Clearance special with plenty of stock at all checkouts
Best before 2028
All AA and AAA alkaline batteries have been removed from the website so this is IKEA Australia following the global lead of getting out of the single use battery business: https://about.ikea.com/en/newsroom/2020/09/30/ikea-to-remove…
Those of you in other states may want to check local availability and pricing
I might hold and see if they get cheaper, is this how the meme works?
Literally picked up a pack today incidentally. Tons at each check-out counter too.
Will refresh remote controls and mouse batteries. Doesn't make sense to get rechargeable when they last years.
Exactly, it's so stupid spending on rechargeable that you'll charge twice before you die of old age.
From the linked announcement:
When about 50 charges are reached, the overall environmental impact [2] of NiMH batteries is equal or even less than the impact of using alkaline batteries.[3]
I've got a bunch of LADDAs. On average I'm recharging then about once every 18 months. At this rate, I'll be about 120 before there's any benefit for the environment. Far more likely they'll be in landfill before then, even if they're still working. I can't see whoever is left to sort out my estate will be worrying about a box of batteries.
I can't see whoever is left to sort out my estate will be worrying about a box of batteries.
Unless they OzBargain
If they were eneloops I'd be taking them from your estate!
It's hilariously righteous of them. "We'll sell them at a huge discount to ensure they get end up in a good place" vs just paying for them to be recycled responsibly.
Exactly. If r number is 50x that is actually quite shocking. I doubt I've used many rechargeable batteries 50 times. They also have a shelf life.
For high drain devices it would make sense but most have built in lithium batteries anyway.
If you're going to just put them in a clock you're much better off financially and environmentally using alkaline.
You can recharge your battery 49 times before putting it in a clock. Problem solved.
If you charge them once every 18 months you have purchased too many NiMHs than you need, which is of course bad for the environment.
That being said I don't think I have charged my rechargeables significantly more than 50 times either.
Ikea sell a lot of LED lights and similar devices where LADDAs easily last 12m on a single charge.
it's a wrong move to phase out single use battery.
Single use tools are very important during times of natural disasters when you have no power to recharge them.
Same as plastic cutlery, paper cups, plastic bottled water when there are no clean water source for days
If they don't stock these single use supplies in supermarkets, you'll have nothing left when there is flooding or bush fire nearby or earthquakes.
We also need cash notes when there is no power supply, how are you going to connect to the eftpos system when there is no power or no communication lines?
It's important to keep our petrol vehicles as well
I wonder how people is going to recharge their EV when there is a huge flood and they can't return to their homes, without power for days or weeks.
If there is no more petrol station, how are you going to supply fuel to generators?
What about during war times? look at Ukraine. Russia cuts their gas, water and power supply.
Don't let the lefties and "how dare you" dominate, people have been living in a peaceful world for too long and lost their common sense.
Vehicle to load will allow you to power a pump if there is flooding. When there is flooding, you cant use any of the petrol at a petrol station as it is contaminated. Also power is usually the last to go out in a flood as the aerial is above ground and the cables are are water resistant (well not the power point).
Vehicle to Grid will then allow you to power your house to keep the fridge and light on if there is a disaster. Even keep your business running, ie EFTPOS machine.
EV are a moving battery, just drive 50km to power, recharge and bring it home.
It 's not difficult to transport petrol from other areas to a disaster zone, all you need is a truck.
Power is the first to go out during strong winds, look at yarra valley last year, and it took them at least 3 weeks to fix it.
and the QLD, NSW flood, you'll probably have no power for weeks when you return from evacuation
your vehicle probably can't supply power to your heater for 12 hours during a winter freezing night down here in Victoria.
You'll need both power and phoneline for eftpos. Communication is always the first to be cut off during disasters.
How can I upvote 100 times?
This is good sense.
You're right. Everything has its place. But 'activists' feel powerful by thinking they're right and everyone else's wrong. Same thought process as anti vaxxers. "I know better than you"
Telling far left not to be outraged and self righteous? How about telling rain not to be wet!
Not getting into the environmental debate, and I have over 50 eneloops, but single use batteries have their place. For starters there are many sensitive electronics that require the full 1.5v that only single use batteries provide. With the 1.2v of rechargeable batteries they either don’t work at all or don’t work as well.
rechargeable alkaline batteries are a thing… though expensive
imho rechargeable alkaline batteries are garbage!
They leak even more than regular alkaline. That is why I only use single-use batteries in cheap devices, where I don't worry about leakage.
I have bought some lithium rechargeable AA batteries for the devices that need that fresh-alkaline voltage.
Anyone used these before? Are they actually any good compared to the usual bunch like Varta, Energizer.
Many of the discounted ones I see posted like SCA have a few bad feedback comments usually.
None at IKEA Logan :(
None at IKEA Marsden Park :(
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Oooh. Can anyone who visits Rhodes or Marsden park post back if same pricing there?