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Turnigy AAA LSD 900mah Low Self Discharge back in stock @HobbyKing

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Turnigy AAA LSD 900mah Low Self Discharge back in stock @HobbyKing
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AncientWisdom on 04/07/2013 - 15:30 hobbyking.com (1822 clicks)
Last edited 15/07/2013 - 13:47 by 1 other user

$0.99 ea + shipping
Edit: stock comes in and out of international warehouse, if no stock there than still looks like plenty of stock in Aus warehouse (see links below), prices as follows:
AAA $1.06
AA $1.73
(+ Shipping)

If you don't know what they are, have a look at past deals, e.g. http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/78987
That post also has excellent info in regards to shipping.

The AA ($1.59) are also in stock: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__25023__Turnigy_AA…

The products on the above links (including for the deal) are shipped from the international warehouse…

Links for ones in the Australian warehouse (slightly more expensive but could be cheaper in shipping depends on order):
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__39272__Turnigy_AA…
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__39273__Turnigy_AA…

If ordering from the international warehouse, you will get a lower price per unit by ensuring the total weight is as close to the relevant threshold as possible.

Intl. AA x 35g Per Total Intl. AAA x 19g Per Total Ship. Threshold
5 175 2.79 13.94 10 190 1.59 15.89 International (Registered) Air Mail 101-200g $5.99
8 280 2.46 19.71 15 285 1.46 21.84 International (Registered) Air Mail 201-300g $6.99
14 490 2.30 32.25 26 494 1.37 35.73 International (Registered) Air Mail 301-500g $9.99
21 735 2.30 48.38 N/A International (Registered) Air Mail 501-750g  $14.99
28 980 2.23 62.47 N/A International (Registered) Air Mail 751g-1kg  $17.95

However, the Australian warehouse has a flat 2kg limit, so it is a simple matter of a lower price per unit for each battery added to your order.

Aus. AA x 35g Per Total Aus. AAA x 19g Per Total Ship. Threshold
7 245 3.01 21.10 13 247 1.75 22.77 AusPost eParcel Basic 2kg (NSW Warehouse) $8.99
14 490 2.37 33.21 26 494 1.41 36.55 AusPost eParcel Basic 2kg (NSW Warehouse) $8.99
28 980 2.05 57.43 52 988 1.23 64.11 AusPost eParcel Basic 2kg (NSW Warehouse) $8.99

Edit by Kabigon: I made a few typos in the table above, they should all be fixed now.

mikeInside has made a very comprehensive table which shows every combination of batteries (up to 20 of each type) and which warehouse offers the better price.

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  • dealman on 04/07/2013 - 15:51
    +2

    I came in looking for LSD, sad to find it only meant Low Self Discharge

    • AncientWisdom on 04/07/2013 - 15:52
      +15

      Sad to think you thought you were the first one to come up with this joke :-p

      • Jorkus on 04/07/2013 - 16:04
        +13

        Quiet! That man is a genius.

    • vol4321 on 04/07/2013 - 16:29
      +11

      I know man, I too needed a new limited slip differential.

    • [Deactivated] on 04/07/2013 - 22:42
      +1

      could have at least made a bad pun about acid.

    • weezlebub on 05/07/2013 - 09:32
      +1

      i was just looking for a discharge, then found out it was a self-discharge …

  • ilovem3 on 04/07/2013 - 15:53
    +1

    Anyone has recommendations for a AA/AAA smart charger from the store to go with this?

    • Roary on 04/07/2013 - 16:03
      +1

      search for Crosse on Amazon

    • inferno6688 on 04/07/2013 - 16:37
      -2

      http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__7028__Turnigy_Acc…

      great value for money charger. U just need to get a battery box to connect the batteries to the charger

      • NosDan on 04/07/2013 - 17:08
        +7

        great value for money charger.

        DO NOT get a charger that cant charge single cells. when you charge them in banks like that some cells get over charged and some get undercharged, eventually screwing up your batteries.

        get something like a La Crosse or MAHA C9000 smart charger which will peak charge each cell individually, batteries will last much longer.

        dont make the mistake i made originally……………

        • inferno6688 on 04/07/2013 - 17:25
          +1

          fair point. I always keep each bank of cells together from when they are new. eg if a torch uses 4 AA, i will always charge and keep those 4 cells together. When i buy new cells i write on each cell the date, and a number so i know which bank/set it belongs too. I write the date to keep track of its age. Critical items get the newer cells.
          I regularly cycle my batteries too to help keep them in good condition.
          I guess i am a bit patantic when i comes to looking after rechargeable batteries.

