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Cheap Batteries!! (merged threads)

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  • rabialiones
    rabialiones Posts: 1,973 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    clicked on above, doesn,t seem to work!!!!!!!!!!1
    Nice to save.
  • ultrak3wl
    ultrak3wl Posts: 471 Forumite
    Does work, you clicked three minutes after I mis-posted it (but before I edited to work with the new-style link thingy!)
    [size=+2]I ♥ MSE[/size]
  • orthoman
    orthoman Posts: 4 Newbie
    tr3mor wrote:
    yep.. they're not good for personal cd players and cameras unless you get 2200s or something..

    RECHARGEABLES ARE GREAT FOR DIGITAL CAMERAS ETC BUT BAD FOR REMOTE CONTROLS AS THE SHELF LIFE IS NOT GOOD AND WILL DISCHARGE IN A SHORT TIME COMPARED TO ALKILINES :p
  • Ace
    Ace Posts: 197 Forumite
    nice one, cheers
    Where is the pub? :beer:
  • tonyg_2
    tonyg_2 Posts: 494 Forumite
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    Does anyone ever use those incredibly cheap Powercell batteries you get from those pound shops? 26 AAA for £1 or 20 AA for £1.

    They don't "feel" very good quality (they are very light in weight!) and I would not use them in anything particularly valuable (or anything important like a smoke alarm) as I suspect that they might have a tendancy to leak etc, nevertheless I have been pleasantly surprised when using them in remote controls etc.

    Tony
  • robonz
    robonz Posts: 333 Forumite
    light weight batteries is a good sign that they are not very good i have found.
    thanks to everyone who has thanked me!
  • 3bee
    3bee Posts: 17 Forumite
    I think the cheapest batteries are found on ebay. SEe my thread on the ebay board for more details :money:
  • ultrak3wl
    ultrak3wl Posts: 471 Forumite
    shop.com and Robert Dyas blew me out on the Sony Blue Alkalines (see earlier in thread.) Just phoned me and said they weren't sending them for some unspecified reason.
    [size=+2]I ♥ MSE[/size]
  • 3bee
    3bee Posts: 17 Forumite
    If you want cheap rechargeables just look on ebay, they have some very cheap ones there indeed. Obviously i cannot post links because it will count as a referral which is not allowed.

    edit- i have just found some 700mah rechargeable batteries for £2.49 delivered.If anyone can beat that please put the link below!
  • R._Senal
    R._Senal Posts: 4 Newbie
    3bee wrote:
    If you want cheap rechargeables just look on ebay, they have some very cheap ones there indeed. Obviously i cannot post links because it will count as a referral which is not allowed.

    edit- i have just found some 700mah rechargeable batteries for £2.49 delivered.If anyone can beat that please put the link below!

    Could you send me the link?
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