These are Alkaline batteries. 100 in fact. for $27.90 I think it's a solid deal.
Not sorry that they're not Eneloops.
CamelCamelCamel.
No SATC fans?
No, but I am a Samantha fan.
I don't know what that is, but I'm upvoting you because it's clearly an attempt at a humourous reference to something… Taken quite badly by our OzBargainers hehe
I think it was the CAPS
Thanks. Just what I needed. That should suffice for the year.
So much waste.
Exactly why I hate this deal. Eventually governments will ban single use batteries.
Is this possible? My rechargables are 1.2V while Alkalines are 1.5V
I have yet to find an appliance that doesn't work with Eneloops instead of AA or AAA. The only thing is that battery indicators are out and show them as needing replacement long before that is actually true.
Rechargeables basically show average voltage. They charge to 1.5v.
Alkalines drop well below 1.5 after use.
@Danthemanz: Someone downvoted you but you're mostly right.
NiMH start at 1.35-1.40V, drop quickly to ~1.2V, over the next ~80% of discharge they drop to ~1.1V and then drop sharply in the last bit.
Alkalines if discharged slowly start at 1.5V, drop quickly at the start to ~1.4V, over the next ~80% of discharge they drop evenly down to ~1V and then plummet over the last bit. Around 50% used they're ~1.2V.
This is why if you have an Alkaline powered, say, fan or blender or torch you'll notice them getting weaker as you use them. They don't spin the fan as fast at 50% as they did at 100% and slowly die instead of immediately shutting down when the voltage gets low.
Pretty much everything you power with AAs is designed work in the 1.0-1.5V range, maybe even a little lower down to 0.8V for some things.
And tissues. Let's ban them.
Everyone should use hankies
What do you do with jizz hankies? Single use?
@abc12345: socks are washable.
But what is the point of trying to recharge these? Why not just buy cells designed for that?
Yep. Eventually almost anything that is single use will be banned. Shopping bags shortly and little sandwich bags. Plastic cotton tips. It's all about to start in the next few months. People as an overall will not self regulate, so governments must do it.
A tissue is going to decompose slightly faster than a battery
Get real. Clearly you don’t have children.
And toilet paper. Let's ban them too.
Everyone should use newspaper.
Agreed.
I use Amazon basics rechargeable - the green ones
Can't get them anymore though…
Really, they stopped shipping to Australia or making altogether?
At least ikea now sell them I guess…
Thanks ordered 2. Usually buy the VARTA from Bunnings which works out cheaper at 50% but it's been a while since they've discounted.
Project Farm is top notch
Recently watched that video too. The drop test was a hilarious surprise.
https://youtu.be/V7-ghrTqA44
Knowing typical Varta capacity would've been nice. Any OzB people have a tester?
Is it enough to charge tesla ?
Fathers day gift sorted.
These are great.
I find they take about 3x 75% recharges before they leak or refuse a charge.
Dont forget to recycle them properly!
These are not rechargeable
All alkaline batteries are rechargeable. You just risk them leaking or failing.
Go slow, and dont try and recharge the full capacity and they handle it fine.
I have a set of AAA energizers which hold the crown. More than 10x 50% capacity charges, and STILL accepting it.
I charge at 1.6v, 0.1c
My headphones havent had new alkalines this whole year :)
Wow how do you set them at 1.6v, 0.1c. I have NITECORE recharger, not sure if I can modify the recharge values
@R3XNebular: Typically you need a hobby charger like you'd use with drones or rc cars.
I use the 3.2v lithium Iron (not ion) profile, and connect the batteries in series, not parallel.
Then I parallel as many pairs as I want to charge, and go at a rate of 0.1c; so 100mAh for AAA's or 200mAh for AA's.
Ive once risked 300mAh, and did manage one recharge before they leaked; but it was just clearly too fast for a cell with no vent built in.
@R3XNebular: The cheap way is a CC/CV module from ebay/aliexpress .
You set the voltage and current limits with trimpots. They are used for both LED lighting, and battery charging.
One with display is only $5:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000098504102.html
That's like saying disposable plates can be reused. Yes they can but that was never their original purpose and it doesn't work well.
@Trentgibbo3: Nope. Alkaline batteries have always been rechargeable, they're just finicky and battery manufacturers don't want you to know about it as they'd sell fewer batteries.
Whether it's worth it at 30c a battery is up to you and how you value your time.
@RedHab: You literally just pointed out you need a hobby charger and finicky settings to get it to work.
A rechargeable battery is just that, easily rechargeable. Not some dodgy hobby setup to get it to half charge back up again over a longer period of time.
If I take my disposable plate and make sure I don't put it in the dishwasher and I carefully clean it, my god it works well as a real plate.
@Trentgibbo3: Regular chargers sometimes come with an "alkaline" charge setting. I've never had to use fiddly settings or a hobby charger, as that person said, can get 3-4 uses out of an alkaline battery.
@OZKap: A proper rechargeable will get anywhere from 400-1000 max charges.
Even after 50 charges the cost per charge for a $2 rechargeable battery is 4c.
Or thereabouts
@Trentgibbo3: You dont NEED one; you can just buy an Alkaline recharger like the ReZap.
But this is ozbargain; so I just use what I already own.
There's a higher risk of leakage, but even an NiMH charger will recharge them somewhat.
The long story short, is no matter what, alkalines arent finished, after flat once. You'll get something more out of them.
@MasterScythe: Neg votes? People dont like being proven wrong I see.
The only problem with the +/- vote system, is that just because people have an emotional objection, it can make fact, look incorrect.
The same information in that post, is negged, while the earlier one is plused.
it doesn't work well
What does work well with your plates? What functionality do they lose?
