Maplin is currently selling its own brand rechargeable batteries at half price:
four 2000mAh NiMH AA cells at an offer price of £3.99
Is this a good price?
What sort of quality is Maplin's own brand NiMH batteries?
Does anyone know who makes them for Maplin?
If it's their silver & red Vanson (?) ones, I've had some that leaked ~ they went straight in the bin
it's the green ones. I just bought a dozen.
I have had some silver and red ones for several years, work fine
For the price they are you can't complain even if they do leak after a while. At ful price £14-99 for a dozen, they are probably cheaper than single use alkalines, and when they're on offer at £9-99 they're a bargain!
I've got both and they seem to be identical except that they've now branded them Maplin instead on Vanson.
TBH i've never had rechargeables before so i wont know if they're good or not,lol.
I'll stick with ....
Chris.
I agree. Good battery that actually seems to *really* last the 2300mAH length.
Buy cheap crap, you get cheap crap.
Odie
It seems 7dayshop also do 2600mAh ones. (but they are not as good as the v.b.n. 2600mAh ones ???) £6.99 / pack of 4
Extract from the website......
Confused ? - so am I.
I get all my rechargeables from 7-Day-Shop
I suppose that depends on the value of the equipment in which they leak ...
Owain
I think the silver/red ones are NiCd as opposed to NiMH.
Anyone know of some reasonable 15min (uniross sprint ) rechargable batteries?
Seen these which are coming on the market?
Was this during charging, use, or whilst on the shelf? What kind of charger do you use - smart (with temperature monitoring? fan? -delta V? independent channels?) or dumb timed/untimed?
Best Regards, Alex.
Ebay seller itl-e has an excellent rep in another forum I read and has 4x AA 2500mAh NiMH rechargeable batteries at £3.99 plus .85p P&P. The batteries are supposed to be excellent.
uniross dumb charger, 2 cells per channel ~ they leaked from the base whilst on the shelf after about a dozen cycles.
I had 4 uniross 2300mAh bought on a deal, didn't open the packet for a year, charged them up, didn't work! not much of a deal :-(
They work fine.
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