Ikea Ladda batteries on special.
AA usually $14.99 for 4pk now $9.99
AAA usually $12.99 for 4pk now $8.99
Seen at North Lakes Ikea plenty of stock.
Similar to the Logan Ikea deal but must be a Family Member to get this price.
Note: Family membership is free to sign up.
Yes, my last Ikea delivery took 2-3 months to arrive.
Remember, official Ozbargainers only use Eneloop.. It’s our official currency 😀😀😀
Eneloops are mere batteries. What you suggest is idiocracy.
Genius 🤣
I think official Ozbargainers should be choosing whichever has the best price/deal - Eneloop or Ladda. Even better if it's free.
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These are $10.49 at Rhodes everyday without any membership.
both sizes? and for rechargeable?
Well definitely for the AA rechargeable, which is what I got.
Just tried googling, who's this rhodes that you speak of.
Anyone know if similar has flowed onto Adelaide store?
also curious of this.
Can you use Ladda batteries on Eneloop charger?
Yea it will be fine, but it might be worth it to upgrade to a smart charger.
Terrible batteries, half still work after 2 years. I wouldn't buy them again. Just my experience
These are made in Japan by FDK at the same plant as the Fujitsu and Panasonic cells. These are some of the best batteries in the business.
half still work after 2 years
That sounds like a charger problem more than a battery problem.
What type of charger do you have? Most of the chargers available, and unfortunately most of the chargers in OzBargain deals, are "dumb" chargers. They are called "dumb" because they force the same amount of power into a battery, irrespective of how flat the battery is. If it's more power than the battery needs, the rest of that power turns into heat, and heat damages rechargeable batteries.
For comparison, "smart" chargers sense when the battery reaches full charge, and shut off.
Unfortunately, some chargers claim to be smart chargers when they're not. Ikea has sold dumb chargers, and most of their claimed smart chargers have conflicting stats, suggesting they're actually dumb chargers. With VERY few exceptions, if a charger takes more than four hours to do a full charge, it's almost certainly a dumb charger.
As a rule of thumb, if you take batteries out of a charger just after they reach full charge, and they are so hot you can't hold them in your hand and form a fist around them, then they have been damaged by the charger. For long battery life, at no time during the charge cycle should batteries become so hot that it's uncomfortable to continuously hold your fingertip against them.
I use a Nitecore D4. When charging my LADDAs they get quite hot. I have a small USB fan blowing over the batteries to avoid damage.
My TJUGO never heats up but it often marks batteries as bad. This even happens to brand new LADDAs being charged for the first time after one use.
I use a Nitecore D4. When charging my LADDAs they get quite hot.
I have a Nitecore D4 myself, it is a smart charger, but I only rate it as moderately good. It has two problems:
when charging 1-3 AAA batteries, the default charge rate is too high (750mA) for at least one of the batteries. You have to manually select "low rate" charging for this situation (300mA), and there is no writing on the unit saying how to do this. Or for two AAA batteries you can get away with putting one in slot#1 and one in slot#4, for 375mA charging current. This isn't anywhere in the instructions.
with four AA batteries, it takes about 8 hours to charge the batteries! Very slow compared to other chargers! However it does correctly detect the "full" condition, it is a smart charger.
There were also some counterfeit Nitecore D4s sold a few years ago, which were a fire hazard. Nitecore started putting a scratch-off label on their boxes, which you could use to verify on the Nitecore website that the charger is genuine - but as soon as you have verified, the scratch-off code won't work ever again. It only works once.
Here's a good review of the D4: https://lygte-info.dk/review/Review%20Charger%20Nitecore%20D…
This review says batteries in the D4 shouldn't get above 40 degrees, which is "feverish" temperature, but not uncomfortable to hold. Above 50 degrees, most people have a reflex that makes them drop the battery when they try to pick it up. Between 40 and 50 degrees most people will have discomfort, like "I want to put it down but I can hold it if I have to". At 55 degrees, first-degree skin burns can result.
Note that in the review, they always select 300mA charging current for AAA batteries.
Also, Ikea used to sell some tan-coloured lower-capacity LADDA batteries, I don't know if they still do. To charge these with a Nitecore D4 would be pushing their limits in most charging scenarios.
