[Offers] Cheap AA Batteries

SeeGoals

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• Dec 2, 2015

• #1

On a recent shopping trip I popped in to Savers to buy some batteries (I need a few for the kids Christmas Presents), I found a great deal - 36 Duracell batteries for only £8.99.

So if you need loads of batteries yourself, it's the best deal on the high street that I've seen.

 

AlbionPics&SouthCoastTwit

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• Dec 2, 2015

• #2

SeeGoals said:

On a recent shopping trip I popped in to Savers to buy some batteries (I need a few for the kids Christmas Presents), I found a great deal - 36 Duracell batteries for only £8.99.

So if you need loads of batteries yourself, it's the best deal on the high street that I've seen.

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The power drains more quickly from those batteries than we think. Make sure you're going to use 36 AA batteries before half time to the expiration date.

 

dazzer6666

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• Dec 2, 2015

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AlbionPics&SouthCoastTwit said:

The power drains more quickly from those batteries than we think. Make sure you're going to use 36 AA batteries before half time to the expiration date.

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Good advice........check before you buy them (particularly in Savers). May be older stock.

 

Prince Monolulu

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Oct 2, 2013

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• Dec 2, 2015

• #4

Ta, might well need those if the Christmas gift surprise for the missus gets optimum usage

 

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• Dec 2, 2015

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Prince Monolulu said:

Ta, might well need those if the Christmas gift surprise for the missus gets optimum usage

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Remote controlled car?

 

Prince Monolulu

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hans kraay fan club said:

Remote controlled car?

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Rogero

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• Dec 2, 2015

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On the radio the other day they were saying that there is nowhere marked on the battery to say how much charge there is. Thus you cannot tell a good one from a bad one

 

Prince Monolulu

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Rogero said:

On the radio the other day they were saying that there is nowhere marked on the battery to say how much charge there is. Thus you cannot tell a good one from a bad one

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Have you tried this?

 

AlbionPics&SouthCoastTwit

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Does this no longer work on Duracells?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Gz5Gom5NI

 

happypig

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May 23, 2009

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• Dec 2, 2015

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I'm moving over to Eneloop rechargables. They have the advantage that they can be stored and lose hardly any charge. Disposable batteries really are a waste of money.

 

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BensGrandad

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• Dec 2, 2015

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happypig said:

I'm moving over to Eneloop rechargables. They have the advantage that they can be stored and lose hardly any charge. Disposable batteries really are a waste of money.

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I have often thought of this does the cost of the batteries and charger work out cheaper or do you have to test it over a long term.

 

AlbionPics&SouthCoastTwit

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BensGrandad said:

I have often thought of this does the cost of the batteries and charger work out cheaper or do you have to test it over a long term.

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From my experience they work much like our mobile phone batteries. Anybody getting long, long life out of those batteries?

 

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BensGrandad

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AlbionPics&SouthCoastTwit said:

From my experience they work much like our mobile phone batteries. Anybody getting long, long life out of those batteries?

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Are they ok to leave in appliances like remotes etc. which yoj do not change very often.

 

Garage_Doors

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Jun 28, 2008

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• Dec 2, 2015

• #14

AlbionPics&SouthCoastTwit said:

Use before half time to the expiration date.

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Whats the science behind this? and how do you know the full term of the expiry date?

 

Prince Monolulu

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• Dec 2, 2015

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Don't forget, once they start to fail in a remote control it is imperative to point the remote out at arm's length, pressing the button really hard with a contorted face.

 

Mtoto

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• Dec 2, 2015

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Used to see big packs of apparently dirt-cheap Duracells on market stalls & the like. The catch, I think, was that on closer inspection they were old-style zinc-chloride rather than alkaline ones, and had been destined for the continent, where the packaging is/was identical. Not sure if that's still the case though.

 

happypig

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• Dec 2, 2015

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BensGrandad said:

I have often thought of this does the cost of the batteries and charger work out cheaper or do you have to test it over a long term.

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multimode intelligent charger is 19.99 ( here
4 pack of eneloop AA is 9.99 (same place)

If you only got 100 recharges, it's the equivalent of 400 disposables, which at Savers prices is around £100, so you're £70 up on the deal. Of course you only need one charger, so another set of batteries will increase your saving.

 

AlbionPics&SouthCoastTwit

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Programme_Seller said:

Whats the science behind this? and how do you know the full term of the expiry date?

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No science. Manufacture dates are on the package. Most police dept around the world use this measure.

http://www.ebay.com/gds/How-to-decode-decrypt-Duracell-Battery-Date-Codes-/10000000176585201/g.html

 

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BensGrandad

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happypig said:

multimode intelligent charger is 19.99 ( here
4 pack of eneloop AA is 9.99 (same place)

If you only got 100 recharges, it's the equivalent of 400 disposables, which at Savers prices is around £100, so you're £70 up on the deal. Of course you only need one charger, so another set of batteries will increase your saving.

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I have just ordered 12x AAA rechargeables and charger with USB connection from Hong Kong on E Bay for under £4 so not a lot to lose if no good. The drawback is the delivery time from HK.

 

CheeseRolls

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• Dec 2, 2015

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I have 50+ AA and AAA rechargeables. I think in 5 years I have had to throw away one AAA battery, so they are pretty reliable. The majority of mine are Maplins. They have two own brand lines NiMH and Hybrid. The NiMH lose their charge over time, so if you don't use them, you need to recharge them, the hybrid are less of a problem. I also have some Tronic's which Lidl sometimes sell and these perform well and are dirt cheap. Basically I wouldn't get hung up on "quality" brands. A decent charger and a power meter adn away you go.