AA batteries for your new toys

[altonb1]

Originally posted by: qo23
BTW, Fry's has had the 40pk maxells on sale for the last week or so for $9.99 after rebate. It's $14.99 with a $4 rebate.

Hmm...the public school system strikes again. $14.99 - $4 rebate = $10.99. But I thnk we all knew what you meant, so no hard, no foul!

Sears and others used to run sales like this pretty often a year or two ago. I found the best place for AA batteries is Ikea, actually. 10 pack of AA for $1.99. They aren't the greatest batteries, but hey work pretty well in my cordless beard trimmer, remotes, and my kids toys. Of course, i have never priced the batteries at any Ikeas other than the one near me in baltimore, MD, so YMMV.

 

[Dan]

A heavy poster like yourself still dosnt know disposables suck all and rechargables are the cool thing to do?

Based on my experience, rechargables suck because of their limited life between charges. I prefer the disposable.

 

[LilBlinbBlahIce]

Grazie

 

[Miramonti]

Any other AA deals going on right now? I need some but I'm guessing CC deal is dead and ikea's a long trek from here.

 

[fornax]

The Ikea batteries are made in Germany and are pretty good, I think they're on par with the Duracells, etc. Of course, there are only something like six Ikea stores in whole US (but three in Moscow, go figure ).

 

[jackywebdesign]

Originally posted by: sixt7gt350

Li-Ion batteries are better than Ni-MH, but much more expensive and limited to custom applications. (If someone knows of readily available AAA, AA, C and D Li-Ion, let us know.)

The reason that you don't see Li-Ion in regular use is that, well, they're expensive, and the MINIMUM cell voltage that they can provide is 3.7V. Therefore, there's basically nothing out there that can use it even if you come out with an AAA, AA, C, D, etc. Li-Ion battery...

 

[DrPizza]

I noticed that the thread on the good deal on NiMH's was reinvigorated.... (did it ever die?)

anandtech thread on NiMH batteries

Suggestion:
V1000 Smart Charger+4 AAA 700mAh & 4 AA 1800mAh NiMH Cells-- Best choice for Gift
Regular Price $35.00
Sale Price $22.95

or
V-868 Automatic Battery Charger with 16 pcs (8 AA+8 AAA) NiMH Cells
Regular Price $60.00
Sale Price $29.99
linky to battery and charger deals

1800 mAh (milliamp hours), compare to Duracell coppertop AA batteries: 2850 mAh
So, your rechargeables shouldn't be outlasting the duracells... nonetheless, the rechargeables can be recharged "up to 1000 times,"

As stated above, rechargeables and alkaline each have their place. If you're powering a digital camera, they tend to eat these things. If you get an 8 pack of rechargeables, keep a fresh set in the camera and a set in the recharger. They'll pay for themselves in no time.

 

[deramon]

Wow, except that I'll need a drawer just to store all of them. I saw someone else had 4 batteries for $1, not sure where though ...

 

[VVarwick]

I get all my batteries at Dollar General Store. A buck-fifty for 6 of their brand of AA Alkaline batteries. This is there regular price. I use them in my GPS for geocaching. There are patents listed on the packaging. I looked up the patents on the web and they all belong to Eveready. So basically they are OEM Energizers.

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Warwick

 

[Kraeji]

Originally posted by: tk149

Originally posted by: ReiAyanami destroying the enviroment for less!

Thread crapping for free! Nice deal, rgwalt. I'll be sure to buy double to make up for ReiAyanami!

How do you threadcrap a hotdeal? It's not like the original poster is losing money when someone says somethign else is a better deal.. like rechargeables. This is a decent deal.. but there is nothing wrong to suggest to people that rechargeables are more economic in the long run and are probably better for the environment.

I was thinking about buying these.. but have decided that rechargeables are probably the best way to go for my wallet and the environment.

 

[drof]

there ARE some uses for the disposable kind, alkalines are great for things like clocks and remote controls. nimh just doesn't work well with things that sip slowly.

 

[DrPizza]

Also, you don't want rechargeable's in the smoke detector... definitely an alkaline application. (or lithium)

 

[soup or man]

These Maxells are pretty decent batteries. I've had one of the 48 packs for a few months now. I drop them in my GBA when it runs out, and it lasts for quite a few hours even with the light turned on.