you bought these batteries that are available from the 10th?
do you rent out your tardis?

Ok, here are some initial results. Looking good since the packs say they need to be cycled 5 times before they reach full capacity.

As Magnets found, they came charged out of the packet to about 80% capacity.

Having charged them up fully, on first cycle of discharge, the AAAs had a capacity of about 910mAh and the AAs a capacity of 2400mAh.

1200ma charge (+2 hour top-off) & 500ma discharge

2217
2203
2190
2203
2147
2140
2143
2116

I think the c9000 cuts off a little early would have been better to do a full 16 hour trickle charge. close enough!

I now have a wider range of results from all 8 cells of each pack

The range I found across 8 AA cells was 2350mAh - 2450mAh (so every one has already got a greater capacity then that declared)

However the AAA cells varied more widely (based on % of declared capacity) from 900mAh - 975mAh


Edit: Charging/discharging rates used were:
AA - 500mA charge/250mA discharge
AAA - 200mA charge/100mA discharge

These were chosen as they were the closest my charger allows to the 460mA (AA) and 190mA (AAA) charge rates indicated on the packaging for 7 hour charge times.

I guess there is/was a honeymoon period with LSDs where they all came from a small number of reputable factories, and the rot has/will set in, resulting in many of them becoming as dire as some of the traditional types.

I've generally found Tronic AAs to be good, from their old red ones to the latest black eco. The only ones I ever had problems with IIRC were black non-LSD ones which were very low capacity.

The most recent black eco 2300mah AAs had the odd low capacity cell in each packet though.

Manufacture date: 08/2015
500mA discharge from the packet:
1: 1851 mAh
2: 1841 mAh
3: 1765 mAh
4: 1843 mAh
5: 1929 mAh
6: 1894 mAh
7: 1915 mAh
8: 1937 mAh

Seem fine

Ok, here are some initial results. Looking good since the packs say they need to be cycled 5 times before they reach full capacity.

As Magnets found, they came charged out of the packet to about 80% capacity.

Having charged them up fully, on first cycle of discharge, the AAAs had a capacity of about 910mAh and the AAs a capacity of 2400mAh.

Bought 2 x AA and 2 x AAA all seem absolutely fine,charged and ready to go straight away.
Decent prices

Just bought a pack of each and all work out of the box.

These are 2g lighter than the previous tronic AAs at 27g and have a slightly different base and plastic cover so maybe not exactly the same as previous cells. Testing them now

Bizarre.

Lidl Northern Ireland website indicates that these are also only available in Northern Ireland stores from today, 10 December 2015.
http://www.lidl-ni.co.uk/en/Offers.htm?id=590

Edit: These are probably the ones you purchased last month
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lidl-precharged-nimh-aa-aaa-c-d-rechargeable-batteries-2-99-from-12th-nov-2317317
(although they were available on 05-Nov-2015 in NI)

You are clearly talking about a totally different product as these contain 8 in each pack, not 4.

ready to use 100%

Were they definitely labelled as "ready to use" or "pre-charged"?

bought 2x4 packs and they were all dead...

​bought them in Lidl northern Ireland, we would usually get everything before yous

Well in that case I'm glad I didnt trust you!
Bought some today and they are definitely ready to use.

Just got some on test to check their capacity - may take a day or two for results.

​bought them in Lidl northern Ireland smart hole

Anyone seen these in store yet?

These are the LSD batteries, as has been explained several times in this thread already.

Can anyone recommend a decent and well priced AA charger for use with these batteries?

Where did camping come into it? :-))

one of your coats very pale and ties at the back? :stuck_out_tongue:

I have some Tronic AAA, overpriced, don't hold the charge for more than one day. Used in Baby Monitor, which is on up to one hour daily. Cold.

i'm mostly positive and equally negative but ever ready for change
but watts the point? i wont be charged with battery, so energiser the debate

i'll get my several coats

I can only hope that there is long life in it.

For a current topic, it’s hardly anodyne, in fact it has the potential to be positively galvanising.

who knew batteries could be so controversial

The OCD in me won't allow two batteries of different colours in the same device...

So I gotta buy TWO packs! Heat for these, the previous versions have been fine for me in the chronic Tronic charger.

Yes - they are terrible and need charging quite often - sometimes daily. Not the best. Possibly ok for remote controls but wouldnt recommend for xbox controller and the like.

I really like hukd as it enables me to get some really good deals and add the odd bit of banter, which might put a smile on 1 or 2 faces. I usually spend very little time on spelling grammar, as long as the content is readable then for the most part that OK, thanks for the heads up on the use of the apostrophe, I think you will probably see it on a lot of the other comments and will definitely see it in some of my future one`s.

Girth?

if you weigh them 950mah should be slightly heavier.

the older (black) tronics are not the low self discharge type and don't come prepared charged which is what I'm guessing is being commented on, I imagine these will be charged and lsd, either way who cares if they come charged or not.......just charge them.....

