Bad batteries

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@ChibiM

This thread could become the batteries Hall of Shame!

The Tronic “2400”mAh AA cells are already in my batteries Hall of Shame:

Tronic AA 2400mAh Ready To Use Lidl Belgium (bad quality!!)

I bought a few sets of the latest Tronic AA 2400mAh cells because the previous 2300mAh version was very good. The first test is discharging with the Maha MH-C9000 to get the “ready To Use” capacity from the new cells. The results were very bad for 2400mAh cells: 999mAh, 1034mAh, 991mAh and 991mAh. The cells were much warmer than normal with a discharge current of 500mAh, and the voltage was lower. That is why i think that the internal resistance is much higher than normal for AA nimh cells. …

But there is some good news, last week Lidl sold 2300mAh Tronic Ready To Use batteries, and these are very close to 2300mAh (tested with the Maha charger).
And the 1000mAh AAA Ready To Use batteries are also very close to 1000mAh.
These Tronic cells are only 2,99 euro/4 pack, and that is very cheap for low selfdischarge batteries with a real capacity of almost 2300mAh (AA) and 1000mAh (AAA).
Just be carefull not to buy the 2400mAh version, because these are terrible (about half the capacity).