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Pack of 48 1.5V AA Alkaline Batteries
Improved anti-corrosion components and new zinc composition resulting in 10-years anti-leakage shelf life
Designed to provide reliable and lasting performance for both high and low drain devices
Unique Japanese technology that enables better performance after storage, over-discharge, and high temperatures
Works with a variety of devices including digital cameras, game controllers, toys, and clocks; do not attempt to recharge

AmazonBasics 36x AAA Performance Alkaline Batteries $10.10

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  • [Deactivated] on 28/12/2021 - 13:12
    +62

    The planet: consider rechargeables

        • Munki on 28/12/2021 - 13:53
          +7

          What about it?

        • AnKu on 28/12/2021 - 14:01
          +2

          what about howaboutism?

      • Daabido on 28/12/2021 - 14:32
        +7

        Let the turtles buy their own masks.

      • burns13 on 28/12/2021 - 15:00
        +2

        The environment impact of the pandemic is one thing that has zero to do with this comment. And reeks of sour grapes

        • Forfiet on 28/12/2021 - 22:01
          +1

          Let the turtles buy their own grapes!

      • spaceflight on 28/12/2021 - 15:09
        +1

        How about the million tons of gloves, gowns and masks in the ocean that will degrade over the next 200 years

        How about the million tons of gloves, gowns and masks that are not in the ocean because they have been disposed of correctly and won't degrade over the next 200 years because they were disposed as medical waste so were incinerated.

        • Jugganautx on 28/12/2021 - 15:27
          -3

          There aren't people going through garbage picking them out of landfill smh

          • spaceflight on 28/12/2021 - 15:34
            +2

            @Jugganautx: Really?

            I always thought that hospitals had medical waste disposal bins so things like grandma's gangrenous leg and all the other medical waste don't end up in landfill where they can spread disease.

            I guess that leg I saw floating by the Opera House must have been dropped there by a mutant seagull due to the radioactive hospital waste next to grandma's leg.

            We really do need people picking the medical garbage out of landfill smh

      • diazepam on 29/12/2021 - 13:11
        +1

        How about the millions of lives saved due to PPE

    • todmanpla on 28/12/2021 - 13:16
      +12

      Definitely, should be a law against bulk throwaways like this. Good OZBers use Eneloops

      • Ham Dragon on 28/12/2021 - 15:11
        +8

        You can recycle these (or any consumer battery for that matter)…every Aldi has a battery bin near the checkouts, for example.

      • spaceflight on 28/12/2021 - 15:12
        +12

        But non rechargeable batteries have a purpose as they have a higher capacity, higher operating voltage and longer shelf life.

        These batteries can also be recycled.

      • furyou on 28/12/2021 - 17:38

        Pretty sure throwing loops in your TV remotes is more wasteful?

    • ash2000 on 28/12/2021 - 13:17
      +15

      I do as much as I can, however, there are still some devices that don't play well at the 1.2volts offered by rechargeables .

    • boomramada on 28/12/2021 - 13:22
      +3

      Just use them then put them in recyclable bins in Aldi or so. They are fully recyclable.

      • get-innocuous on 28/12/2021 - 13:44
        +11

        It’s reduce, reuse, recycle in that order for a reason. It takes energy and resources to recycle batteries.

        • boomramada on 28/12/2021 - 13:55

          As above comment, recyclable not for every application. Both types are bad for environment if you not dispose it correctly, specially the recyclable.

          • get-innocuous on 28/12/2021 - 14:36
            +4

            @boomramada: If you need 1.5V then sure. But don’t fool yourself into thinking recycling is just as good as not using them.

            • boomramada on 28/12/2021 - 14:55
              +2

              @get-innocuous: I use both but don't be hash on people who use dry cell, there are plenty of people who can't invest large amounts of money on rechargeables.

              When disposing correctly there is no issue.

              If you are worried about environment, think about energy people waste on crypto mining.

    • BargainKen on 28/12/2021 - 13:52

      What ever happened to rechargeable alkaline batteries? Used to be a thing a while ago… Wouldnt be too bad if you could get a few cycles from these cheapies before throwing them away.

      • Xizor on 28/12/2021 - 14:14

        We used to try and recharge all alkalines before we threw away 20 years ago. Often it would work, to what extent hard to say, dumb charges and back in a time everyone had a much higher risk tolerance. Batteries may of been of a more reliable quality back then though.