For me, they seem to work just as well after a wash. I havent needed to buy more in like… 4 picnics. Nobodys ever even noticed, at least not enough to comment.
@Trentgibbo3: Disposable plates won’t burn down your house and possibly invalidate an insurance claim 🤣
@Untameable: In all seriousness; I would be genuinely impressed if you could burn my house down with a flat AA battery. Not even joking.
I think even the 100mA of the charger, if direct shorted, would be hard pressed to make a combustible event.
Ive been building batteries for many years. So I love learning from others what I might not have studdied yet;
What do you envisage might cause a combustion?
Regardless, if you're recharging batteries unsupervised, and in a non fireproof area, regardless of chemistry, you're doing it wrong.
And if your insurance wants you to use a real alkaline recharger, buy one from rezap or any other manufacturer.
Or, alternatively, throw them out and keep buying new alkalines; the choice is yours.
If you dont want to recharge your batteries; just dont!
Im not on an eco crusade; just saving folks money.
recharging alkalines. true tightarse award to you sir
@bitcoinorbust: I just dont throw out things that still work fine :)
I find the recharge less of a hassle than driving to the shop for more.
Most of my devices dont like the 1.2v NiMH so im left with either more sensitive NiZN, or just recharging these.
To each their own :)
They are somewhat if done the right way
Interesting! You're increasing the effectiveness of these batteries by 2.25x (225%), meaning you're essentially getting 225 batteries' worth for only $27.90!! :)
Minus the labour cost…
I hope you're including the labour cost of all the browsing and commenting on ozbargain in the price of any "deals" you score
I mean, popping batteries into a charger is the same labour whether eneloops or alkaline; so you're right, but its no different :)
Anyone in Melbourne want to share? I will take 12/100.
I can’t even go through a ten pack in two years
Have more children, solves the issue of not being able to use enough batteries.
How many of those batteries can drive a tesla?
My Tesla is currently charging in the garage. But today I took it out for a spin and got through 300 of these Amazon batteries.
Thank you for saving the planet with your coal powered car.
0.
A Tesla drives itself with the right settings!
What is it the use case for these over rechargeable batteries? These you may be able to recharge a couple of times vs rechargeables, cost per use, are still better value, no?
Depends on application, Rechargable batteries have a lower voltage so might not always work.
For some reason, rechargeable loses battery faster in idle. So for things like remotes, clocks, keyboards, and such, non rechargeable are simply more convenient, you can forget about it for a year or two.
Yes, same here.
I use non-rechargeable for things that take forever to consume the battery, like the things you listed, but just because I don't have that many rechargeable ones, and didn't wanna "waste" them on things that last years :)
But rechargables are less likely to leak?
This I use them in remotes for this purpose, in case it leaks..
There are different kinds of rechargable batteries. For the scenarios you have mentioned you want a "low self discharge" battery, like an eneloop. Generally a little more expensive than other rechargeables, but should still be about 60% charged after a few years of not drained through use
Put alkalines in to anything you want to ruin. They'll eventually leak everywhere and destroy the battery compartment of any product they are inside.
This is OzBargain so please be factually accurate. It’ll only destroy 99% of things and we’re here for those 1% savings 🤣
Anything that I expect the battery to last years gets an alkaline battery.
e.g. remote controls.
How many of these do I need to make a tesla of my own?
Three accounts almost certainly not bots have made Tesla jokes. Weird.
We need Elon Musk to purchase ozbargain to purge the bots
Imagine that, being forced into ten minutes of love to the almighty elon god.
Not for all the horses in the world
FTFY
Imagine that, being forced into the office, for love of the almighty elon god
More landfill
Big waste, more landfill - all agreed. Unless your like masterscythe and others who actively recharge alkaline batteries, surely LSD rechargeables are the way…
And surely we all have a collection of LSD rechargeables already!
Recycle at bunnings or Aldi?
these came with the firestick, lasted a couple of weeks, not good imo
If you're buying these, please make sure to not throw them in your normal bin and collect them. Officeworks does battery recycling.
From their website https://www.officeworks.com.au/information/about-us/peoplean… :
Battery recycling
We’re in the process of rolling out a national recycling scheme for batteries.
We accept domestic single use or rechargeable batteries in the following sizes:
• AA, AAA, C, D, 9V
• Laptop batteries
• Mobile phone batteries
*We don’t accept industrial or commercial grade batteries, such as machinery batteries. Please visit our store locator to see if your local store accepts batteries for recycling.
Aldi does battery recycling as well
looking for AAA as well
I cant get a working link for the Amazon page but their 100 Pack of AAA is $24.50.
Perhaps try their online support.
So am I but a bit put off by so many reviews mentioned leaking especially with a large quantity like this that would take some time to get through
How long do these last before they expire ?
Bold of you to assume they will work before expiry 🤣 jkjk
landfill………..
All batteries are landfill regardless. 10 years or now. Same location
10 batteries vs 1000?
Pretty ignorant statement.
If everyone bought new t-shirts instead of washing them and threw away the old ones, the amount of waste going into landfill would increase significantly.
Delaying something going into landfill by continuing to get utility out of it and preventing the need for another one to be created will prevent how much stuff ends up in the ground
There are so many places recycling batteries nowadays that it surprises me that anyone still throws them in the normal bin.
I usually collect all types of used batteries for a couple of months in a glass jar or something, then take them to the battery place around the corner, or Battery World, or Bunnings/OfficeWorks/Aldi as mentioned by other people.
Sounds like the plastic straw saga all over again.
Even Woolies have started collecting used batteries.
You should be ashamed for not posting Eneloop deals exclusively.
Thanks for the thread, I haven’t had this much fun for a while.
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