Lidl Ni-MH rechargable batteries

hexosan

What are people's opinions on the Lidl rechargable batteries.
€2.99 for a 4 pack of AA or AAA

Charging time - 7hrs
Current - 500mA

drvr

I have bought them in the past and the kids use them for the x - box controllers, seem ok.

shedweller

Ive used them too. They're a good battery only my kids dumped them without asking if they were rechargeable. Are they on again in aldidl?

hexosan

Yeah they have them back in.

Khannie

What you're looking for is a high mAh rating on them and I think the lidl ones are pretty decent. I have paid a bit extra for the "soshine" ones from dealextreme and they are well worth the money, but the lidl ones are also grand (from memory).

Esel

Lidl brand Tronic - never had a problem with them, even when recharging after a long period of non-use.

Aldi brand Digital (not 100% certain they are from Aldi...) - every single one totally dead in same scenario.

Eneloop type batteries are the way to go though. They hold their charge for much much longer than regular rechargeables. I think eneloop is a trademark word, and cheaper equivalents are freely available.

For recharging: some of the cheap solar garden lights use AA/AAA batteries, and can be opened to contain your batteries instead. They obviously need to be hidden from plain sight or being stumbled upon, and might need a bit of easy modification for connection purposes, and, more importantly, so that they do not light up in the dark... :eek:

ps Think the Lidl ones are €4 per pack of 4, not €3 as you said?

Sh1tbag OToole

Esel wrote: »

Lidl brand Tronic - never had a problem with them, even when recharging after a long period of non-use.

Aldi brand Digital (not 100% certain they are from Aldi...) - every single one totally dead in same scenario.

The Aldi ones are fairly useless alright. The last pack I got could hold feck all charge

scotchy

Any sign of these coming back in?

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TigerTom

Important to know about Ni-MH, whether from Lidl or anyone else: If they're looked after well, they do last for charge after charge. But you can kill them before you even get to charge them the first time.

YOU MUST NEVER LET THEM DISCHARGE COMPLETELY

In general:

—- Something like an X-Box will probably look after the cells for you, because it will shut itself down when the voltage goes low. If something is marked as not suitable for rechargeable batteries, it may be because it doesn't have this function. (There can be other reasons).

—- Something like an electric razor, a toy train etc, which doesn't really have electronics will keep going and taking current from the batteries as long as it can. By the time it grinds to a halt, your battery will be destroyed, or at least seriously damaged. Even if it does charge up again it will have lost a lot of its mAh capacity, i.e it won't last nearly as long before needing another charge.