Panasonic alkaline AA/AAA batteries. 8 pack for €1.99

Hello there 8888

http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10152&catalogId=14551&langId=111&searchTerms=BATTERIES&authToken=51563384%252cNMXz3sX4IfdCyzE7mhbizvL3%252fW4%253d

Can't really go wrong for that price!

tantipie

bigbyrnsie wrote: »

http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10152&catalogId=14551&langId=111&searchTerms=BATTERIES&authToken=51563384%252cNMXz3sX4IfdCyzE7mhbizvL3%252fW4%253d

Can't really go wrong for that price!

cost me €4.49 today for 8 so I just reserved the last 5 packs in Limerick should keep kids going for a while!!thanks op!!!

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Good price. Harvey Norman in Carrickmines are doing 24 packs of AAA and AA Philips batteries for €7 at the moment

93Cab

Just reserved 5 packs in Dundalk! Thanks for the heads up!

peckerhead

tantipie wrote: »

cost me €4.49 today for 8 so I just reserved the last 5 packs in Limerick should keep kids going for a while!!thanks op!!!

You missed one in the Childers Rd store... :P

Thanks OP.

fl4pj4ck

peckerhead wrote: »

You missed one in the Childers Rd store... :P

Thanks OP.

I got all they had

mobpd

They are cheaper - 1.50 for 8 - in euro shops

snubbleste

mobpd wrote: »

They are cheaper - 1.50 for 8 - in euro shops

But the OP said it is a bargain alert and also that you can't really go wrong!..so it must be the case.

Dozen Wicked Words

mobpd wrote: »

They are cheaper - 1.50 for 8 - in euro shops

1.50 for 6 in my local euro shops, of an inferior quality (possibly)

mobpd

Ooops! my mistake - just checked and they are 1.50 for 12 (twelve) in euro shop...AA batteries, Polaroid brand

fl4pj4ck

most likely out of date

Dozen Wicked Words

mobpd wrote: »

Ooops! my mistake - just checked and they are 1.50 for 12 (twelve) in euro shop...AA batteries, Polaroid brand

They would be zinc chloride batteries

RayCon

mobpd wrote: »

Ooops! my mistake - just checked and they are 1.50 for 12 (twelve) in euro shop...AA batteries, Polaroid brand

I tried them in a Fuji Digital Camera ... it powered on, I pressed the "shoot" button, it powered off.

Id say they're just about OK for TV remotes.

danjo-xx

I wouldn't touch those batteries in the euro shop, their rubbish.

I see Dealtz have brand name batteries, like Sony/Kodak etc,
anyone know what the quality of these Dealtz batteries are like.


http://www.dealz.ie/product-range/batteries/

mikehunts

Got panasonic batteries for some of the kids toys and have to say they are useless no power from them at all had to get duracell in the end.

BostonB

mikehunts wrote: »

Got panasonic batteries for some of the kids toys and have to say they are useless no power from them at all had to get duracell in the end.

Thanks for that. Might not both picking up the ones in Argos now. The Duracell ones seem head an shoulders better than the rest.

eamonnq

mikehunts wrote: »

Got panasonic batteries for some of the kids toys and have to say they are useless no power from them at all had to get duracell in the end.

Were they ALKALINE Panasonic batteries that you got ?

Lizheen

Ikea's AA batteries are brilliant. I think around €2.10 for 10. Don't ask me what they're 'made of', but they last ages in my flash unit for camera.

Dozen Wicked Words

The batteries on offer don't fare well in studies done here, in fact they appear to be the worse performing Alkaline batteries tested:

http://www.batteryshowdown.com/results-lo.html
http://www.batteryshowdown.com/results-hi.html

I still think though, that any alkaline battery at this price are probably a decent buy, and comparable price-wise with euro shop alkaline batteries.

mobpd

Well, I've been using them for months in all the kids toys. Horses for courses. They have end dates of 2014

Snake Plisken

danjo-xx wrote: »

I wouldn't touch those batteries in the euro shop, their rubbish.

I see Dealtz have brand name batteries, like Sony/Kodak etc,
anyone know what the quality of these Dealtz batteries are like.


http://www.dealz.ie/product-range/batteries/

Well I bought the Sony ones for kids Furbys the got at Christmas put them in Christmas morning and they were dead Stephens afternoon, popped Duracell's in as replacements and they are still going strong, so think i'll be avoiding these cheap batteries in Dealz/euroshops

johnwd

When the kids were younger i put the cheaper batteries that you get in pound shops in their toys - for the simple reason that a lot of the time they left the bloomin things switched on or were accidentally switched on in thier toybox - much less frustrating when the dead batteries only cost a few cent vs a few euros - especially those 9v ones. Never had batteries that refused to work right off the bat. Cheaper batteries are excellent for remote controls - especially when kids wedge them down couches with the buttons pressed (and I include "older kids" here!).

What was a disappointment for me were rechargeable batteries - I could never get much joy out of these in kids toys - mostly because you lose .3V (20%) per battery I guess.

Now that their older tend to buy duracell/better batteries whever I see them on offer.

Horses for courses in short I think.

T-Maxx

Sums it up pretty well.

bladespin

Would never put expensive batts in the younger kids toys for exactly the reason listed above, doesn't matter how cheap/expensive they are they'll burn them out.

spockety

Why are manufacturers not forced to put a MaH rating on battery packets so you know the capacity. It's a crazy situation. You literally have no idea what you are buying.