Sneaky ways to save the pennies

Frugalista

annelouise wrote: »

I made Thai Pumpkin soup for $2.00

annelouise

Sounds nice - could you post the recipe please .

bev97

Confuzzled wrote: »

normally i would agree with you but over the last decade i just cannot for some reason seem to find any decent rechargable batteries!

for years and years when i was just out of high school i used rechargeables for my walkman headset as we were allowed to have them at work and those worked for hours on end np. but i've just had no luck at all with them since

i make sure to do the initial 12 or 16 hour charge as instructed and use them til they are run down completely but i find even with less power hungry items they seem to run out far too quickly, about half as long as i remember and it's ridiculous because sometimes you can't even play a game for an hour before the damn things run down (usually at a crucial moment!)

i'm doing a course on the environment now and hope to be doing a sustainable development or environmental science degree course next year so i would love to know of specific brands and info on rechargeables that DO last well. i'm not put off by the inital outlay, with the wiimotes being used so much and other items (still haven't found a decent docking station recharger either, grrrr) i know it's worth it, it would also asuage my guilt as we are so good about eco friendly elsewhere but now i have a stack of spent batteries i need to find a proper place to recycle them at...

anyway, if you know of good reliable long lasting rechargebles please do tell!

For christmas I bought OH the Moxia USB Cell AA rechargeable batteries -you plug them in to any usb port to recharge. They charge in 5 hours (but often this is less, and my OH uses them for his two XBOX controllers) and they have been long lasting and so far so good. I got mine from John Lewis direct for £10.50 for a pack of two.
Just an idea and saves looking for a separate charger.
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Alipot

Well it's taken me about three weeks to read through ALL the posts in this thread and I have to say I have chortled to myself on more than one occasion at some of the suggestions. My OH looked at me a bit strange when he say me 'squashing' the loo rolls!

I normally lurk in the forums but had to post a huge thank you to all of you for some brilliant ideas and for making me laugh.

Now I'm finally at then end I'm going to make sure I have a daily catchup so I don't miss any new ideas.

Once again many thanks - now I'm off to de-clutter the wine cupboard!:D

Mrs_Thrify

Good evening all, I have done a Tesco shop on line today due to all the snow ( usually go shopping). I saved the pennies by using the comparison shopping web site, saved by swapping shopping £14.88 and also saved £10 using the code XXMAGS1. I have paid £4.50 for Tesco's to shop for me and deliver tomorrow. I did a big shop to keep us and dog going for a wile.

rosemary54

my aim for next online shop is to only buy things on offer......wish me luck!

grannynise

.... good luck!

ceebeeby

Alipot wrote: »

Well it's taken me about three weeks to read through ALL the posts in this thread

Big bow down to you :T:T:T

I managed to get to page 28 and then skipped to about page 150 ish ... I'm saving the middle bit for my next broken bone

Confuzzled

InaPickle wrote: »

I don't know if you you've tried Uniross, but they seem to work fnie for me. (You do seem like more of an expert than me, though, and I probably don't use them as often as you use them as many times as you would with your Wii.) Good luck!

i may have been an 'expert' once but i seem to be a complete novice recently :rotfl:

to be honest i'd have to see the uniross batteries to know if i've tried them yet or not, i know the last ones we had were green and silver (that's not of much help to anyone but me though!) but thanks for the suggestion, i've heard good things about them before so i'll do some research on them, at least it's a place to start!

now i could be misremembering but aren't there now 2 different types of rechargeables? i thought i heard something a few years back about some that are more similar to regular batteries and they hold their charge longer... well i hope this is the case because those type sound pretty good!

Confuzzled

retailtherapycathy wrote: »

I bought my battery recharger from Lidl it does all different sizes etc and its very quick and efficient - if you need one keep an eye out as they often have it as a special.

The rechargeable batteries Lidl sell aren't so good though - I found the seven day shop's rechargeables are brialliant and very long lasting - I particularly use the blue coloured AA ones with 2800mah not allowed to post the link but if you google it I'm sure you'll find them.
Hope this helps.

ooh thank you yes, that is helpful. i will say they recently had rechargers at lidl and i really wanted one but having had such bad luck with the actual batteries i felt it wasn't worth the money at the time but i will keep my eye out.

i think lidl was also the last place i bought the batteries from too so it's quite likely i got those awful ones you mentioned. http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/default.php?type=0&man=0&filterwords=rechargeable+batteries&go=SEARCH&comp= there's the 7 day shops rechargeable battery page for others that might want to check it out

thanks so much for the suggestions, very helpful!

Confuzzled

mummyfrugal wrote: »

re: rechargeable batteries, we have one thats really old probably round the late 80s an everready one in white and red! the newer batteries tend to be Minh (green coloured) but i always thought the old red ones worked better (but not good for the environment as much). we have tons of them as every toy we have seems to need them - only about 4 years ago they were miles cheaper than today!! id say most of them are about the same, even poundland were selling some (low Mah value ones) about a year ago which were ok for things like remote controls. Id say most of them are about the same, its just our toys and gadgets are more power draining than they used to be!!

Id estimate that every year (with all the odd large batteries and even the P9's that we have paid for years ago) we probably save about 30-40 quid a year and its loads better for the environment, the ones that have lasted over the years are ever-ready, uniross, and energiser (only recently bought duracell so cant comment on them yet. If anyone uses large batteries regularly id recommend getting a multi-recharger - big outlay but worth it.

thanks for your experiences and the brand name suggestions, i think i'll compile a word doc of all these posts and print it out for reference to keep in my bag for when i'm out shopping so if i come across any of these i know what to grab. thank you!