Alkaline Batteries AA or AAA 50pk
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ALDI Alkaline Batteries AA or AAA 50pk $14.99
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Just checked the 10 pack I got from Aldi at least a year ago. It expires in 2025.
Doesn't mean they will have the same capacity as when you bought them though.
50? My kids eat 50 for breakfast
Eneloops FTW
I have 0 eneloops.
So you don't have ene-loops? I have √3 eneloops, that's even more irrational.
You've been waiting a while to make that joke.
Thats loopy
How could you have 0 mate? Definitely a disgrace to us ozbargainers! :P
He might just have the Aldi ones.. or a bunch of other rechargeables..
I also have zero eneloops but over the years have a bunch of other brands that means it just hasn't been worth it to actually get eneloops (i.e pay full price for more rechargeables)
i am a disgrace.
sorry
:(
I have found rechargeable really not good for many of my applications because of lower Voltage - Lights, remotes, toys. Gadgets with sensors also seems to work well on only freshly charged Eneloops.
The only solid pro is that rechargeables have never leaked acid/alkaline in my devices.
If you need high quality 10 year shelf life alkalines then head to Bunnings. $9.92 for 30 batteries, every day. 33c/cell.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/varta-aa-alkaline-batteries-30-p…
^ This is Varta-AA
^This Varta-AAA!!!
No AAAs at our few local Bunnings for atleast 3 months!
I don't understand why anyone would buy single use batteries anymore? If you go through this many you should just pick up a set of rechargeables and a decent charger
Because some devices don't like 1.2V
Don't 1.5V batteries have a voltage sag to basically match a good 1.2V battery after the first 10% of usage anyway?
it may be closer to around 50% of useful capacity, especially at the low current discharge (where single use batteries still can be useful)
I personally consider any device that doesn't work at 1.2V to be faulty by design.
Alkalines are by no means fully drained at 1.2V and there's no reason to not be designing products to handle rechargeables these days.
For the odd dodgy device that doesn't like 1.2V that I'm stuck with, I use disposable lithiums - I've been burnt too many times by leaking alkalines in the past.
That's the real issue I have.. how come there's no design in place to deal with either stopping batteries leaking (I know.. if they don't leak they explode.. so they're designed to leak rather than explode..) OR a battery compartment that deals with the leak so the appliance and/or terminals aren't destroyed..
@jason andrade: I don't know about being designed to leak. I think it's a case of manufacturers trying to reduce costs to the point where they've made the outside container of the battery so thin that leaking has become a major problem these days.
Back when carbon zinc batteries were common, they used to leak and one of the selling points with alkalines was that they didn't leak.
If you use rechargeables such as Eneloops, you don't need to worry about them leaking because they're better made and simply don't leak.
Also, kids toys and a wife that will never think to check they don't have eneloops in them before donating the toys
Nothing wrong with donating eneloops
The person receiving them probably won't know what they are and put them in the bin..
@Jackson: And they would still throw them away.
Kid trying a toy.
Mom, this doesn't work.
Mom looks and opens battery compartment. Looks at batteries with sticker eneloops inside.
Ah, must be dead bateries.
Eneloops in the bin.If you want to make it anywhere usable a sticker should say "eneloops inside, just recharge and you're good to go".
@bargainparker: Isn't the actual solution to simply never use eneloops in a kids toy.. and reserve them for things that won't be donated or thrown out..
@Jackson: Most people would not know what "eneloops" are.
so many times I have had family members or guys at work throw out rechargeables when the ran flat.
Just letting you know, Aldi have a battery recycle bin in every Aldi. That's where I take mine.
IKEA too"that's where i take mine"
you take them and tap the ends to recharge the cells? a true ozbargainer if ive ever seen one.Bunnings as well
They seem to be always full to the brim :|
I've taken my depleted batteries back home several times, because the collection container was overflowing.Its ridiculous I have to take my used energy saving bulbs/batteries and such to the once-in-a-blue-moon council collection events.There needs to be a better system. If recycling (of dangerous goods) are made so difficult, no wonder people don't do it.
It really has to be your passion to keep track of when and where to take your bits and pieces :(Best complain then - they'll sort it out.
What a waste of precious metals.
Good for the economy
I've had these batteries leak inside my remotes. Never buying again. Haven't had that issue with other brands.
Thanks for that. I have been getting this issue too and was wondering if I had a bad batch. This explains it - and I have had it on 3 remotes too. Not happy !
I had batteries leaked from major brands as well, may be the reason to use LSD rechargable ones instead.
Few years ago I had two sitting in a drawer, and the leakage literally glued them to the drawer !
Pretty sure they were 'mostly' charged too.
Luckily I didnt leave them in my xbox controller, would have totally destroyed it !For what it's worth, I've had duracell's leak after a few months, too.
ammos for my BB gun :D
I'll never use Alkalines ever again. They're banned in my house. Don't care if you think there's a brand that never leaks, I just don't trust them any more. Between cheap ALDI rechargeables and premium IKEA rechargeables, I have an AA/AAA battery for any occasion.
