Cheap Alkaline Batteries at Maplin

gromituk

Yes, good point - Ikea does take old batteries (and low energy light bulbs, which contain mercury), though what it actually does with them I don't know. Don't make a special car trip there just to take them, though!

leegate: could be the charger, the battery or a badly-designed mouse!

Mr_Gordon_2

Oh, I'm just after buying one of these sets last week at full price. The batteries are pretty good from what I've tried them in so far.

GoofyGAT

leegate wrote:

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.

1. Are you sure you're charging it completely? I've a Uniross 15min charger, but charging times vary with battery capacities - some high-capacity ones take a lot longer than 15min.
2. What capacity is the AAA in mAh? E.g., a 1000mAh will last [much] longer than a 500mAh battery.
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jimboat1

Touch screen remote control from Maplin. £19.98 save £30





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Bubba_Shaboo

Hi jimboat1 and welcome to MSE.

Thanks for taking the time to post this bargain but in this instance someone got in there first: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=166620

Cheers,

Bubba©

jimboat1

I'll do better next time

timmo44

gromituk wrote:

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?

Ah yes but I do use rechargeables for several things. DAB radio in the bathroom, portable handheld TV and little wireless for Glastonbury etc.

However, rechargeables are only any good for high drain items, like radios, torches etc. where you recharge the batteries regularly. You can't use them for long term gradual drain things like:

Smoke alarms
Wireless House Alarm
Clocks

Rechareables run themselves down pretty quickly even if they're not being used so unless you're prepared to clime up a ladder to the house alarm box on the wall or have your smoke alarm bleeping every 5 days (I think smoke alarm instruction include warnings about not using rechargeables) Alkalines are the way to go.

And also they're handy for you want a battery now for a new gadget or a child's present.

Personally I don't like rechargeables in torches either as:

a) it is annoying when it starts to run out and you need that torch now, not after a 16 hour charge.
b) rechargeables are much lighter than alkalines so my 4 cell maglite feels much more like protection as well as a torch when it has the heavy alkalines in. (we keep it in the bedroom so burglars beware...)

gromituk

timmo44 wrote:

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However, rechargeables are only any good for high drain items

Yes, you'll see I've already said this. People in this thread are using dry cells for high drain applications.