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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 10 Nov 2011, 18:09)
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IKEA do good alkaline batteries tooand if you (a) know the right brand name and (b) are happy to buy by the hundred, Duracells are 16p each at Rapid Electronics.
(, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 12:25, 1 reply)
That's stillalmost half as much again as the Maplins ones.
Guess I should do a proper comparison, but I'm sure I'd notice if the cheapos were 30% worse than Duracells.
(, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 12:38, closed)
The cheapest AA and AAA alkaline batteries listed on the Maplin websiteare £17.99 for 40 (L47AL and L07AN), which is a whisker under 45p each.
Rapid will do you 1000 AA for £164 (18-1905) or 1000 AAA for £159.64 (18-1903). If those quantities are too high then 4-packs of AA and AAA are £1.343 and £1.281 (18-1912 and 18-1910) as long as you buy at least ten packs. That's 33.6p and 32p a pop.
IKEA are 99p for 10, either AA or AAA. Made by VARTA, I believe, so quite respectable, but won;t last as long as the Rapid GPs which they tell me are made by Duracell.
Maplin can be convenient but their prices rarely come close to the industrial suppliers.
(, Wed 16 Nov 2011, 18:47, closed)
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