I assume you are referring to the spelling of the word Battery`s I had a quick look on the web there are various forms of spelling, hukd`s own spell checker did not highlight any of the text and I am sure most people grasped the meaning of what I meant.

Shame no D cell

​didnt see that, cheers. I went in hoping some would be left over from the last time

You really ought to understand the phrase "legalised lying".

Hmmmmm.

I know where my money would be but good luck with that ;-)

Duracell they ain't!

Did you take a trip in wutang81's Tardis to get a set of these?

Good batteries , i have the Tronic black/silver 2300mah AA in my Nikon and they last well , easily as long as my Enerloop 2500mah ( the Enerloop are 1 year old with 30 ish cycles )

Very good batteries for the price.

Voted hot.

My experience too. The really old grey and black ordinary rechargeables were below par for a Lidl product.
However, it is still a pretty wild generalisation.
In front of me now are two almost cosmetically identical (black& silver) "Tronic Energy Eco" AAAs --- but one is marked 850, the other 950.
I expect these multi-coloured 8-packs to be different batteries again!
But I'd still expect them to be perfectly OK low-self-discharge rechargeables, and well worth the asking price.
Hot deal.

I have a Lidl battery charger and quite a few of their Ready to use battery's in remote controls, clocks, torches and they are just as good as the Duracell stay charged ones that I also have, the only difference I know of is the PRICE the Lidl ones are about a third of the cost of the Duracell ones.

My point is a very basic one about NiMH cells. There are two basic types. Learn about them here.

Eh? Yes they are ready to use but once depleted they still need to be charged so whats your point?

950mAh is amazing for AAA at this price. Best go check my local. heat

The Tronic ready to go ones I've had are all really good unlike their old normal rechargeables which were pants. I use them in xbox controllers and they aren't that much different my Vapextech ones. Go for it. If they're duff then take them back as Lidl usually don't give a damn about returns.

The Lidl fast charger is really awful. Apparently it's a rebranded Ansmann Energy 8 plus, just look that up to see how many people have problems with it.

It does charge quite fast but gets incredibly hot since most of the electronics are sitting right under the cells, so the cells get hot too even though it's only 1000ma Max.

It does a short precharge then decides if it wants to do a discharge/charge cycle or just a regular charge. You can't tell it which to perform and once it's started discharging it seems to want to discharge all channels until it finishes, even if you remove the cells or restart it.

So you could put your cells on expecting them to charge, then come back in 2 hours and they will be dead because it wanted to cycle them.

this is the first time they have done the coloured ones i think so its all newish - other types could be from previous 6month-yearly deals
have a selection of brands of these and the lidl ones are fine - they are a little fatter than eneloops so can sometimes be tight but thats true of some other 'big brands' as well
edit: fact its 8 per pack makes them better value per cell as well as they are usually 2.99 per 4 with 2 sets for a fiver sometimes

my local had none on Monday

950mAh feels smoother than 850mAh:p No, we have loads of remotes and wireless keyboards (media centres etc.) and have ended up with rechargeables from Lidl, Hama and a couple of others. My impression is the Lidl ones need recharging a little sooner than the premium brands - perhaps 8-10 weeks rather than 12 weeks.
I also run some remote sensors on these that have a fixed, low battery draw and see the same behaviour.
The older Lidl Tronic AAA batteries were 850mAh IIRC and these ones don't seem to last any longer than those.
HTH ...
edit: just seen these are pre-charged, and none of mine are, so my comments might not apply ...

How do you tell the capacity by feel alone?
What would a 950mAh battery feel like compared to an 850mAh one???

You need a good charger with discharge/ability to measure capacity to know what the capacity really is.
You may even need to cycle the battery first to obtain maximum capacity. (refresh)

Bought these few days ago and trust me, they r not ready to use

Have used Lidl's Tronic batteries for at least 5 years for remotes, torches and other things. They seem fine, hold their charge, recharge ok and have reasonable capacity. Really, they're fine for remotes unless you use your remote all the time!
They aren't premium batteries like Hama, but they aren't Hama-priced either. After a few years they need replacement of course, but that's still better than filling the planet with used alkaline cells.
NiMh batteries need charging at the proper rate - if you're using a poorly designed charger, the cells won't hold much charge, so get a 'smart' charger such as Lidl's that will charge them at the proper rate. Fast charging isn't good for NiMh battery chemistry. I suspect the 950mAh capacity is marketing. They feel more like 800-850mAh to me.
This is a useful deal, cheaper than normal prices. Voted Hot.

yep, maybe u don't realize that you arr sitting 6hours in front of the tv… :smile:

I don't know about these ones but the standard Lidl Tronic NiMH batteries I've bought in the past have been quite poor. Most fail quite quickly and the rest don't hold much charge.

I want these for the pretty colours alone!

Anyone tried these?