bought this last time, very good batteries
i would recommend :smiley:

People are recommending those Duracell ones that do 300 charge cycles.
These do 1000 cycles as apposed to Eneloop which are goodfor 2100 charge cycles.

I bet when Duracell bring out 50 cycle batteries they will get rave reviews too.

Thought I'd post a reminder that these are available from today.

Not my experience. I have just checked them on my smart charger and reported capacity is still 2.2 - 2.5 Ah after a few years of medium use, but including shooting number of weddings (flashes are by no means a low drain!). However, check them first. I encountered two different batches of Tronic batteries. The ones with black tops (around positive terminal) are amazing, but the others with white tops are quite poor. I had both and the latter must be sourced from a different factory as they lose capacity fairly quickly and swell when fast-charged. Had to throw them away after a year or so as I was afraid they might leak at some point. Perhaps you had white-top batteries, so stick to black ones and you should be fine.

The Poudland AAA ones are 350mah capacity I seemto recall, per 2.
Poundworld ones have a capacity of 600mah, seem OK, but again it is 2 to the £.

They drain faster unused than some other batteries. However a year+++++ on I am getting at least 2000 mah capacity, them still outdoing my Eneloops.

With regard to this post and the discussion surrounding it :-
I am a fan of Tronic batteries and the Tronic charger from Lidls. I have 2 strengths of AA from them 2100 (Green Blister Pack Black Tronic Energy 2100), and 2500 "professional" (red/grey blister pack Mignon Ni-MH Rechargeable)
The interesting thing is these 2500 "professional" have a white end face at the + Pin end very similar to the "eneloop" ones I have from other Manufacturers, the Lidl 2500 perform very well indeed.
Does anyone have any knowledge of these 2500 ones from lidl and their possible "eneloop" origins ?

Bought very similar BC-2000 for a bid of £16.50 a month ago and using 7 DayShop 2900 Mah AA charging to 2950Mah on all 4 batteries.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-Slots-Intelligent-AA-AAA-NiMH-NiCd-Battery-Charger-Analyzer-Tester-LCD-Display-/301674791850?hash=item463d3803aa:g:Gh8AAOSwMmBVkO-e

I use these in my xbox controllers and digital clocks and they are fine. Charge them with an old energiser charger... after a few years they start to die off. For £3 get a few sets and swap them out.

...as does mine (BL700), but it often doesn't always detect full charge correctly and can cut off early. If you make sure the cell is actually fully charged, there's no way to mistake when it has discharged.

​No need I wouldn't have thought, the smart charger has a "Refresh" mode where it will discharge/charge repeatedly until the max capacity doesn't change. You can't flog a dead horse. :smiley:

Think I might buy a pack of AA's and see how they compare with my 2100 series Uniross Hybrio's which after 2 break-in cycles manage around 1800..

For anyone wanting a set of LSD's for the camera 7dayshop have the Fujitsu's back in stock @ £6.19 (AA's) more than double the price but I suspect much better quality..

i mainly use for wii controls, and some toys, seem quite good, cant see any difference between Duracell and Energizer batteries that i got :smiley:

​hi, i am using my old duracell and energizer chargers, no problems at all

I used to use these for my camera flashes at weddings and changed them about 3 times during a wedding, the Duracell ones I have now are still running fine on one set by the end of the night, these are cheap for what they are but as someone mentioned probably not ideal for high drain gadgets.

Fair play to that. :-)

Lidl do or have done both standard and low self discharge Tronic batteries. The LSD ones are usually labelled "eco" and describe retaining something like 80% charge up to a year.

Even so, pound shop rechargeable not low self discharge, though.

Thanx for the Info. :-)

Thanx, my bad! .. I meant:

"OP .. for 4 x AAA (950mAh) of Tronic ready to use NiMH Rechareable Batteries from LIDL's for £2.99, you may as well buy 4 x AAA (800mAh) Rechargables from any respective £Pound Shop for only £1! (& save yourslf a few?), or ..... :-)"

Thanx, lol. :-)

Have you tried them in a dumb slow charger for a long time, then discharging them in the smart charger and seeing what capacity it reports?

your complaining at having to throw out batteries after 2-3 years that cost less than £1.........wow your standards must be very high.

I personally have tronics (the old non-lsd ones) I've had for about 2 years and there just as good as when I got them. I also got some LSD ones about 6 months ago which are also excellent. I cannot comment on how long the charge lasts 6 months - 1 year sat in a drawer as I am constantly using them.

I would say though if your keeping rechargeables in a drawer for that length of time then perhaps you don't really need them......

They're not though. I want to be able to grab some batteries that may have been sat in a drawer for 6 months or a year and know they will still be charged. And will not be fit for chucking out after 2 or 3 years. Eneloops do that, these (and prob a lot of others) don't.

Eneloops are about £10 for 4 but I got 10 for £8 off Amazon as I used a £10 voucher (HUKD Flamedeer ironically). :smiley:

OP .. for 4 x AAA (950mAh) of Tronic ready to use NiMH Rechareable Batteries from LIDL's for £2.99, you may as well buy 4 x AAA (800mAh) from any respective £Pound Shop for only £1! (& save yourslf a few?), or ..... :-)

I've had tronics for years amongst other brands, they are just as good. for less than £1 a battery they will last years so I don't see what the big debate is about. eneloops are no doubt a bit better....but they cost a lot more so is irrelevant at this price range.

So these Lidl batteries aren't Eneloop? If so, you're right - you'll always be recharging them every 3 months or so.

GP ones are fine in my experience, they are in my cordless dect phone and have lasted a good 4 or five years so far.

Not a scientific peer reviewed study in a journal but I always used to use "Tronic" or those GP (I think) ones that CPC sell. They'd go flat, I'd charge them on a dumb charger, put back in and they'd go flat pretty quickly.

About three years ago I bought a smart charger and a load of Eneloops. The Tronic/GP ones were showing about 600mAh on a full charge. Now when I get the Eneloops out the drawer they're still nearly fully charged, last longer and charge to ~1800-2000mAh. The others (that aren't totally dead) are pitiful and go in the recycler. :smiley:

I bought them with lidl's charger over 1 year ago. I replaced most of batteries in home with these ones. Work perfect specially for kids toys. AA type are slightly bigger than the standard one so i had problem with few toys to fit them.

Any evidence to back this up? If they are low drain batteries (Eneloop etc) then your statement is incorrect. If they are standard NiMH batteries then you may be right. However standard NiMH are not really designed for low consumption devices like remote controls, they are better for high drain items like remote control cars, torches and the like.

Yep.

Buy a pack of these and a pack of Eneloops. Come back in a year or so and measure the capacity of all of them (if you know how to). :smirk:

Hint: Eneloops will be about 1900mAh, these will be about 700mAh.

I've got one of these, never tried to charge anything else other than AA's & AAA's.

you can use any NIMH charger.......

Nope.

If you want to look after your batteries this charger is very capable..

https://www.7dayshop.com/products/7dayshop-multi-mode-lcd-display-intelligent-ni-mh-battery-charger-for-aa-and-aaa-batteries-WH2-DS-127

​ What charger do you use / recommend?

bought this last time, very good batteries
i would recommend :smiley:

They don't seem to stock these in my local new store.