        • bluegrass on 04/07/2013 - 21:26
          +2

          Good Grief - Patanic ???

        • edfoo on 04/07/2013 - 21:30
          +2

          You mean Pedantic?

        • bluegrass on 04/07/2013 - 21:30
          +2

          Anal ??

        • Forfiet on 05/07/2013 - 06:08

          ^retentive!?!

        • inferno6688 on 05/07/2013 - 07:37

          maybe just a bit….

  • adamchan on 04/07/2013 - 15:59

    Awesome!!!!!!brought 10 AAA!!!!

    • CodeXD on 04/07/2013 - 16:02
      +4

      bought*

      sorry, just had to do it ;x

      • adamchan on 04/07/2013 - 16:13

        =D thx ~~~ lol

  • Mirage on 04/07/2013 - 16:16
    +1

    Can the eneloop chargers be used for this brand?
    Also not sure if this have been asked before but how does this brand in AAA compare with eneloops?
    Cheers!

    • edgar28 on 04/07/2013 - 16:24
      +1

      yes, yes and no. but good value.
      some review stated as good as eneloop, but failure rate higher, easily get a dud 1 out of 100?
      eneloop 1 out of 1000?

      • NosDan on 04/07/2013 - 17:11
        +1

        yes but make sure its a smart charger

        these are better than eneloops. higher capacity and work out cheaper. out of the 50 odd different aa and aaa's even 3 years on they are still performing flawlessly and still test at there rated power.

        • eug on 04/07/2013 - 20:31
          +1

          Eneloop's claim to fame is their LSD-ness. Did you only test their rated power after 3 years, or did you also test their LSD-ness?

  • Alzori on 04/07/2013 - 16:24
    +1

    How do you estimate shipping? I didn't want to get to the Paypal stage to test it :X

    • petestrash on 04/07/2013 - 16:30
      +1

      You can't unless you create an account.

      Total for 10 Shipped from the USA warehouse is US$15.89, and $19.59 from the AU warehouse.

      PS. tried the code suggested in the hobbyking comments, D5837716-3199-430D-81F3-3F3A1A891BEC this did not provide any further discount. Might be worth someone trying it on one of the non sale battery's to see if it works out any better?

      • Alzori on 04/07/2013 - 16:35
        +1

        Ahh alright, thanks for that. Still seems decent.

      • altomic on 04/07/2013 - 16:36
        +1

        you can get them shipped from the NSW warehouse. shipping starts at $8.99 for up to 2kg

        • NosDan on 04/07/2013 - 17:12
          +1

          How do you estimate shipping?

          add them to your cart and it will give you shipping options and also tell you how many more grams you have left in the same shipping amount so you can get as many as fits in the shipping cost.

  • michaelTito on 04/07/2013 - 16:29
    +1

    Will this work with the recent COTD 5dollar charger?

    • Roary on 04/07/2013 - 16:43
      +2

      yes but they wont last as long (both in terms of the life of the battery and the amount of charge it will hold after several recharges)

  • tsunamisurfer on 04/07/2013 - 16:52
    +3

    Guys….silly question but how much are these AAA batteries @ HobbyKing normally?

    • NosDan on 04/07/2013 - 17:13
      +2

      always the same price but usually are sold out hence why every time they come back in stock someone posts them as a new deal to let people know again.

      • [Deactivated] on 04/07/2013 - 17:29

        The question is whether they are still doing more R&D to improve these cells like what Sanyo is doing with the Eneloops.

        Turnigy has always been a cheap cell, but I think it hasn't changed much over the past 2 years.

        • NosDan on 04/07/2013 - 17:36

          I think it hasn't changed much over the past 2 years.

          or in this case not thought to much at all..

          yes the HK's have also evolved even over the last 12 months odd upping there mah's even more to well over the eneloops…

          ive never said eneloops are bad batteries (even in the old HK deals), im an eneloop owner as well… its just the HK's are better…

        • edgar28 on 05/07/2013 - 14:55

          not ture, old AAA turnigy I bought was 850mAh at 79 cents
          now it;s 900mAh at 99cents?

          old AA was 2200, new one is 2400 equivalent to eneloop XXX

    • AnophthalmiaCervidae on 04/07/2013 - 18:36
      +1

      Normal price.

