Discount store rechargeables = total shite?

Poundland do the same thing £1.00 for 4 x 700mAh. You pay's for what you get.

Dave

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I've had Aldi (or Lidl, forget which) NiMhs - rated at 1.8Ah and they've been fine for a couple of years so far, running digital cameras and a whole pile of other stuff.

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Try eBay, I got 16 x 2600mAh AA NiMH as a buy it now for £3.99 inc P&P

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i would stick with uniross (green/silver ones),NimH stylee. about £1- a pack of 4 AA, my ones have been going several years (with recharging!) no probs at all- thr higher ampage ones are great for use in digital cameras.

Ni-Cad or NiMH?

the poundland 4 for a quid are decent enough for the low power kit and last well I tried a set in my digital camera which is hard on batteries and surprisingly they worked perfectly if you want better 7dayshop do a range as do maplin but wait for maplin specials avoid like the plague green unbranded off ebay they are crap, Aldi and Lidls are fine but sell out in minutes Derek

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Odd, AAs were still kicking around a fortnight later round here.

Have some solar lights , some now 4 years old, still running on their original Jumpsun brand 600mAh NiCds.

MiMh batteries are now so cheap though makes little economic sense to use NiCd in most applications.

Adam

I have a set of wireless headphones that state in the manual: "Use only Ni-Cd batteries. Under no circumstances use alkaline or NiMH batteries."

Always wondered why myself.

Marcus

Probably because the charger is crap - one that Nicads can tolerate (just) but NiMHs would eventually leak.

Nick

Probably because of the charger? A Ni-Cad charger isn't suitable for NiMH. Alkalines have a higher initial voltage which the equipment may not like.

That's cheap. Are you sure you get 4 real uniross for £1?