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Why not just buy rechargeable batteries
Certain devices dont function with rechargeable batteries. I.e. my Samsung door lock.
If there is a rechargeable that will work, please let me know.
Eneloops don't…
Probably need to get rechargable lithium AAs instead. They are 1.5v compared to the 1.2V on the nimhs.
My exact usecase as well (Although another brand door lock).
I'd love to use rechargeables in it, but it refuses to work with them!
@Mr Frodo: And children's kitchen stove top thing at Ikea is like this. Some toy piano keyboard from Aliexpress as well.
@Mr Frodo: No. For sure. Wasn't going to get them. Merely saying there are cases where rechargeables don't work.
@Mr Frodo: 8 for a lock. Lasts 6mth.
If you don't need 100 for this, what do you need it for? Remotes?
Don’t buy alkaline batteries, they eventually leak
only if you buy Duracell or the new Vartas.
Touch wood but I don't think I've had the Amazon ones leak on me yet even after recharging these alkalines (yes you can recharge alkaline single use batteries and get around 5-6 uses).
You've got balls man.
What do you put them in, some cheap item such as a portable radio?
Touch alkaline, not wood if they leak.
Been happy with the last lot of 100 x aa and aaa, great for kids toys.
Otherwise I’m still rocking some 10 year old+ eneloops lol
At this point surely you should be using Eneloops
I find that nimh batteries just don't last sitting on a shelf. If you're replacing batteries in the same thing every couple of weeks then nimh are great, but if you have 20 things that need batteries and each one only requires changing once a year then alkalines are a lot easier. I guess the optimum way would be to use the same set of nimh and swap it between devices but that's way too much effort.
Eneloops store well. Only issue is most battery chargers only charge 4 at once
Eneloop has very low self discharge.
I use Eneloops for stuff I regularly use and will not chuck. Stuff like kids toys get these because too often they are just tossed by the missus or the kids when they break, I don't want to lose my expensive batteries because of that…
FYI you can recharge alkaline single use batteries. Buy a charger that looks like this one
I recharge my Amazon batteries around 5-6 times without issue. No leaking. Don't recharge Duracells (and don't even buy Duracells) as they leak.
Better to buy Eneloops or rechargeable Xtar Lithium ion AA/AAA if your device needs steady 1.5V.
Recharging alkalines never took off because it was so terrible.
Recharging alkalines never took off because it was so terrible
Yes.
Expensive chargers and battery quality is variable therefore outcomes are variable.
won't they blast?
No. They recharge in a different way. How my understand of the read up is they are not constant current to recharge. More like pulse charging to keep temperatures low.
If you try to recharge them normally they will explode.
It's rough, because Duracell used to be the best brand round, with great warranty in the event something was destroyed in a leak.
Never had much problem with them myself. I've heard people say that Duracell is the most commonly purchased counterfeit battery. People also say the Chinese ones are bad but the USA ones good. Doubt we've ever had non-chinese ones in Australia.
They've definitely gained a reputation for leaks lately.
If anyone buys these, hand in your ozbargain membership immediately as you should've had eneloops from way back
and a Tesla, then come to ozBargain and brag about it
And those who have troublesome devices which do not like 1.2V Ni-Mh can now buy rechargeable Xtar Lithium ion AA/AAA which provides steady 1.5V.
So no excuses now.
Yeah, at around $10 per cell plus the cost of a suitable charger.
You can get the 4150mWh version for $8 per cell on Amazon and $6 for included charger if you wait for price drop.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/866650
Managed to obtain $6 per cell for the older 3300mWh version on Ebay after using monthly $5 ebay plus voucher
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/145281399693
Nah all good, I've got a battery tree at the back.
I have a battery hen.
Poor hen, that sounds painful.
I hope people recycle these
They dont.
So it can sit in a storage warehouse for 24 months then to eventually be shipped to some third world landfill.
thanks OP - sending these straight to landfill
Perfect timing. I was just running out from my last order a few years ago.
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wasnt happy with the quality of these batteries. The aldi ones are better quality