 x AA NiMH (2000mAh) and 4 x AAA NiMH (750mAh).
Would have cost me over €30 in Argos...

peckerhead

eirebhoy

I have a Ni-Cd charger in the house and I am looking to get batteries. Would you recommend me buying Cd batteries or getting a new charger and buying Nm?

Cheers.

John R

Ni-Cd batteries are not great imho, they hold only 1/3 of the charge of a good Ni-Mh and do not last as long, also you have to let them discharge before recharging or they will get damaged and hold only a fraction of their full power..

John R

Originally posted by peckerhead
Why not try eBay. I've just paid €10.32 (converted from US$) incl. p&p for
4 x AA NiMH (2000mAh) and 4 x AAA NiMH (750mAh).
Would have cost me over €30 in Argos...

peckerhead

Could you give a link to that seller?

unkel

Originally posted by Capt'n Midnight
Just before Christmas LIDL had 8 of the 2000mAH batteries and a charger for €20

That was a sweet deal

Got myself two of them at the time. The yoke also works off the car's cigarette lighter

peckerhead

John R, here you go:

http://www.stores.ebay.com/starbellaenterprises

Trick is to use a sniper (free one at www.snip.pl — all the others charge...) and pick out an auction listed at $0.99 (or just bid in the last minute...) I found them v.good, posted really fast, and the batteries are AOK.

Bit mad that the 8 batteries cost under $2 (€1.60-ish) and all the rest is postage, but wtf...

Cheers, peckerhead

oneweb

Energiser NiMH charger (the one I have) is going for UK£10 (~€15) clearance here

[edit]
even better, svp have it for UK£5.49 here