Cheap alternative to Duracell AA batteries

It's a problem of substandard batteries. None of mine have ever had this problem.

Eneloop Pro NiMH have pretty high energy densities. I've had some but not long enough to given an honest opinion.

Bulk packs of Energisers from CPC can be had at excellent/unit value.

"Phil L" wrote in news:QXOPx.34978$ snipped-for-privacy@fx02.am:

Poor quality batteries are a criminal waste of resources and transportation form China.

With alkaline batteries, you pay for advertising. All brands except Evolta came out at 1.9-2.2Ah per AA cell in tests. Evolta yielded about 1.5Ah. This test series was at 200mA load. But I see no sense using alkaline if you can use NiMH.

NT

I found this article helpful in making choices of use...

...Ray.

Try Duracell Industrial (re-branded Procell).

OR

Babz Media is an Ebay seller that I would recommend - I've used them for

Babz does other quantities and battery sizes.

poundland is cheaper for equivalent types

NT

Thanks Tim, have ordered 4 from ebay at £12.75p inc P+P as wife is very keen on environmental issues etc. These will be used on the high-drain toothbrushes which get quite a hammering.

Ok it's more than double the price of the 7Dayers I have but there are one or 2 quality issues with these :-

You gets what you pays fer etc.

My experience with poundland batteries is not to use them in anything where the battery is in place for more than a couple of months.

The local 99p Store (now part of Poundland) sell a pack of 12 R6s badged 'Performance' and uses the AA Home Essentials motif. They lasted only 5 days in the Bruan. The same battery may happily power a wall clock for 6 months but is useless on the high drain stuff.

The Philips ones have also been ok:

Not bad at under 32p/batt

I have found GP Branded alkaline to be vastly inferior to others...

Zinc carbons of all brands are similarly poor performers. I said equivalent.

NT

On Sunday, 4 October 2015 00:33:31 UTC+1, John Rumm wrote: nt:

lta came out at 1.9-2.2Ah per AA cell in tests. Evolta yielded about 1.5Ah. This test series was at 200mA load. But I see no sense using alkaline if y ou can use NiMH.

their coin cells didn't fare well in tests either. Tests show almost all br ands of any given chemistry to have very similar capacity. It seems there's the occasional shortcomer, but they seem to bear no connection with the so rt of brands people typically expect to perform less.

NT

As is IKEA, and I've found their AAs to be fine. Although I've got no wide frame of reference as I don't use disposables a great deal.

The best rechargeable I have are these:

(Contour AA). Can't remember where I got them, but they seem to outperform even Eneloops.

"Golden Power" - always seem to be the ones packaged with a new item...

I've that Braun and the Eneloop 2.45Ah cells last about 5 weeks at 2.5 - 3 mins./clean. The Poundland Kodak Pro are quite good; possibly Ikea's AAs at (last time I bought some) £1.50/10 are about the best value - not quite up to the best performer but much cheaper.

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Not sure about over long batteries. Sounds a bit dodgy. The thing is that rechargeable of the cheap variety, are not much good. I find the Maplin ones, though not cheap, can be recharged many many times and have a high capacity, and do not self discharge either. Brian

I've never found energisers to be anywhere near as good as Duracell for the dry battery side of things. I do however, feel that Duracell are taking the piss on the current prices.

One make to avoid are the interestingly named Flying Bomb high power. They seem to be almost guaranteed to leak within a week or so. Often sold in those little Asian shops one finds open all hours. Brian

Not sure how accurate is the (above) disposable batteryshowdown.com comparison. Did they get fresh ones from the manufacturer? If not, how long were they in the warehouse(s). As mentioned by others, there's def a case for changing to rechargeables.

Following Tim W's suggestion, I've ordered 4 of the Eneloops. We'll be delighted if the Braun's last a month between charging's. If their claim of