£1.99 rechargeable batteries available in Lidl stores

lost45manuk

I bought some last time around...AA were 2100, AAA were 800. Using them over and over and there are no quality problems.

dc

Hi Martin looked good on LK today, errr, NiMH is Nickel Metal Hydride;)

This time Lidl have not stated the capacities, so maybe they will be up, or maybe they don't know.....
http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20070329.p.Rechargeable_Batteries.ar8

As stated last time AA were 2100mAH, AAA 800, PP3 200, C and D are a hefty 3 or 4 AH. Exactly the same as the Aldi 6 month offerings so if you miss these Aldi will be next, and they usually have a larger stock.

waster_2

Middlestitch wrote: »

Great price - but please can anyone tell me where to get a recharger for Ni-MH batteries OTHER THAN AA or AAA size? I keep reading that it isn't safe to charge these in my old recharger for NiCads. Any guidance much appreciated!

Although not shown on their web site, Lidl often sell the charger when they sell the batteries. Suggest you pop down and have a look. Last time I think the charger cost £4.99 and, from memory, it will accept all of the batteries that they are selling this time round.

ppg

A_little_stressed!! wrote: »

Energizers are 1300mAh!!! There supposed 2 be the best!! The poundland 1s are great for remote controls and clocks which only use a little power. Obviously didgital cameras etc use better 1s

Hi
dont forget the Poundland ones are Nickel Cadmium as fladda says above and not as environmental or safe. Why not try the Lidl ones if you can get some at that price.

BTW i tried the Aldi AA (called FIF) batteries and for some reason they would not fit in my Belkin computer mouse they were a bit too fat - they did go in eventually but were dififcult to fit, hadnt had any trouble fitting standard alkalines. Not tried Lidl ones.

Oh nearly forgot - i dont think you can charge NiMH batteries with a Ni-Cad charger so you would probably need a new charger (unless its the type that does either)

gromituk

Don't read too much in to mAh capacity ratings. They are about as useful as GHz on PCs or megapixels on cameras - a headline figure designed to dupe the uninformed, and measured using dubious methods at best. I know that the "1800mAh" Olympus cells that came with my camera last a lot longer than the "2100mAh" Uniross ones I bought, even when new. And I can well believe that there is a trade-off between squeezing in as much capacity as possible and the longevity of the cells.

My advice is just to make sure they're NiMH (I expect the Poundland ones are NiCd, the older and more polluting type) and leave it at that, just as my advice on dry cells is to make sure they're alkaline and leave it at that. Don't waste your money paying for the TV advertising that promotes Duracell.

dc

waster wrote: »

Although not shown on their web site, Lidl often sell the charger when they sell the batteries. Suggest you pop down and have a look. Last time I think the charger cost £4.99 and, from memory, it will accept all of the batteries that they are selling this time round.

I think the charger is being given a miss this time around (the first time without). Maybe a delivery date problem, or that they think most customers will have the charger by now.

Gromit, I would trust these more than Uniross ones

Merlin_BikeCharity

Ni-MH (Nickel Metal Hydride) is better than NiCad (Nickel Cadmium) for several reasons

~ No toxic heavy metal
~ Higher capacity (last longer)
~ Not same memory problem

Cheers

Merlin

trogit

I would also add that not all chargers are the same - the cheaper ones will often simply trickle charge all 4 batteries, or run for a set time then switch off - neither of which are particularly good for the life of the battery and take no account of their capacity (the mAh thing) or how charged they are already (ie. if you're just topping up)

What you want to look for in a charger is negative delta v (-dV) cutoff, which monitors the battery and stops charging when (and only when) it is full. I've no idea whether the chargers already recommended in this thread have the feature - I think places like Maplin and Argos have ones with this feature though, and I've already recommended component-shop, who have a -dV one that charges AAs and AAAs for £11.99

Just my 2p-worth,
trogit

dc

The Lidl chargers have a four position timer switch, and a settings table dependant on the battery capacity. It charges at a high rate, for the set time, then switches to a trickle charge to prevent overchargeing.
Even NiCads can be left on charge if the rate does not exeed the 10 hour charge rate. ie capacity divided by 10. Nimhs are much more robust.

Odd_Fellow

Check this energiser charger. Awaiting delivery of mine - lots of great reports about it - Charges 2300mha AAs in 15 minutes and it's under £15.00

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_3&products_id=101343

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