​ahhh man. I bought my soldering iron years ago :disappointed:

stop whining about them being rubbish, get a better charger :confused:

problem solved, I've bought several batches over the last few years and have upwards of 30 individual batteries NONE of which have failed after many charges.

for the price you will not get better, and this is based on numerous and repeated experience rather then inane drivel

Me too

Any will do. Buy that one from Lidl - good value for money. I am using XTAR VC4 - has useful battery information features and charges from any USB. I find it best of the best from cheap'o ones.

Picked up some of these yesterday. Not really used rechargable last before so wondered if anyone can recommend a decent charger to get for them? Thanks

A lot of conflicting reports here, I'll add my 2p:

The 2300mah ones are excellent, often hold over their stated capacity and I've used them both individually and soldered together to make RC battery packs, I haven't had a single one fail out of 000's of charge cycles.

The 2400mah ones were pants, they did not have the advertised capacity and this was further proven by the fact that they weighed less than the supposedly lower capacity 2300mah version. You can read all about it in several knowledgeable forums such as candlepower and budget light.

After the backlash about the 2400mah ones they were quietly pulled from the shelves, it now seems that they have gone back to the pervious supplier and are once again selling the decent ones which is great news.

If you're still not convinced then the Ikea Ladda 2450mah are rebranded Eneloop pros and also a bargain but I find the Tronic 2300 are the absoloute best performing for the money on the high street.

That's normal, as all rechargeable batteries comes around 75% factory charged. Better check their capacity and how fast they discharge. My mates reporting many dodgy ones are in this years sale, I am not buying any more...as know well- skinflint pays twice...

60% charged out of the packet lol

charging a pair of D now on a XTAR VC4. not ready to go out of the packet so will update when fully charged.

The D size this year are slightly lighter than the 2015 versions

113g vs 98g

Made by Eures. Had few packs of Kompernass, but these have been binned long time ago, as stopped keeping charge.

​Good info. But are those the Eures or Kompernass ones?

I have done test with these from last year. They hold 57% if not used for a year.
Also, I have 8 batteries I use daily, and after 11 months and 38 charge cycles, their capacity(AA ones) dropped to 1471mAh and AAA ones to 604mAh. And these AAA even they shows 604mAh,drops charge very quickly when in use...twice as quick as they were new in same devices... Good or bad - judge for yourself. One thing I know for sure- wont be buying any more of them.

5/2016

They will probably slightly increase capacity after a few cycles, but yeah they probably won't hold 75% after 1 year as claimed. I've never bothered to do a long term test because I don't leave the cells unused.

What month are they from (tiny markings on the batteries state their manufactured date - my AAAs were 2016/05)?

Because if the are supposed to hold 75% of their charge after one year, and your values are close to 75% (1800/2300 ~ 78%), then your AAs either should be nearly one year old, or their retention rate is worse than 75% pa.
Or am I missing something?

Thanks, that looks good.

After first charge they are:-

924mAh
934mAh
941mAh
951mAh

It usually takes a couple of charge cycles to reach full capacity, so the results look fine.

Thanks for the reply, they all charged to 100% within 1 hour so a lot quicker than my batteries I had in already.

Mine were 78% charged from the packet. I doubt yours were actually 0%, it's more likely a quirk of that charger.

If you have any more that you've not charged yet just check their voltage with a multimeter, they will probably be around 1.2 - 1.3v

Picked up a charger and some AA's. Put the batteries in and they were showing 0% but within a few minutes were up to 40% I thought these would have been at least 90% full when opening as they are ready to use batteries and it states only loses 10% stored for 1year or am I misunderstanding something.

AAs from packet:
1: 1803
2: 1825
3: 1794
4: 1811

These are fine

did anyone see any D size? none in Bury store, lots of AA and AAA, got the last 2 C's.

My older set of rechargeables don't run my electric toothbrush http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/battery-powered-toothbrush-4-99-black-blue-lidl-nevadent-cleans-four-jaw-quadrants-2390109

Bought these to try out. Black tops, eures made but they still won't work

Cool, could you please post those results back here when you get them. Thanks.
Might grab some AA ones later.

Just got some. Made by Eures GmbH. IAN 274863.

