Various Batteries reduced to clear in Tescos

wil

They have various batteries at reduced to clear prices in Rathmines Tescos. Certain types only, check the price tags.
May be nationwide, dont know.

A pair of Energiser Ultimate D LR20 alkaline for 75c




12 pack (8 + 4 free pack) Energiser ultra+ alkaline AA for 4.74

A variety of other mainly Philips brand reduced but the ones above seem to be the best value

whatsupdoc?

Get rechargeable ones, will save you buckets over the years.

gbee

whatsupdoc? wrote: »

Get rechargeable ones, will save you buckets over the years.

Depends on many factors.

Firstly you get about a year from a rechargeable battery and, unless you have an expensive conditioning charger, things start to go south pretty fast.

Rechargeable batteries like to get charged up and used immediately, they go flat inside a week if left unused. There are expensive ones that won't, but you'll need to buy those from an agent, you won't find them in Tesco's.

Then we have the voltage rating, a typical AA Cell is rated @1.6V a rechargeable cell of the same type is rated @1.2V ~ right there one could have issues, so it's important to understand where to use rechargeables.

wil

In theory yes, in practice......

If recycleable were as reliable as regular and held their full charge longer..., but they just dont, yet. Li-ion are improving perhaps but still not regularly available in 1.5v AA format.

Certain applications such as remotes are better with regular.
I have so many rechargables but regularly cant find a fully charged one at the critical moment.:(

dextero

none in mahon point, cork

eamon234

They had a pack of 2 rechargeable Duracell D cells in Newcastle West yesterday for only €1.50 a pack - very handy for my fence sprayer!