tiny button cell batteries LR41 needed

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Amanda
Amanda Posts: 120 Forumite
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Hi

Can anybody tell me where I can buy these batteries cheaply? I saw one retailer selling 2 of these at £1.75 plus postage!

I'm after more like 20 for a fiver!

Ebay sellers have them cheap and if I want to get them in 100s from Hong Kong I can get them for £3 incl postage!

Ideally, I would like to buy them in the shops so does anybody know of any high street retailers who have these cheap?

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  • baby_bronagh
    baby_bronagh Posts: 387 Forumite
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    you can buy cards of small cell batteries in local pound shop. only thing is sizes are assorted or amazon have pack of 10 LR41 for £2.45 (free shipping).
    hope this helps.

    bb
  • fatbelly
    fatbelly Posts: 20,492 Forumite
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    LR41 is the same as AG3

    Baby Bronagh is right - I am here looking at a pack of 40 batteries that cost 95p at my local hardware store and it includes 8 x AG3s.

    It's headed 'Benross assorted batteries'
  • upsadaisy
    upsadaisy Posts: 417 Forumite
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    We buy these from the local junk shop.
  • Lugh_Chronain
    Lugh_Chronain Posts: 6,867 Forumite
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    Hyundai Alkaline Button Cell 50pk at the 99p Store.

    Nearest stores can be found here.
  • Amanda
    Amanda Posts: 120 Forumite
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    Hi and thanks for all the replies.

    I went to the 99p shop and bought 2 cards of Hyundai assorted batteries which included 10 of the lr41 cells (well, equivalent) but the item I used them in (fake tealight candles) lit up extremely dull and dwindled within minutes. I have checked and the voltage is 1.5, exactly the same as the lr41 battery supplied originally so I would say that these batteries are very poor and would advise people not to buy them, however cheap they may be.
  • Lugh_Chronain
    Lugh_Chronain Posts: 6,867 Forumite
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    I wonder if they’d work any better in watches. A colleague of mine buys these but I’m not sure what the outcome was with them. I must ask the next time I see her.

    Probably best to buy good quality batteries to be honest.
  • fatbelly
    fatbelly Posts: 20,492 Forumite
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    I've not had any problems with the Benross ones I posted about earlier.

    I appear to have used 2 x AG13s, 2 x AG4s and a AG12 - everything working nicely
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