The AAs weigh 127g and the AAA 66g in their packaging.

Same stated capacities and look the same as the last ones I got.

Just put a set of the AAA on test mode to check their capacity.

Thanks. Think I will leave it for now. That 7dayshop 600LCD was only £9 and it does work so I'll try and get some more usage out of it. A charger with stats would be cool, but like having one of those Corsair 'i' series PSUs which can log power usage stats, is merely nice to have since I don't run a hardware review site.

Thanks for posting that, hopefully they'll have the same ones at my local lidl too.

I bought one of the La crosse "clone" chargers a few months ago, it's actually a cheap 7dayshop branded version which they no longer sell, as I have quite a few old sets of Eneloop and recyko rechargeables and wanted to sort the good cells from the ones that had lost much of their capacity.

As you don't use batteries much I wouldn't think it is worth getting one, but I came across a cheap charger, tester which had I not just got one, I might have been tempted to buy, which can also charge Li-ion cells too for under £15 - but comes without a 12v power supply (probably just as well as it is direct from china):- https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Liitokala-lii-500-LCD-3-7V-1-2V-AA-AAA-18650-26650-16340-14500-10440-18500/32554090199.html

Review:- http://lygte-info.dk/review/Review%20Charger%20LiitoKala%20Lii-500%20UK.html

Well, just got back from Lidl.
They are all Eures not Kompernass so hopefully the good ones.
Bought two packs for AAA f(950mAh) for lights, but haven't opened them yet. Only have a so-so charger (the 7Dayshop.com 600LCD which is possible too fast (1hr) and is questionable quality (the LCD seldom works) so not that impressed with 7dayshop although the Fujitsu slow-discharge batteries they sold off were good value).
Considering getting a better one. From reading the old thread, would love to be able to do the measurements so I can post back to say they actually hold so and so many mAh but since I seldom use batteries (hence the slow-discharge) maybe the Lidl charger would do.

Anything under 1c should be fine for Nihm's

​utter rubbish, you are obviously speaking from zero experience, I actually have and use a USB powered soldering iron which is fantastic, just whack it into my power bank and portable soldering. Heats up scary fast and able to use in seconds

A 6 watt soldering iron - stop sniggering there in the corner !
I ditched my 15w Antex as a bit of a joke

These Germans do come up with some fanciful ideas, at times

If you must have a cordless iron then use a butane pencil type or an 18650 lithium type, the minimum for any soldering job is 40W

​i have a USB powered scolding iron which is awesome, heats up in 15 seconds and cools scary fast. best part is it was only about a 5er

Thanks.. good lord a 6W soldering iron, and I thought my 30W was underpowered.

I've been swapping the same couple of sets of the Tronic LSDs in xbox pads for years. Still charging fine and their lifespan is still fantastic. They're the Tronic Energy 2100 eco and I use the Lidl charger with 6 bays.

Most of the tronic non LSD batteries I've bought from Lidl over the years have failed, using their slow charger. Are these generally better?

My guess is they have bought one of these:- http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/cordless-soldering-iron-6w-4-99-lidl-parkside-2523895

The Lidl charger is a lot better than many chargers, but I think it still charges AA and AAA batteries a little too rapidly for the good of the batteries, at 1 Amp and 500mA respectively.

huh? using them how?.. anyone? (surely not to run the iron..)

I bought some AAA & AA about a year ago with Tronic charger. The charger is great but the batteries are awful, they died within a couple of months use while my few year old Eneloops are still going strong. With batteries I do feel you get what you pay for.

Were you using a fast charger?

stop whining about them being rubbish, get a better charger :confused:

problem solved, I've bought several batches over the last few years and have upwards of 30 individual batteries NONE of which have failed after many charges.

for the price you will not get better, and this is based on numerous and repeated experience rather then inane drivel

+1

They are there every few months with no one buying them. Quality is very poor. Mine failed after 3-4 recharges, Buy reputed company like duracell etc. Make sure keep receipt as they will fail very soon.

Thanks

Two, and they're terrible. 800mAh compared to the 2300mAh of the Lidl batteries.

That makes the Lidl AAAs at 950mAh exceed the capacity of the Poundland AAs.

