Anyone know if these are any good at all?
http://www.microcenter.com/product/409615/Heavy_Duty_AA_Zinc-Chloride_Battery_24-Pack
That's AAs at 8 for a dollar. :O If you live near a store no shipping. Even with shipping I can get 12 boxes sent here for $53.
Friends don't let friends use these .
Or alkalines .
Eneloops Rule .
They’re good for clocks and remotes and other low drain devices.
They’re better for that role than alkalines because although zinc battery do leak, they don’t leak with the kind of volatility that alkalines do. You’ll be able to tell when zinc batteries start to break down, and have a chance to replace them before they do any real damage. Not like alkalines where they look fine one day, then destroy your device the next w/o warning.
They’re not good for much else though.
No it’s not you can get alkaline for that price on black Friday in US.
12 boxes?
Don’t forget that storage is 2-3 years for heavy duty and 4 years for alkaline. They are basically worthless after that period. Of course they might last longer, but it’s not guaranteed and definitely not recommended for equipment you care about.
With primary batteries it’s always better to buy fresh just the amount you need than storing for years and letting them leak with no use.
You are right in all 3 respects………However,
It’s low drain devices that NiMH are poor at because of their self discharging. As it is, I get a couple of years out of a regular set of batteries in a low discharge device like a remote or a wall clock. A NiMH would self discharge before then, and also one would never get enough charge-discharge cycles (only 1 every 2 years) to re-coop the initial investment in the NiMH anyway.
I agree that in a low-drain situation these batteries would be adequate .
I was concerned that pistolero might intend to use these in a flashlight .
Thanks for all the info! I didn’t know any of this. You guys rock.