This is the cheapest I've paid for Alkaline batteries, works out to be 19 cents a battery. This photo was taken on Saturday 23/01/10 to give you an idea of how much stock was available.
Chevron AA Alkaline Battery 50Pk $9.47 Big W Carindale Qld Managers Special
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are these any good? or are they cheap and nasty and only good for remotes kinda thing?
seeing they're alkaline, cant be that bad!
whats their best before date?
There is a date stamp on the bottom of each battery, 10-2011. Looks like they are good for 22 months, wonder if I will get thru them all by then.
try putting most of them in the fridge. they should last at least twice as long there, probably more.
@kimmik: Is that true? That's the opposite of my car battery which has really poor charge in cold weather.
They are very good. I get the same strength in my green laser as I do with high end energizer batteries.
Aww man! good deal but wish it was available in Melbourne…
It is!
I got a pack a few weeks ago from Southland Big WI went to Big W in Melbourne CBD yesterday buy didnt see it in the batteries section but then again i didnt know about the bargain At the time so i didnt really look around much. Ill be going tomorrow to check it out… Need some for my xbox controllers… Hope they have haha…
Brought these a while ago for maybe $11, but great for the kids toys. Saves going though $100+ for energizer..
…and for those unaware here’s where you can dispose of your batteries once they are used to be recycled: http://www.recyclingnearyou.com.au
I bought the last 2 packs of these at the Brisbane CBD store on Friday. Probably an end of line item but may be available in all Qld stores that have stock?
Hey guys, how about rechargeable batteries. Aldi have a four pack of 2500 Amp hour and 1700 Ah batteries for around $10, been using them for ages, no problems, landfill or guilt.
NiMH rechargeables aren't suitable for all conditions. NiMH batteries self discharge at a rate of around 1% a day, meaning they aren't useful for remote controls, clocks, emergency torches, etc. 'Read to use' NiMH batteries with a much lower discharge rate are now available although they're about double the price.
Rechargeables also provide 1.2v instead of 1.5v, so torches are slightly dimmer, etc. Some crude pieces of electronic equipment also expect 1.5 and nothing less.
Having said that however, I am a big fan of rechargeables and use them whenever possible.
V.Nice Price!
The next best price for Alkalines, (in terms of an every day price at least) is still VARTAS from bunnings:
this is true, i always have a stash of AA's and AAA's from Bunnings… Shame they don't have the C's and D's too…
To Cluster - i use rechargeables for everything - if you put NiMH batteries inside a remote it will last about 1 year, a AA NiMH inside a clock lasts years and I don't know of one device that will not work at 1.2V but will at 1.5V. NiMH last over 10 years and instead of driving down to Bunnings for more alkalines, it's a bit easier to just replace with NiMH and recharge the dead ones.
Regarding torches, alkalines degrade linearly, so after a little while it's probably at 1.2V anyway. NiMH sit on 1.2V then just go to 0. Most mobile phones have torches in them also.
Casio CTK-3000 keyboard works with 6x AA 1.5v batteries but won't power up at all with fully charged 1.2v cells. Not exactly a 'crude' electronic device but unfortunately some designers still refuse to support 1.2v. I have a hand held tetris game that demands 1.5v, which is indeed crude :-) Smoke detectors are another place where NiMH 7.2v batteries must not be used (some 9v equivalent rechargeables have an extra cell for 8.4v).
My clocks and remote controls contain alkaline batteries, as when you're changing cells once every 3 or 4 years paying 20c each time instead of $2 one off is still worth it :-)
1.5 volts is a bit of a myth, same as people who think car batteries are 12V. They're not. Fully charged Alkaline batteries actually put out close to 1.7V. Most put out about 1.66V when new. You'll have trouble finding batteries that actually put out 1.5V, unless they are nearly flat or under very heavy load. That's a HUGE difference compared to 1.2V. If you replace alkaline with rechargeable NiMH batteries in a device that has 8 cells in series it drops available voltage from just over 13 volts to 9.6 volts, which is often not enough to power the device. Many devices that can operate from a car battery or AA batteries require an absolute minimum 12V to work and simply will not function with NiMH cells.
I have three portable fans here that simply won't turn with NiMH cells installed, but work well with alkalines or even dry cells.
It bothers me greatly me when people put NiMH or rechargeble alkaline batteries in emergency gear. The number of times I've been to houses during a power failure and all their torches are all useless because they rely on rechargeable batteries is scary. A decent brand AA alkaline will last 5-10 years but a rechargeable will discharge and be useless in a torch after only a few weeks or months at most. My friend bought an 'emergency' torch that had rechargable batteries inside, but when his car died he found the torch was also dead, even though he'd only charged it a few weeks beforehand. He waited two hours in pouring rain for the NRMA to arrive, it turns out the battery clamp was loose on his car, but he couldn't see it without a torch. If his stupid 'emergency' torch worked, he would have been able to fix it himself. Lucky it wasn't a REAL emergency.
There's only a few applications left where alkalines are better than standard or low-self-discharge NiMHs, and they tend to be clocks or remote controls which only demand 1 or 2 replacement cells every few years.
Question is what you're gonna do with 50. I bought a 20 pack of Eveready Golds more than a year ago and there's 16 still left in the pack. For emergencies, a proven brand that's 5+ years from its expiry is probably a better choice. So that leaves special cases like Cluster and his Casio keyboard.
Finally got into local Big W today, they were still listed at the standard price of $18.94.
But a quick check of the price and they were indeed $9.47 so looks like the same price in all stores.
A great deal, just when I was running out of AA's aswell :)
They're back to $19 now. :(
but they work really well.
great deal, not sure if its worth the 30min drive for me though.