"This pack of 50 Industrial Duracell AAA batteries is an absolute bargain!
The batteries are of course original Duracell batteries.
The only difference is that the packaging has been designed and packaged for wholesale and professional trade customers (or battery eating households as mine)
You receive a big box with 5 smaller boxes of 10.
These Duracell Industrial AA alkaline batteries are ideal for any busy user by providing the best performance and durability at only 0.24p per battery."
Top comments
hugh1988
20 Jul 163#15
Cold. Here is the battery benchmark chart where you can see non-branded, supermarket and poundshop Alkalines performing better than duracell, for half the cost.
Nujol
19 Jul 163#1
Thanks OP for taking the time. It may well get hot as people see Duracell and click "Hot".
However better-rated batteries can be found for 12-15p per cell (normal price) on the high street, so this is NOT good value for money.
You are paying 10p for the cell and 16p extra for it to have Duracell printed on the side.
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Nujol
19 Jul 163#1
Thanks OP for taking the time. It may well get hot as people see Duracell and click "Hot".
However better-rated batteries can be found for 12-15p per cell (normal price) on the high street, so this is NOT good value for money.
You are paying 10p for the cell and 16p extra for it to have Duracell printed on the side.
LesD to Nujol
19 Jul 161#2
Brilliantly written. We'll get the message through one of these days. It's amazing how supposedly savvy HUKDers get seduced by the word Duracell.
thepharmacist to Nujol
19 Jul 161#6
Hi Nujol,
I confess I normally get these for all those gadgets that I did not need but came up on HUKD!, but did not know about other batteries a lot cheaper, could you guide me which ones.
Many thanks
ms024
19 Jul 16#3
other seller selling for 11.95 if you are not in priime and can wait.
lumsdot
19 Jul 16#4
Better to buy from a manufacturer which does not lie and charge over inflated prices.
Would you buy from a company which sold snake oil
eslick to lumsdot
19 Jul 161#7
Quote of the year so far :disappointed:
Often a certain report gets quoted on here which when you try and Google it only shows up the research company no other information about how or who they are or their links to the battery companies.
What is right for one application may not be right for another, what I can tell you is for what we use batteries for these ones last longer than IKEA, pound shops and other big makes. Now what will happen is I will get criticised but like mpg you can only see what happens in the real world conditions not in a lab :smiley:
One watch out, make sure you buy batteries from a reputable source, you wouldn't think so but batteries are one of the most faked products out there.
ms024 to lumsdot
19 Jul 16#9
nomatter what you say. op changed the price from 13.49 to 11.95. . choice is urs now.
pennyfarthing88
19 Jul 161#5
Handy if like me you've got 10 different remote controls - all just to watch the telly.
paolos
19 Jul 16#8
I used some cheaper (sony, panasonic, kodak etc) batteries for example for my weather station and I had to replace them after about 2 weeks. I bought and started using these two monts ago and they are still as good as new. I paid £2 per pack of 10 :smiley: discount in plumb center :smiley:
BestHotDeals
20 Jul 16#10
I believe these are better value batteries as they are 100 percent legit from Energizer, and if it's your first Ryman order, then you can get 20 percent discount, meaning 24 AAA batteries for just £4 if you subscribe to their news letter from the home page.
What do people use these for that requires them to buy in quantities of 50?
MrScotchBonnet to pibpob
20 Jul 16#13
Well ann summers sell them for £3 a pack of 4.....
konkywonky
20 Jul 16#12
These are pretty much always this price on ebay
pibpob
20 Jul 16#14
You can pleasure yourself a lot cheaper in the long run by using rechargeables.
hugh1988
20 Jul 163#15
Cold. Here is the battery benchmark chart where you can see non-branded, supermarket and poundshop Alkalines performing better than duracell, for half the cost.
eslick to hugh1988
20 Jul 161#17
Always gets posted that but as I said earlier where can we see if it's truly independent, if you use batteries try them yourself and make your own mind up. Lab tests are amazing at showing what you want to see, just look at mpg :smiley:
I'm afraid that's the sort of thing I'd expect to hear from Michael Gove: if the answer isn't what we want to hear, dismiss it as invalid.
slipd
20 Jul 16#19
Just remember guys, a lot of these are fake... Even from trusted sellers etc.
I've been returning loads lately to eBay and Amazon :disappointed:
pibpob to slipd
20 Jul 161#20
How have you determined they are fakes? One way I'm guessing is to weigh them - I know a lot of cheap cells contain air and you can prove this by squeezing them.