      • spaceflight on 28/12/2021 - 15:16

        Because other battery technologies are better.

        Rechargeable alkaline might only provide 20 recharge cycles where NiMH can provide hundreds

        • BargainKen on 28/12/2021 - 15:20
          +2

          Yes but NiMH batteries aren't possible in every application due to the voltage difference (1.2v vs 1.5v) in battery chemistry.

          • spaceflight on 28/12/2021 - 15:24
            +1

            @BargainKen: Yes but as a battery manufacturer why make rechargeable alkaline batteries when they can make non rechargeable alkaline batteries and then rechargeable NiMH batteries.

            Both batteries are understood by consumers.
            One type only works once and the other can be used countless times.

            Rechargeable alkaline batteries are only useful a handful of times so people will buy them and then complain when they don't last long because people are used to NiMH.

            Rechargeable alkaline batteries still exist but are more of a specialist battery.

            • BargainKen on 28/12/2021 - 16:12

              @spaceflight: Yes I know that, my question was what happened to them? They dont seem to be so heavily promoted anymore. Would be nice to get a handfil uses out of an alkaline battery before binning them especially at these prices.

              • spaceflight on 28/12/2021 - 16:20

                @BargainKen:

                Yes I know that, my question was what happened to them?

                I think I covered that being a business decision based on the expectations of consumers.

                As I said

                Rechargeable alkaline batteries still exist but are more of a specialist battery.

                So nothing has happened to them.
                You can still buy them.
                You just cannot buy them from Coles and Woolworths

                They dont seem to be so heavily promoted anymore.

                Why would they?

                As I said

                Rechargeable alkaline batteries are only useful a handful of times so people will buy them and then complain when they don't last long because people are used to NiMH.

  • ash2000 on 28/12/2021 - 13:16
    +1

    26 cents per cell for those playing at home.

      • O15 on 28/12/2021 - 13:51

        Tough crowd.

        • easternculture on 28/12/2021 - 14:01
          -7

          And the totally logical argument above

          I guess people enjoy eating seafood enritched with cancerous plastics and biowaste

      • Daabido on 28/12/2021 - 14:33

        8 trillion Shibas.

  • monkman on 28/12/2021 - 13:16
    +8

    With how low the cost of rechargeables these days are it doesn't make sense to buy single use batteries.

    • jimojr on 28/12/2021 - 13:22
      +4

      How much does it cost for 1.5v rechargeable batteries?

    • Jaduqimon on 28/12/2021 - 13:54
      +3

      way more convenient than rechargeables.

      • kumquat on 28/12/2021 - 15:03

        You might need a few more rechargeable. It becomes a production line when you have enough.

        • Jaduqimon on 28/12/2021 - 15:17
          +1

          Yeh still more effort. This just put in a box and grab when needed. Don't need any more unneccesary adapters/chargers these days. Cable management is already an issue.

    • spaceflight on 28/12/2021 - 15:17
      +1

      What is you need 1.5 volts or want a higher capacity battery?

  • vickiolesen on 28/12/2021 - 13:19

    Any reviews on it?

    • dreamstation on 28/12/2021 - 13:20
      +38

      Positives and negatives

      • foxxo on 28/12/2021 - 13:44
        +5

        The results are shocking

      • easternculture on 28/12/2021 - 14:04
        -8

        Can confirm the batteries have a +ve and -ve charge

    • jimojr on 28/12/2021 - 13:32
      +1

      You can check it out on Youtube.

  • Laziofogna on 28/12/2021 - 13:45

    They give no details about expiry date, 10 years shelf life but when the countdown started?

  • naru6705 on 28/12/2021 - 13:54
    +1

    Manufacturing date

  • cook99 on 28/12/2021 - 14:02
    +5

    Gross waste. Use rechargeable only

    • pizzaguy on 28/12/2021 - 14:16

      There should be a proper tax on these, just like there is on booze. Ostentatiously higher, of course.

      I just can't see a reason there shouldn't be.

      • cook99 on 28/12/2021 - 14:18

        Love this idea!!!

      • Daabido on 28/12/2021 - 14:35

        I think you will find the tax on alcohol is already ostentatiously high. Would that make it ostentatiously squared?

