Bought this pack of batteries today at coles, pretty good price $7.85. (50% off RRP)
There's 16 batteries inside the pack, so 1 battery is about 50c, and these batteries last pretty long, so it's definitely worth it.
I'm not sure if other states have the same deal, I'm in NSW (Sydney)
I bought it from World Square Sydney, saw the same deal in Broadway too.
I saw this at my coles too, but they were out of stock. So I imagine its nationwide?
Great deal.
50 cents a battery that will be tossed once it goes flat versus $2.50 or so for the rechargeable version…that can be recharged hundreds of times for cents per charge. Pick the false economy.
I am still amazed people buy these.
Because I really can't be bothered recharging, I've got a lot of rechargeable ones, but when I actually want to use them I often realize I have to recharge them for another 5hrs, so I normally just go for these ones.
You need Eneloops!
You'll need to factor in another $50 bux for a MAHA charger.
I started my rechargeable battery mission 2 years ago, with 4x eneloop AA + standard charger = $25 shipped
then i found the standard charger is a dump stupid timer charger which is no good.
But i'm not willing to pay $50 for the Maha charger, so i went with spending another $16 for Duracell 4x LSD AA + CEF23 smart charger.
And, the CEF23 just shit it self after less than 10 times of charging cycle.
Now i have to justify myself to fork out another $50 for a Maha charger and pray it doesn't shit itself randomly.
So, for a "REASONABLE" $$$ to boot with rechargeable batteries,
someone has to pay $20 for discounted 8x AA Eneloop + another $50 Maha charger.
For the $$$$ above you can buy more than 140+ of Duracell Ultra AA with this deal.
And, how long does one able to finish 140+ AA of Duracell Ultra????
So, buying this deal is not a bad idea at all.
rubbish; you don't need a MAHA charger to make massive savings.
In fact, you can buy the cheapest eneloop charger and get a good charge. They are cheap-as-chips.
See here:
USD $18.21 http://www.amazon.com/eneloop-Pre-Charged-Rechargeable-Batte…
We are basically paying $8 for this charger (on top of the battery cost). Perfectly suitable.
And here:
http://www.amazon.com/SANYO-4-Position-Rechargeable-Battery-…
We can get the charger alone for around $11 (if we already have rechargeables…)
Of course there are more advanced chargers out there, but we don't need to pay for them to make massive savings on batteries. A simple US-to-AU plug on ebay costs 50 cents or so to plug this in, in case you don't already have a travel adaptor. Of course it helps if you are already buying something from Amazon, in this case, to make the few bucks postage more worthwhile.
I doubt you'd only get 10 charges in these chargers; they are often sold with the Eneloop Power Pack and people don't have those troubles with them (I have one). They DO require the batteries to be charged in pairs though. The current is not high enough to cause massive damage to the batteries. You can save heaps of money with just a cheap charger when getting started.
As I said, of course you can spend more; and there are heaps of non-timer-based 4xAA/AAA chargers that are cheaper than $50, including the Sanyo MDR02 and Sanyo MDU01, both coming in below $20 with individual charge control http://www.eneloop.info/eneloop-products/chargers.html. The basic take-home point being you can save so much money over crappy disposables for so little outlay.
my wifes uncle visited us once. he showed me his new camera. He said he used great batteries that lasted ages but it was hard to find new ones when they went flat and had to be chucked.
out of curiousity I asked him to show me the batteries.
he isn't the brightest candle.
he was buying rechargables using them once and then tossing them.
I gave him my spare charger.
Hahaha,… not the brightest, maybe he is illiterate and has too much pride to ask someone else ( hopefully someone who can read and has some basic knowledge of these things).
Sometimes it isn't so clear cut. I have a P&S camera I carry around and take maybe a few hundred pictures a year. The last pair of AAs lasted two years including some heavy use during a holiday. But that was the 1.5v lithium pair that came with the camera. I'm guessing that this alkaline pair will last 6 months. So far 3 months gone and still going strong. During the useful life of the camera I may go through 3 or 4 pairs.
For a low drain application like a remote control or clock it makes even less sense to tie up eneloops there.
I may however buy some eneloops, when I have used up this stock of alkalines from a few years back. There are only a handful of places at home I have AA cells, other places are an electronic scale, a remote control, some clocks. Also after alkalines have done duty in the camera they are still good for the remote or clock. :)
You bought this yesterday? Think it expired. Was a 3 day special starting last Friday (finished yesterday)
yeah I went today, expired :( bummer.
sure, bunnings has 30pk of nonames for $8, but these duracells are quality.
you consider varta no-name and not quality?
of course there's always bunnings or ikea
http://www.bunnings.com.au/products_product_30pack-aa-varta-…
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/97551#comment-1304110
Yeah unfortunately both are not easily found like Coles, I have to catch a train to the closest Ikea and bus to the closest Bunnings, it takes time and cost money to buy tickets… but walking to Coles is 2 mins.
Damn on Saturday I bought four duracell AAs from Coles Eastgate for $6 ($1.50 a battery). And they were $1.20 off apparently…
which coles was this at?