I've got plenty of these Lidl batteries and they are perfectly good, easily as good as AmazonBasics low discharge ones.

The drill looks interesting too

They were doing a special of 2 packs for £5 in the liverpool store a couple of months ago!! bought a good few packs over the years and they've never let me down,my charger takes 24 hrs to charge them,so that must help, i find the tronic charger makes them almost too hot to hold!so i've ditched using it

anyone saying these are rubbish must be in another planet. I've has standard tronic batteries for years and are still going strong and got some newer LSD ones which are excellent. Perhaps the blame lies in the rubbish charger or a stupidly fast one which knackers batteries.

I've always used my tronic charger which takes around an hour per charge - I don't see the rush if you need a quick battery swap buy a few sets there cheap enough!!!

Which would be better these or 7 day shop own brand.

how many rechargeable do you get for a quid in pound land ​

These are even worst than Poundland has. Waste of money.

Rapid charging damages batteries. I had a Uniross 1hr dv charger for a while (was sent a different model to the one I ordered), even that significantly reduced the capacity of my Sanyo Eneloop rechargeable batteries - unsurprisingly so, as they got extremely hot while charging, so must have off-gassed.

With LSD batteries, you can buy a few spare sets and store them fully charged, which makes rapid charging unnecessary.

Why are these 1.2V as opposed to the standard 1.5V for these sizes?

Thanks OP.
I need a few 'D' cells for my 2 Maglite's,and also kiddies toys.

May try some of these..... The last lot of Vapextech i bought have been rubbish. Not buying those again.
I still have some Uniross Hybrio AA batts i bought way back in 2007, these have out performed any LSD rechargeables i've bought since.

Well there ya go right there, massive amounts of juice and heat will kill a battery stone dead in no time
These fast chargers are ok to use now and again but using on fulltime will kill a new set of batts in a matter of months, need to charge rechargeables slowly over 24 hours if possible and that keeps em nice and cool, batteries charged this way will last years..
Intelligent chargers will all do this but fast chargers just give it all to the battery wham bam!

Hope they reverted to the decent ones this time

I bought a few different packs from lidl over the years, and the all failed after a few charges either that or because they were bigger than normal batteries they ended up getting getting the skin surface damaged which caused them to stop working or because I used a 15 minute uniross fast charger on them, what do you think guys ?

I confirm that they last half the time of duracell and energizer of same capacity.
Also got 2 out of 4 dead within a year

worst batteries ever.

These look like the good quality 2300 black top type, they charge to the stated capacity and are long lasting.
The previous white top 2400 one's with www:kompernass.com on the packaging are low quality type,true capacity for the AA about 1300mah.

I still have all mine working and they have been around for 2 years now, I do note thought that they are larger than standard battery sizes and I've had fun at times getting them out of tight battery compartments.

Not had that problem, but I guess I could be lucky? I use a good charger, which helps maybe. Also remember you can buy 4 packs of these for the price of one pack of branded (enloops etc.)

The main issue I have with Lidl rechargables is that they are too big to fit some of my gadgets including remotes, alarms, CD players etc

Just to balance out the negatives - I've had a couple of packs of these black topped eco AAs and they're in rotation with my other branded low discharge AAs - and I've not found them any different. I suspect a lot of the people calling them rubbish got some of the duff batch Lidl had (explained in the old linked thread above). I've saved a fortune using these instead of disposables - I'll buy some more this time around, it's a no brainer for the price.

I have been using Lidls Eco Ready to use batteries for 3 years now and have had no problems whatsoever.
The only thing I dont use them in is my camera (don't use it much now) but torches remote controls, my grandsons toys.
They are fine, its the non Eco ones that are rubbish. Just in case someone is considering buying Recharge batteries for the first time, Lidl battery charger is one of the GOOD ones and a bargain at £13.

It would appear the black tops are the one to go for, I'm sure they will be the only ones available. If you want to check they are the right ones they should weight around 28g supposedly.

if you purchased a soldering iron recently a couple of packs of these charged and ready are ideal for soldering action

Low self discharge. Hehe.

Thanks for the heads up. Been waiting for these. heat

Thanks Op

really interesting reading on that other thread. so in depth and hope these are new batches from the supplier. gave you heat anyway.