      • popsiee on 28/12/2021 - 15:04
        +1

        Yeap they get me with the massive 15c and 30c bags that doesn't force me to use my own lol .
        Convenience

      • spaceflight on 28/12/2021 - 15:19
        +1

        I just can't see a reason there shouldn't be.

        Because rechargeable batteries aren't always better and non rechargeable batteries offer advantages.

        • pizzaguy on 28/12/2021 - 16:38

          Cool, they can be more expensive then.

  • V001 on 28/12/2021 - 14:05
    -2

    Don’t you think below is better value

    Kodak Super Heavy Duty AAA 10 Pack Zinc Batteries (30410589)

    • Laziofogna on 28/12/2021 - 14:07
      +1

      Alkaline is always better

      • V001 on 28/12/2021 - 14:08

        Thx, didn’t knew about it

        • Laziofogna on 28/12/2021 - 14:08
          -4

          Of course you knew.

  • abacus on 28/12/2021 - 14:20
    +3

    Let me summarize please
    If your appliance can use 1.2 V, and most can like remotes, clocks, cameras, remote cars etc it's much, much more convenient to have 24 Eneloop batteries at home which cost about $50 and will last decades. I still have 40 year old Arlec NiCads that work.

    If your appliance only works on 1.5 V then buy alkalines or you can buy 4 lithium ion batteries for $25+

    • ihfree on 28/12/2021 - 14:34
      +1

      Any recommendations for lithium batteries?

      • Void on 28/12/2021 - 16:16

        i bought a 4 pack of Energizer L91s for $11 at JB Hi-Fi by getting them to price match Anaconda. They work well.

      • abacus on 28/12/2021 - 16:21
        +2

        I got the price off eBay.

        I have DSLR cameras and flashs, DAB radios, remote cars, tv remotes, etc and all are happy with Eneloops.

        • ihfree on 28/12/2021 - 17:03

          Thanks, my devices are also all happy with Eneloops. There are one or two devices where charging built into the battery would be useful.

    • VerticallyIntegrated on 28/12/2021 - 15:02

      Link for 24 eneloops for $50?

      • abacus on 28/12/2021 - 16:25

        https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/240647

        If they last 10 to 20 years and cost a bit more then I wouldn't really worry. To have batteries always available forever is worth it. Not to mention manufacture, distribution, postage, petrol, then they go to the tip forever.

        You can always very IKEA rechargeables for cheaper.

        • Binchicken22 on 28/12/2021 - 16:30
          +3

          That deal was 5+ years ago when dicksmiths was going out of business and having a fire sale… Hardly the "going rate" for eneloops.

        • furyou on 28/12/2021 - 17:42
          -1

          Loops die when you drain them to 0 or charge them too much. Owning 50 eneloops might work for some people but it might not work 4 others

          • abacus on 29/12/2021 - 13:52

            @furyou: The battery charger of choice here for years, now no longer sold, was able to discharge a battery and then charge, which I have religiously done for 20 years with the Dick Smith Eneloops which are still going strong. I have about 10 packs of 8 AAs and use them everywhere.

            • furyou on 29/12/2021 - 15:39

              @abacus: pretty sure the discharge and charge myth has been debunked long ago? Even back during nicad ages.

      • meatgasm on 28/12/2021 - 17:43
        +1

        20 rewrapped Eneloops for $50: https://www.ikea.com/au/en/p/ladda-rechargeable-battery-hr06…

        • lostn on 28/12/2021 - 18:38
          +1

          i wish i'd stocked up on the 2450s when they were $8 a pack. I had no idea they were going to jack the price by double.

          • meatgasm on 28/12/2021 - 20:25

            @lostn: The 2450s have a higher capacity and do better under heavy loads, but have less cycles, i.e. theyre less durable. Most high drain battery operated devices have moved to Lion anyways, so the enhanced durability of the 1900s would probably be more useful than marginally higher capacity/discharge current.

            • lostn on 28/12/2021 - 20:45
              +1

              @meatgasm: the amount of cycles you get from the higher capacities is estimated around 500, which is practically speaking more than enough. And when/if they die, they are not that expensive to replace, having served you for years.

