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Found these browsing around in Dick Smith today. Not as good as the 48 VARTA packs going at officeworks for $10 last year, but still pretty good deal to keep the kids toys going on the cheap!
10 Every Ready AA Batteries for $2.98 @ Dick Smith
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Well said - disposable batteries in toys and generic items demonstrate ignorance. These batteries end up in landfill and are a huge cost to the planet.
It takes a lot less effort to buy an automatic charger and a bunch of NiMH batteries then empower the kids to do the environmentally responsible thing of charging them if they want to use their toys.
Rechargables are 10-30 times less damaging to the environment and your wallet than throwaway types. Heaps of info on google, look it up.
There are exceptions because NiMH batteries have a high self-discharge rate so never use one in a smoke alarm, only alkaline cells. I'd also use regular cells for infrequently used remote controls (air conditioner, second TV/DVD player etc) because rechargables will go flat on their own in a few months.
Varta's are great batteries, Electus Distribution (Jaycar's wholesale section) sells 4 pack AA rechargables for about $11 but the catch is you need an ABN.
I wont neg this post because it is a fair price for average quality batteries but rechargables cost more now, but MUCH less in the long term.
You can get low-self-discharge NiMH batteries, like Sanyo Enerloop (also sold as Sony Cycle Energy), Varta Ready2Use, or Powerex's Imedion. Duracell, Kodak, and Uniross have them too. They take a lot longer to self-discharge compared to standard NiMHs. I haven't seen them in a 9V PP3 form factor so you wouldn't be able to use them in smoke alarms - not that you should anyway, alkalines will probably still last a bit longer in them.
When ordering from Electus, don't forget to factor in postage, which pushes the price up!
Incidentally I did a discharge test with Ikea's $3.95-for-10 AA alkalines, which I believe used to be made by Varta - not sure about now. They performed very well when compared against our standard Duracell Procells in our radio mics. I can put the graph up somewhere if anyone's interested! 39.5c per AA is hard to beat.
Going to grab some of these for all those remotes and clocks. Thanks for the heads up.
I agree with BM, but would recommend them even in remotes etc as they take many months to go flat, and if you have charged replacements ready, it takes 10 seconds to change them and start charging the dead ones.
so would this deal be available in store as well?
because shipping comes to 13.50$ !
Yep, was available in store at Macarthur Square
Good price. It cost me $15 for a "value" 24 pack of everyready at woolworths a few weeks ago (and the 12 packs were $10 each).
If you live near an Ikea, check out their AAs. $3.95 for a pack of ten. Pretty good value, and they last too. I would certainly say they'd last longer than any carbon zinc batts.
Picked up two packs at Hornsby today to use in remote's etc.
I use rechargeable for my wireless keyboard as it takes four and can run down the cheap ones fairly quickly, horses for coursesIs Every Ready the Chinese knock off of Eveready? Probably made in the same factory anyway!
"Ever Ready" & "Eveready" are the same thing.
Everyready batteries have been Made In China for about 12 years.
Everyready used to be made in Mascot (Sydney) in 1986. My dad worked at the Everyready factory.
Do you mean "Eveready/Ever Ready" or "Every Ready"?
(note the extra 'y' in the title)Yes, I see what you mean.
"Every Ready" doesn't exist and never has.
Actually I wouldn't be surprised if it actually did exist somewhere in the world. If I can find this 'Everpower' battery with a modified version of their old cat-with-nine-lives logo here in Australia, I bet some factory in China is making EveryReady batteries. ;)
Ha ha ha…I don't believe it!
What won't the Chinese copy?!?!?
I agree about rechargeables but to a certain extent.
It took me 15 hours to charge 4 Energizer AA batteries.
The electricity used must be factored in.Disposable battery manufacturers make a cheap alternative to rechargables.
If I don’t buy them, someone else will.The best solution would be buying a ReZAP charger and not throwing away old alkaline batteries until they are fully used up.
http://www.rezap.com.au/15 hours at a very low wattage. You cannot measure power consumption based on time, you have to look at how much power is used in that time. A kettle running for 15 hours will use far more power than a battery charger running for 15 hours.
A rezap charger still uses power. A NiMH charger coupled with batteries that are designed to be recharged is probably more efficient. You'll get many more cycles out of NiMH batts than primary alkalines, so if it's landfill that you're concerned about, NiMH is definitely the way to go.
My charger uses 7W. Multiply by 16 hour charge = 0.112 KW hours. I think electricity is about 15 cents per KW hour. Does that come to about 1.7 cents to charge 4 NiMH batteries for 16 hours? From my experience the life of NiMHs is about 10 years. If you need to drive down to supermarket to buy batteries how much would that cost instead of having a supply at home ready to go.
Also, you can go The Reject Shop and get 30 of these for $7 :p
I've tried those really-really-cheap batts before… they were crap, and seemed to leak easily. There's a point of diminishing savings… in this case it might be these Evereadys, although I think Ikea's AAs are the winner. :)
Pay a bit more and buy NiMH rechargeables - OW have Varta 4 for $14 (2500mah older variety ones) - and they are excellent (from much experience)