      I think they are relatively new to the Australian warehouse though, a better bargain if you need a lot of batteries.

      • AncientWisdom on 05/07/2013 - 01:03

        It's, I agree. I was surprised to see them there on stock!

  • outlander on 04/07/2013 - 17:00
    +1

    Big plus from me. Wasn't going to buy, but the calculations at the top made it easy.

  • whinges on 04/07/2013 - 17:31

    Thanks OP, especially with the details regarding postage + weights.
    These are great batteries - have used the AA and AAA for a while with a lacrosse charger from Amazon, no problems at all.

  • davedave on 04/07/2013 - 17:33

    Are these $ USD or AUD?

    • covert on 04/07/2013 - 17:56

      USD

      • davedave on 07/07/2013 - 16:55

        Thanks. So it seems from other comments below. As the AUD value declines, it starts to make a difference. Plus some credit cards charge extra convestion fees on USD. You need to know to use your 28 Degrees Mastercard on foreign currency; other rewards cards on AUD, making sure your card doesn't cahrge a fee for AUD transactions outside Aus.

  • covert on 04/07/2013 - 17:56
    +1

    I was going to post this when I got the alert. Glad to see someone did. The best priced LSD batteries around except when eneloop are on sale at dickys

  • AnophthalmiaCervidae on 04/07/2013 - 18:32
    +1

    Buying a 2kg lot from the AUS warehouse works out the cheapest.

    57 AA's (1.995kg) would cost $107.60 shipped ($1.89 ea)
    105 AAA's (1.995kg) would cost $120.29 shipped ($1.15 ea)

    If only I needed that many batteries.

  • mikeInside on 04/07/2013 - 18:56
    +6

    Can anyone tell me how to format this into a proper table? Anyway it has all the prices for Aus and HK for any combination of batteries up to 20, hope it helps. :)

    http://www.kogency.com/storage/BatteryPriceTable.png

    Mod: Removed wall of text

    • DeadlySaber on 04/07/2013 - 19:26
      +12

      Hang on guys, I can break this coded message, just give me some time.

      • [Deactivated] on 04/07/2013 - 20:12
        +6

        no time, just cut the wire

        • braddsey on 04/07/2013 - 21:17
          +2

          or take the blue pill…

        • Forfiet on 05/07/2013 - 06:12

          the blue pill is a pain killer right?? Because I got a headache tryin to make sense of all that!

    • mikeInside on 04/07/2013 - 22:33
      +8

      Dang I can't even edit the post now.

      Anyway I made an easier to understand image version of the table, it will tell you whether the AUS or HK warehouse will give you a better deal for a particular combination of AA and AAAs:
      http://www.kogency.com/storage/BatteryPriceTable.png

  • Alzori on 04/07/2013 - 19:44

    Hey so guys a question, what's up with the site currency selector? I changed the site to AUD, and it all said my order would be xx.xxAUD. When it went through paypal though it ended up charging me in USD, and converting up like $5 to AUD. Is this a fault or something? Otherwise it just seems a bit redundant to have the site option.

    • Alzori on 04/07/2013 - 21:23

      Update, I checked and they say they're meant to be in USD. Not sure why the site lets you 'Order' in AUD.

  • mitcheo on 04/07/2013 - 19:47
    -1

    Be careful i got completely screwed over from hobbyking.

    • [Deactivated] on 04/07/2013 - 20:18
      +3

      did hobbyking kidnap your rich boss's dog to hold it for ransom, but when she accidentally gets the dog back, she thinks that it's you who's been kidnapped?

    • AncientWisdom on 05/07/2013 - 01:08
      +3

      Always good practice to order using PayPal when possible. In this case it is, so I don't see what could be the problem - you are completely protected.

  • Newtz4 on 04/07/2013 - 21:11
    +1

    Just bought 10x AAA's from the Aus warehouse! Total= $22.31AUD. Table above is off?

    • Alzori on 04/07/2013 - 21:24
      +1

      The tables are in USD, so it gets converted. See my above comments :P

      • Newtz4 on 04/07/2013 - 21:53
        +1

        Edit: Woops, didnt realise the table at the top was for AA's, not AAA's! My bad!

  • AncientWisdom on 05/07/2013 - 01:12
    +1

    Whoa gmail decided to hide the notification about replies to this thread so just before bed I decided to have a look and 62 votes!

    Thanks to Kabigon for adding the tables! I was quite short on time when posting so really appreciate the effort to improve the post!