              • meatgasm on 28/12/2021 - 22:02

                @lostn: Fair enough, but its Quarter of the amount of the 2000 rated for the lower capacities. Im also pretty sure I've read somewhere that the higher capacity NIMHs have a higher self discharge than the lower capacity ones, though for Eneloops this isnt that big of a deal.

  • ArskinF on 28/12/2021 - 14:21

    I'm seeing $16.86

    • Nickelback on 28/12/2021 - 14:22
      +1

      Yep same. Price gone back up perhaps

      Edit: discounted price shows up in cart. Just bought them.

      • ArskinF on 28/12/2021 - 15:33

        Correct. Thanks.

  • relentlessM8 on 28/12/2021 - 14:42
    +2

    Gonna stick with Laddas for now..

  • hollykryten on 28/12/2021 - 14:50
    -1

    Actually according to this article. These batteries are made in Indonesia by FDK which is a subsidiary owned by Fujitsu. So that these are basically rebadged Fujitsu batteries just going by what the article claims.

    https://onezero.medium.com/unraveling-the-secret-supply-chai…

    • jimojr on 28/12/2021 - 14:58

      Manufactured by Fujitsu in West Java, Indonesia.

      • hollykryten on 28/12/2021 - 14:59

        Yeah thanks. I edited my post after discovering the same details from a web article. :)

      • Realtightarse on 28/12/2021 - 18:36

        Thanks for that. I have been waiting to buy these. you a champ

  • justtoreply on 28/12/2021 - 14:53
    -3

    Cost per battery: 26c
    Cost of your broken equipment when these shitty ass batteries leak: priceless

    Cheap batteries generally hold a third the charge of a decent battery for a third the price but probably 25% of them leak. Rough numbers, but there's truly no point to a shit battery.

    • VerticallyIntegrated on 28/12/2021 - 15:08
      -1

      | Rough numbers….

      So you’re saying these 1.5V batteries will only supply 0.5v and 12 of them will leak when used.

      I call your numbers bs, not rough.

      • justtoreply on 28/12/2021 - 17:20

        Wow.. You really don't know what voltage is? Voltage is based on battery chemistry. It is not going to be less on a cheap battery. CAPACITY is the amount of charge and is clearly what I'm talking about. Capacity of cheap batteries is less.

        Go youtube and you'll find out I'm right regarding capacity of cheap batteries, it's about 700mah (vs good energizers at 2000mah).

        Cheap batteries bulge because they cut costs on the casing. If they were left long enough once discharged they'd leak. I've even had one in the pack bulging before being used.

        • spaceflight on 28/12/2021 - 22:03

          Wow.. You really don't know what voltage is?

          Not everyone has a 1,000 IQ like you do

          Voltage is based on battery chemistry. It is not going to be less on a cheap battery.

          Why? What if cheap batteries have a slightly different chemistry?

          CAPACITY is the amount of charge and is clearly what I'm talking about.

          It's not clear because you never mentioned capacity.
          Thinking about volts is a valid way of reading what you said

          Capacity of cheap batteries is less.

          Of all cheap batteries 100% of the time, even ones made by leading manufacturers?

          Go youtube and you'll find out I'm right regarding capacity of cheap batteries, it's about 700mah (vs good energizers at 2000mah).

          I can find anything on YouTube. It doesn't mean it is correct.

          Cheap batteries bulge because they cut costs on the casing. If they were left long enough once discharged they'd leak. I've even had one in the pack bulging before being used.

          Seems like you are using your anecdotal evidence from a bad battery to say that all cheap batteries are bad.

    • spaceflight on 28/12/2021 - 15:21
      +2

      Cheap batteries generally hold a third the charge of a decent battery for a third the price but probably 25% of them leak. Rough numbers, but there's truly no point to a shit battery.

      I can make up statistics too, that doesn't mean they are true

      • scottySK on 28/12/2021 - 16:56

        80% of all statistics are made up

      • justtoreply on 28/12/2021 - 17:17
        -2

        It's not made up. Hit up youtube instead of being uninformed. There are plenty of battery nerds doing testing.

      • justtoreply on 28/12/2021 - 17:32

        9 of 10 commenters find it faster to call someone wrong than check ;p

        • spaceflight on 28/12/2021 - 20:14
          +1

          100% of people who understand basic sharing of facts will backup their argument with a reliable source rather than tell people to go and find it themselves after they question things.

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