My TJUGO never heats up but it often marks batteries as bad
I have doubts about the Tjugo. It claims to be a smart charger, but also says it takes 10-12 hours for a full charge, and those two statements are at odds with each other. Here's how you can test if it really is a smart charger: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/10505562/redir
Although the charge rate for the Tjugo is so low, perhaps it could take up to an hour to detect the battery is full, and stop charging. I suspect the -dV/dT effect requires the battery to warm up.
The reason batteries never get hot in your Tjugo is because the charge current is so small, that there isn't enough energy to heat the battery significantly. Top current is 210mA for AA batteries and 110mA for AAA batteries, significantly lower than the 750mA the Nitecore D4 can provide (but only to two batteries), or the 1000mA a LiitoKala Li-500 can deliver to 1-4 batteries. I also have the LiitoKala Lii-500, it's my preferred charger.
@Russ: Sorry for the late reply.
I have a Nitecore D4 myself, it is a smart charger, but I only rate it as moderately good. It has two problems:
when charging 1-3 AAA batteries, the default charge rate is too high (750mA) for at least one of the batteries. You have to manually select "low rate" charging for this situation (300mA), and there is no writing on the unit saying how to do this. Or for two AAA batteries you can get away with putting one in slot#1 and one in slot#4, for 375mA charging current. This isn't anywhere in the instructions.
with four AA batteries, it takes about 8 hours to charge the batteries! Very slow compared to other chargers! However it does correctly detect the "full" condition, it is a smart charger.
I'm sure my D4 had instructions. I can't find them but the same information is available at the website https://charger.nitecore.com/product/d4 (DOWNLOAD THE MANUAL button). The charger should do 750mAH for two batteries and 375 for three and four, no matter which slot you use. The low power mode drops to 150mAH with four cells and, I think, 375 for two. This must be selected for each cell you wish to slow charge. I find 375mAH is okay for AAAs. Charging AAs takes me 6-7 hours in lots of four. Sadly the D4 is no speed queen.
There were also some counterfeit Nitecore D4s sold a few years ago, which were a fire hazard. Nitecore started putting a scratch-off label on their boxes, which you could use to verify on the Nitecore website that the charger is genuine - but as soon as you have verified, the scratch-off code won't work ever again. It only works once.
Mine had the scratch off and the code worked. I'm sure it's genuine. I bought it from eBay (seller named it Nightcore as they said using the Nitecore name caused the sale to be delisted as this is the name of a branded nicotine oil). My D4 works well, but I have had an issue with the third cell not always detecting a battery.
I also have the LiitoKala Lii-500, it's my preferred charger.
My TJUGO is going back to IKEA. Each time I've used it the batteries go flat way too fast and it likes to mark my LADDAs as bad, even the month old sets. LiitoKala will very likely be my next charger, I just need the right bargain.
LiitoKala will very likely be my next charger
Just be careful, not all Liitokala chargers can charge NiMh batteries, and a lot of them can't charge at 1A. And none that I know of come with an AU plug on the mains adapter.
Also, many of the cheaper deals for the Lii-500 don't have a mains adapter included, you have to purchase one separately.
how are ladda compared to eneloops?
do these last long in torches/tv remotes/salt shakers?
feel bad chucking out batteries all the time. green power, save the earth and that kind of stuff.
what are junk? eneloops or laddas?
These are rebadged eneloop pros I think.
How to sign up to be a "Family Member“?
Looking for a good charger that can also be used for 18650. Been thinking of either Xtar VC4S or Liitokala Lii-500, thoughts?
Either of the above chargers are good chargers. Liitokala has more features than the Xtar, the Lii-500s is the updated version with even more features than the Lii-500.
At the Canberra store the AA's were still $14.99 at 12pm yesterday.
WA Ikea has the higher prices :(
Will these fit into my electric Lada car? Yadda, yada, yadda….
![[QLD] LADDA Rechargeable Battery 4pk AA $9.99, 4pk AAA $8.99 @ IKEA, North Lakes](https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/71/628571.jpg?h=d72c2b4d)
Does Ikea deliver?/ Batteries?