But I can't be sure they're not being paid by Poundland, Wilko, IKEA, et al! And, as for your comparison with mpg, I'd rather have some sort of comparative analysis than having to rely on "what I can tell you"!
eslick
20 Jul 16#24
As I said one report doesn't prove anything as for who, the best ones are a major manufacturers and most of the big companies make batteries for other companies, even Duracell. You can rely on your own judgement on batteries what you use them for will be different to others and the drain may be different as on the lab tests.
deany76
20 Jul 16#25
you are having a larf, http://www.bs1363.org.uk/html/contact_us.html doesn't have any worthwhile contact details and does not appear to be affiliated with any known organisation.
Also a search of "plugsafe amazon" in parenthesis with google returns very little. sad.
Nujol
20 Jul 16#26
This looks like a lost cause to me!
We are trying to help you, but first you must help yourself :smiley::smiley::smiley:
Go on, try out a range of cells that are half the price and outperform Duracell / Energiser-branded cells and post your results, then, in your specialist applications :smiley:
eslick
20 Jul 16#27
Odd thing is I use the ones that are right for me and as I originally said you will always get people who say what you say and plenty that find the same as me so as long as we are all happy who cares. :smiley:
jonesinamillion
20 Jul 162#28
If you've got kids, you buy batteries by the truck load!
pibpob
20 Jul 16#29
I think what is sad is that you've had to try so hard to find something so insignificant to use as a reason to rubbish that site.
jonesinamillion
20 Jul 16#30
Been buying procell for years and find them to perform very well for the money... I like the reassurance of using a quality product when putting them in say a £80 torch; haven't had one leak on me yet.
pibpob
20 Jul 16#31
But you can avoid all that by using rechargeables.
jonesinamillion
20 Jul 16#32
There is that!
But I don't fancy the initial outlay, like to carry lots of spares when camping etc... And I just know the kids / missus will end up throwing them away when dead!
pibpob
20 Jul 16#33
It's a shame - I thought children learnt about the environment and how people's actions affect their future nowadays :disappointed:
Nujol
20 Jul 16#34
Cool... And obviously you've recently tried out the identical/proven-to-be-better alternatives... Nothing to do with the double-the-price charge for Duracell being printed on the side...?
Nujol
20 Jul 161#35
Just trying to help the masses recognise that the word "Duracell" does not affect the performance - these are chemical products, commodities even, when the brand makes no difference to the product (unless fake or not Alkaline).
Comparable to eg buying branded or own-brand sugar. Identical stuff.
Nujol
20 Jul 16#36
PS as predicted in Post #1, despite being a poor deal this has ended up hot! :smiley:
spannerzone
20 Jul 16#37
the only bad experience of alkaline batteries were when I used Halfwords alkaline some years ago, different sizes leaked within their best before dates, something that I've never had with any other alkaline batteries. Alkaline rarely leak even if years after their date so no idea who Halfords bought these from
helal94
21 Jul 16#38
could you suggest better batteries please as I am interested. Thank you.
ghostm4n
21 Jul 16#39
Maybe you don't have kids!!!
pibpob
21 Jul 16#40
Kids can be taught how to use rechargeable batteries - they pick up on things quickly. :smiley:
LesD
21 Jul 16#41
I think you're missing the point. Alkaline batteries are all much of a muchness. This thread is about whether Duracell are worth more than the offerings in Poundland, Wilko, IKEA, etc. Check out the list in the chart above.
marek13
21 Jul 16#42
Pixelfill to marek13
21 Jul 161#43
rechargeables are fine for some applications, but for others they don't have enough power. AAA are usually 1.5v but rechargeables are only 1.2v so sometimes they just won't work
marek13
21 Jul 16#44
200mA is typical use in remotes, clocks, non-mechanical gadgets. 1000mA is very heavy usage.
pibpob
21 Jul 16#45
That's largely a myth, because of their lower internal resistance. The worst that usually happens is that low battery monitors start to operate early. For instance my Sureflap cat flap flashes its low battery LED for six months on one set of rechargeable AAs whilst still operating perfectly.
pibpob
21 Jul 16#46
What? Are you talking current (mA) or capacity (mAh)? I'm guessing the latter. The higher the capacity, the longer the cell will last in a particular application.
marek13
21 Jul 16#47
You are wrong. I'm talking about real capacity (which is good when battery has at least 2500mAh) with typical usage current 200mA.
pibpob
21 Jul 16#48
There's nothing "wrong" about what I said. Had you used the right units there wouldn't have been confusion between the two. But a clock takes a fraction of a milliamp, not 200!
marek13
21 Jul 16#49
Try to read with understanding.
