Cheap Alkaline Batteries at Maplin

timmo44

Maplin are currently offering their Assorted Battery box half price at £9.99. This box is usually £19.99 and I bought a set at that price because it's great value. Now at half price it's a bargain and I shall be ordering some immediately!

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?TabID=1&ModuleNo=45506&doy=13m3

The box contains:

32 x AA (Walkman size)
16 x AAA (smaller than Walkman - usually for remote controls etc.)
4 x D (big torch batteries)
4 x C (half size torch batteries - often used in portable boom boxes etc.)
4 x 9v (the little square ones for smoke alarms and guitar pedals)

Keep a set of these around the house and you'll always have batteries on call for that new gadget or the smoke alarm when it starts bleeping.

rdwarr

Tim,
Hey, thanks for that one - I was looking for some cheap batteries at the weekend and drew a blank! Great for the kids' MP3 players etc.

wozwebs

Poundland are doing 18 Hyundai AA's for (you guessed it) £1 which I think is pretty decent

snax

If it's only for mp3 players you may be better off with the 'AAA' - 40 pack @ £7.99

https://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=37067&1&source=21&doy=13m3

regards
S.

hammodt

Hi.

My experiences of Maplin have been Good customer Service. I ordered a faulty DVR machine, and there were no quibbles when I asked for a refund!! Shame it didn't work mind!

David

paul_h

Don't forget that the batteries on offer at Maplin are Alkaline.

The cheap batteries at the pound shops are OK, but the big packs are always the inferior zinc oxide types - alkaline will last many times longer.

gromituk

Why don't you buy rechargeables? Much cheaper in the long run, and are you really happy piling all those heavy metals into the landfill sites?

YBNB

Unless rechargables have improved over the years, they were always more trouble than they were worth, in my opinion (and in my memory too)

gromituk

They have improved by leaps and bounds over the years - just look at their capacities now compared with then. The chargers are also much better, and both batteries and chargers are much cheaper. There's really no excuse for using dry cells in high and medium-drain applications such as the MP3 players mentioned earlier.

leegate

I have recently bought ultra fast charger (uniross), however the charged battery (AAA) only a few hours wireless mouse. Do you think if my charge is faulty.

shirlsky

don't forget - you can recycle your dead batteries at Ikea if you council doesn't