  • Geewhizz on 05/07/2013 - 06:09

    Quick question on the currency conversion - a total of $11.99 turns into $13.59. That's a pretty steep conversion rate even for Paypal. For future reference, is there a way of paying that cuts this down?

    • AncientWisdom on 05/07/2013 - 11:28
      +1

      Use a 28 degrees MasterCard or equivalent charged in $US.

  • SonnyShines on 05/07/2013 - 08:30

    i want batteries but i dont really use batteries for anything LOL

    what do you battery gurus actually use your batteries for anyway?

    • altomic on 05/07/2013 - 08:51
      +1

      you need them for if you have a vitamin deficency. Vitamin AA Vitamin AAA

    • AncientWisdom on 05/07/2013 - 11:30

      Remotes, clocks, toys, baby monitor, electric toothbrush, wireless keyboard & mouse, torches… just off the top of my head. There's heaps of stuff that runs on batteries. But if you don't use them why do you want them??

      • SonnyShines on 05/07/2013 - 13:21
        +1

        i love a bargain like everyone else here! lol

        i have a torch that needs AA batteries.. remotes and stuff too but the batteries in these things last a year or more as it is.. still,, i guess its better than buying disposable ones.

        i dont have kids so i guess thats why my battery requirements arent too high at the moment.. lol

  • Ayanami on 05/07/2013 - 09:40

    Anyone in WA want to split an order? I only want like 3 or 4.

    • edgar28 on 05/07/2013 - 10:45

      just get the whole lot, i got to share the duraloop last time , each person 12, till the end used up in a month.

      Australia is one of the highest country "pissing" mineral off (consuming multi vitamins), extra AA and AAA vitamins are fine.

  • Flyeroz on 06/07/2013 - 13:28

    Thanks OP.
    Had few items on my wishlist, now I can bundle them with the batteries & save on postage.

  • davedave on 07/07/2013 - 16:51

    http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__25024__Turnigy_AA…

    • AAA on international site
    • now out of stock
    • AncientWisdom on 08/07/2013 - 02:27

      Thanks, I've updated the description but am not marking the deal as out of stock for now.

  • rekabkram on 10/07/2013 - 20:52

    Don't know how I missed these but I've just picked up 20AA's. Price is great and finally I have a use for my battery charger.

    • rekabkram on 15/07/2013 - 13:31

      Just had mine show up, great price and very fast shipping :). Got some breaking in to do over the next week to check the capacity.

  • shinryoku on 15/07/2013 - 10:48

    Stock for AAA are back on Int'l site, just bought 15.

    • AncientWisdom on 15/07/2013 - 13:48

      Thanks, updated description slightly.

  • Newtz4 on 15/07/2013 - 14:43

    Got mine a few days ago!

    Seems that they aren't pre-charged at all? Tried putting these in my new scales (from deals direct bargain!) and they didn't have enough juice to work! It's surprising as they are supposed to be LSD….

  • rekabkram on 16/07/2013 - 09:44

    I'm currently breaking in 4 of my AA's (I'm aware they don't need breaking in because they are LSD I just wanted to check out the capacity).

    I haven't done this for a long time and can't remember so does anyone know if it's normal for batteries to go way over capacity during a break in (at around 900mins in).

    During Break in numbers

    1. 3460mAh - 1.48V - 959mins
    2. 3459mAh - 1.48V - 959mins
    3. 3451mAh - 1.48V - 959mins
    4. 3454mAh - 1.48V - 959mins

    I know that the numbers will come down but that looks huge at over 1000mAh over capacity. Batteries aren't too warm at a guess I would say 5degrees over room temp don't know if that's important but there it is.

    • NosDan on 16/07/2013 - 09:47

      what charger are you using? what charge and discharge rates are you using?

      i can double check with my MAHA MH-C9000 but im fairly sure when i did mine when i first got them they only read a few percent over there stated capacity. iirc it was around 2500-2600'ish for the 2400's.

      edit: oh and is that the capacity its used to charge them or there discharge capacity?

      • rekabkram on 16/07/2013 - 09:56

        I've got a Powerex MH-C9000 Wizard One Charger-Analyzer doing a Break-In with the 'Set Battery Capacity' at 2500mAh.

        Just to make sure it's clear these aren't final numbers (I think there's another 16 hours or so to go until they've finished).

  • [Deactivated] on 01/08/2013 - 22:12

    AUD crashed…

    I think it's now much cheaper to find DSE sales.

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