"The low-drain discharge of 200mA is designed to represent a typical light load on a battery that a toy, CD/MP3 player, torch or similar product may demand from a battery." you still don't get it?
1000 mA = 1A is really heavy demand, and you can easy calculate that 2500mAh means you can use your gadget just for 2.5h in total. 200mA usage means 12h of use, which is more typical. Using 10mA current = 250 HOURS of work.
Rather than going back and forward between each other why not just post a link to a viable cheaper/same price alternative?
pibpob
22 Jul 16#52
My argument is always to use rechargeables; I understand how that message could have been lost in all the confusion. So if you're still looking for disposables then I'll leave it to others to help out, but there have been suggestions already in this thread.
I've posted it before in another "Duracell Industrial" thread but that seems to have been removed, probably because the eBay listing/seller that it was referring too was deemed to have been selling fakes... from what I gather these batteries are like the new 'fake razor blades' that we were seeing flooding the market a few years back.
I've given up now, pay the little bit extra and know you're getting the real thing :smirk:
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Opening post
The batteries are of course original Duracell batteries.
The only difference is that the packaging has been designed and packaged for wholesale and professional trade customers (or battery eating households as mine)
You receive a big box with 5 smaller boxes of 10.
These Duracell Industrial AA alkaline batteries are ideal for any busy user by providing the best performance and durability at only 0.24p per battery."
Top comments
However better-rated batteries can be found for 12-15p per cell (normal price) on the high street, so this is NOT good value for money.
You are paying 10p for the cell and 16p extra for it to have Duracell printed on the side.
All comments (53)
However better-rated batteries can be found for 12-15p per cell (normal price) on the high street, so this is NOT good value for money.
You are paying 10p for the cell and 16p extra for it to have Duracell printed on the side.
I confess I normally get these for all those gadgets that I did not need but came up on HUKD!, but did not know about other batteries a lot cheaper, could you guide me which ones.
Many thanks
Would you buy from a company which sold snake oil
Often a certain report gets quoted on here which when you try and Google it only shows up the research company no other information about how or who they are or their links to the battery companies.
What is right for one application may not be right for another, what I can tell you is for what we use batteries for these ones last longer than IKEA, pound shops and other big makes. Now what will happen is I will get criticised but like mpg you can only see what happens in the real world conditions not in a lab :smiley:
One watch out, make sure you buy batteries from a reputable source, you wouldn't think so but batteries are one of the most faked products out there.
http://www.ryman.co.uk/energizer-aaa-24-value-pack
Budget Morrison AAA are 50p each-
https://groceries.morrisons.com/webshop/product/Morrisons-Extra-Long-Life-Alkaline-Batteries-AAA/120242011?from=search&tags=%7C105651¶m=aaa+batteries&parentContainer=SEARCHaaa+batteries
I've been returning loads lately to eBay and Amazon :disappointed:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201349150
http://www.batteryshowdown.com/
http://www.bitbox.co.uk/
But I can't be sure they're not being paid by Poundland, Wilko, IKEA, et al! And, as for your comparison with mpg, I'd rather have some sort of comparative analysis than having to rely on "what I can tell you"!
Also a search of "plugsafe amazon" in parenthesis with google returns very little. sad.
We are trying to help you, but first you must help yourself :smiley::smiley::smiley:
Go on, try out a range of cells that are half the price and outperform Duracell / Energiser-branded cells and post your results, then, in your specialist applications :smiley:
But I don't fancy the initial outlay, like to carry lots of spares when camping etc... And I just know the kids / missus will end up throwing them away when dead!
Comparable to eg buying branded or own-brand sugar. Identical stuff.
"The low-drain discharge of 200mA is designed to represent a typical light load on a battery that a toy, CD/MP3 player, torch or similar product may demand from a battery." you still don't get it?
1000 mA = 1A is really heavy demand, and you can easy calculate that 2500mAh means you can use your gadget just for 2.5h in total. 200mA usage means 12h of use, which is more typical. Using 10mA current = 250 HOURS of work.
I've posted it before in another "Duracell Industrial" thread but that seems to have been removed, probably because the eBay listing/seller that it was referring too was deemed to have been selling fakes... from what I gather these batteries are like the new 'fake razor blades' that we were seeing flooding the market a few years back.
I've given up now, pay the little bit extra and know you're getting the real thing :smirk: