Duracell AA batteries 4 + 4 free - £1.00!

moiramber

Hiya

Not really sure if this is store specific but thought I'd share just encase

Was at my local Sainsbury's home today and noticed in a clearance corner a large pile of AA Duracell batteries 4 pack with 4 free on sale for £1.00

Complete bargain, I bought 5 packs for my sons toys. They had a huge pile!!!

So weird as they are selling the 4 packs of Duracell 2 for £5 lol :eek:

This is the Southampton Bitterne Home store for anyone local

chalkysoil

they've also been doing 4 x D, and 4 x C for 99p a pack in some stores (in with all the others on an end of aisle display not RTC.) Discontinued pack size I thought, but recently heard a business news item on the radio the other day saying that the manufacturer had been hard hit by the downturn.

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Can't understand why people still buy non-rechargeable batteries. Particularly the 'type' of person who frequent bargain forums

djpailo

charles_w wrote: »

Can't understand why people still buy non-rechargeable batteries. Particularly the 'type' of person who frequent bargain forums

Sometimes an item may not function properly with rechargeable batteries.

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djpailo wrote: »

Sometimes an item may not function properly with rechargeable batteries.

Really ? What items would they be ?

roddydogs

A Remote control for example..R/C batts will lose 1% of their life, even if you dont use them, Electric Clocks that only use 1 AA battery in 18 months, ditto nosehiar removers, Dildos, i could go on, a Radio you only use rairly, calculators, their are lots thing that R/C batts are just a pain to have to keep Recharging, and it of coures uses Leccy to charge.

moonpie

charles_w wrote: »

Really ? What items would they be ?

Smoke detectors are an important example of where not to use rechargeables.

dickibobboy

charles_w wrote: »

Really ? What items would they be ?

Standard nonregarge batteries supple 1.5v, with rechargable batteries the voltage is often lower at around 1.2v, this is a down for quite a few things such as remote controls for car/planes etc.. as they need the 1.5v to power. On the other hand, many battery powered items will run fine on 1.2v

zepromz

The slow discharge is the main problem with rechargeables. For frequent use (say, digital cameras, electric shavers used daily etc) they are great, but if you leave them in something like a radio transmitter, torch, smoke alarm where they will go for days/weeks without any major use, they just keel over. This can be annoying (torch doesn't work), embarrasing (radio mike cuts out halfway through major gig) or life-threatening (smoke/carbon monoxide detector fails) Thats why Duracell still sell millions of batteries, Alkaline is still best until the price of Lithium comes down.

rpb424

dickibobboy wrote: »

Standard nonregarge batteries supple 1.5v, with rechargable batteries the voltage is often lower at around 1.2v, this is a down for quite a few things such as remote controls for car/planes etc.. as they need the 1.5v to power. On the other hand, many battery powered items will run fine on 1.2v

And don't forget that the shortfall in voltage accumulates with the more batteries that are required. A device requiring 6 AA batteries will receive 6 x 1.5V = 9V from alkalines (or any other non-rechargeable type), whilst with rechargeables this is only 6 x 1.2V = 7.2V. That's quite a difference and the device may well not function properly as a result. I try and use them on devices that are happy with them, but still also need to use alkalines on some stuff.

Stompa

charles_w wrote: »

Really ? What items would they be ?

I have a couple of remotes and clocks that won't work with rechargeable AA's, presumably because of the lower voltage.