Cheap landfill.
I am trying to get rid of my used batteries if anyone wants them - free of charge
yeehaw!
I wish I could neg but it's against the rules, but…
If you are going through batteries at such a rate that you could use 50 before these leak or expire, buy regchargeables!
This is shockingly bad for the environment and honestly pretty irresponsible on Aldi's part.
I agree, but some devices need 1.5V and don't work on the 1.2V from rechargables.
Yeah, that's true, however I'd be surprised if they were overly common these days. Certainly not to the point you'd be churning through 50 of them!
You might use them camping (and if you do, please don't leave any batteries out there.. bring them back and drop them off at Battery World or Aldi where they can be recycled).
I just picked up a lantern from Bunnings that is fairly decent light output - uses 3 x AA for ~60 lumens.
Looking at the fine print.. it will run for 3h.. so 50 batteries would give you 16x3h.. so maybe a week's worth of usage..
The actual lantern was (is) marked down to 88c at Bunnings (and came with 3xAA! though I expect it's fairly low quality set..)
Even the very popular Mi night-lights with motion sensors don't work well/long with eneloops.
1.5 volt?
https://www.amazon.com.au/CT-Rechargeable-Batteries-Charging…I've had rechargeable batteries that are still going after twenty years. Absolutely ridiculous to be buying anything else, EVEN if they were more expensive over the long term (which they are not)
How have you managed to keep your rechargeables going for that long ?
I've noticed (particularly with the energizer ones) that often when they have been discharged for a while - which will happen when you don't have a good plan to rotate batteries or they are too old to have LSD.. that often I end up with one in a set that voltage drops off a lot.
e.g. appliance (usually some kind of motion light) uses 3 x AA (ideally for 4.5V I guess) and when it stops working and I go to charge it, 2 of the AAs test at ~1.28V and one will test at 0.98V.. which is enough to stop the appliance working.
All three will charge back to 'full' in the Nitecore..
@jason andrade: I've got about 10 sets of the 8 pack Eneloops, I put them in a box and rotate through them. I use four at a time in Sangean dab radios and canon SLR flash. When the flash or radio stops when one battery dies, I take all four out and discharge them all and charger automatically slow charges at 200 ma for about 10 hours in the La Crosse charger which I think are no longer sold.
Makes me sick to think how many batteries are wasted. I’ve got some Duracell branded eneloops I’ve had for 10 years. Not only have I saved so much money, I’ve not contributed to landfill.
I’ve not contributed to landfill
Not quite right. Unless you only used a solar charger all this time, then yes, you still contributed to pollution, granted eneloops are better between two evils, but still. Most of electricity comes from coal.
That’s the same as saying takeaway coffee cups are fine since regular cups require water and dishwashing liquid to be washed. The electricity one single recharge takes cannot be compared to the waste of 1 battery going into landfill. 🔋
The electricity one single recharge takes cannot be compared to the waste of 1 battery going into landfill. 🔋
It can't, just saying, it's not truly clean.
@bargainparker: Nothing is truly clean so not sure about trying to make the point.
It's impossible to build any battery of any kind without damage or some point of effect.
Even a hydro battery requires modification of the environment and some raw materials to be shaped or tools to be built to be used.. and so on.
Original poster was simply noting a specific goal - stopping his batteries ending up in landfill - which is both admirable for simplicity and laudable for focus (until someone builds another kind of battery/energy source that is better..)
"Duracell branded eneloops" say Whaaat?
Excellent. About a week's worth for my Magic Mouse. It's magic the way it eats through batteries.
Before you flame, I use Eneloops.
Really? Mine (with regular envelops) seems to last about a month with full time work usage.
*eneloops, not envelop(e)s
I have been using the original Apple rechargeables and they last a surprisingly long time (~a month or more).
Also reasonable luck with the Aldi rechargeables in the magic mouse.
They are the one appliance I'm happy to use rechargeables in and to have a set of 4 to rotate through (e.g. 2 in use, 2 charged and slowly discharging..) as they work pretty well..
time to upgrade, that is super duper old. lmao
mine is rechargeable with the lightning cable.
Deals like this make me sick. I believe some countries are already taxing non-rechargeable AA and AAA batteries. They need government intervention to be killed like old school light bulbs IMO.
Dang, if I had a remote control Toy dumptruck, I'd fill it all up with batteries and let it drive away from passenger seat (with the door open)onwards to the
TIP
Bypassing the paying booth, wait a bit til the batteries die in the remote control dumptruck
inside the tip
Well then thats a ffn waste, oh well.
Gone to burn some petrol now in the car.
Ozbargainer for over 7 years here. Never issued this award but please take the "most random and wtf comment I've ever seen" award. Unless this went right over my head.
Hopefully there's an upcoming free course on humour you could take. If there's something I've missed, I apologise in advanced.
Does anyone else have problems with dead/old alkaline batteries leaking?
Any brand. They have made a mess in some of my remote controls and other items after leaving them in unused for months.
I prefer Super Heavy duty or NiMH as they don't leak.
50 is a lot, will depend on expiry date.