AA batteries for a landline handset, any recommendations??

SouthUKMan

We're all assuming (and probably rightly so!) that the op means rechargeable batteries for a cordless phone. However my old workplace used to have phones that used 4x normal AA batteries to retain the memory settings. it's going back a few years mind you...but it's a possibility! If this is the case and you don't want rechargeable batteries, then go for alkaline batteries...or if you really want the best on the market, buy a set of 'Duracell Industrial' batteries through eBay. If you've not come across these before - they're basically super long lasting Duracells that should only be sold to the trade....but there are plenty on eBay

Lee.d_2

neilmcl wrote: »

What make/model of phone and are the batteries rechargeable, which I suspect they are.

yes they are rechargeable, i dont know the make / model as the handset belongs to someone else

Lee.d_2

forgotmyname wrote: »

Nicad or NiMh? What capacity?

i dont know

Lee.d_2

stator wrote: »

Assuming you are looking for AA rechargeable nimh batteries, morrisons do a decent set that are 2000 or 2500mah.

price please?

firefox1956

Lee.d wrote: »

price please?

Morrisons website ???
:p

kwikbreaks

interstellaflyer wrote: »

Nicads were banned from general sale years ago and anyway, NiMh is a replacement for NiCad size for size.

It seems that nobody bothered to let Amazon know about that.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/PowerDriver-Rechargeable-Batteries-Flashlights-Microphone/dp/B0179K0PAS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493460294&sr=8-1&keywords=Aa+nicad

Not that I'd recommend nicad unless the charger couldn't cope with NiMH.

interstellaflyer

kwikbreaks wrote: »

It seems that nobody bothered to let Amazon know about that.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/PowerDriver-Rechargeable-Batteries-Flashlights-Microphone/dp/B0179K0PAS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493460294&sr=8-1&keywords=Aa+nicad

Not that I'd recommend nicad unless the charger couldn't cope with NiMH.

Under the Batteries Directive (2006/66/EC), the sale of consumer Ni–Cd batteries has now been banned within the European Union except for medical use; alarm systems; emergency lighting; and portable power tools. This last category has been banned effective 2016.

shaun_from_Africa

kwikbreaks wrote: »

It seems that nobody bothered to let Amazon know about that.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/PowerDriver-Rechargeable-Batteries-Flashlights-Microphone/dp/B0179K0PAS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493460294&sr=8-1&keywords=Aa+nicad

Provided that those batteries were being sold and were in stock at the time of implementation of 2006/66/EC then the seller is legally allowed to continue selling them for as long as they wish until their stock has gone.

interstellaflyer

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

Provided that those batteries were being sold and were in stock at the time of implementation of 2006/66/EC then the seller is legally allowed to continue selling them for as long as they wish until their stock has gone.

They would be pretty old though.

shaun_from_Africa

interstellaflyer wrote: »

They would be pretty old though.

True, but as the Amazon seller is China based, they may well have imported a huge stock of these batteries into the UK simply so that they could continue selling them and be one of the few sellers doing so and as new discharged Ni-Cad's can easily have a shelf life of 10-15 years, this wouldn't cause too much of a problem.
After all, I'm sure that AA Ni-Cad batteries could be manufactured for pennies each in China so all in all, it might have been a good business decision.