What's your AA battery of choice?

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Groucho

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#2671003 10-Mar-2021 11:53

driller2000:

Maxlife - and they even have tests to show they outlast competitors:

https://www.maxlife.nz/tested.html

Disclaimer: They are a mates company. They got legal threats from Eveready a decade back, but Eveready didn't move beyond their initial lawyer letters, which tells you something about the (lack of) strength of their claims.

I've been using Maxlife from Mitre10 for years. I buy them in the 20 pack so they sit on the shelf for a while but haven't experienced any leaking issues as someone suggested earlier. I remember not long after they arrived on the market they were reviewed (possibly Consumer NZ) and rated highly plus competitively priced so haven't been overly motivated to test other brands.

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#2671022 10-Mar-2021 12:18

allio:

Is there any issues with shipping these? I've thought about buying some on Aliexpress (they cost almost nothing), but I've had an order fail to reach here because it contained a single AA alkaline battery (wireless mouse) before.

No problems at all with this.

Groucho:

I've been using Maxlife from Mitre10 for years. I buy them in the 20 pack so they sit on the shelf for a while but haven't experienced any leaking issues as someone suggested earlier. I remember not long after they arrived on the market they were reviewed (possibly Consumer NZ) and rated highly plus competitively priced so haven't been overly motivated to test other brands.

I use them but find they leak over time so will probably stop using them.

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#2671377 11-Mar-2021 00:47

Does it have a battery test mode? A multimeter on DC V doesn't load test so can't really give a true reading on the health of a battery.

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#2671382 11-Mar-2021 06:19

lxsw20:

Does it have a battery test mode? A multimeter on DC V doesn't load test so can't really give a true reading on the health of a battery.

Nah, but it's still indicative.

DonH

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#2671453 11-Mar-2021 09:24

I use an ammeter to test AA/AAA alkaline cells. A new cell will measure 1.5 volts and supply 5 to 10 amps. A depleted cell may still show 1.3 volts but only supply a hundred mA or so.

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#2672535 12-Mar-2021 22:31

watched this a long time ago, but i don't recall varta in it

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#2673596 13-Mar-2021 07:11

Batman:

watched this a long time ago, but i don't recall varta in it

probably dont have them in the US

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#2673641 13-Mar-2021 09:36

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driller2000:

Maxlife - and they even have tests to show they outlast competitors:

https://www.maxlife.nz/tested.html

Disclaimer: They are a mates company. They got legal threats from Eveready a decade back, but Eveready didn't move beyond their initial lawyer letters, which tells you something about the (lack of) strength of their claims.

Are they made in NZ? Or do they have a foreign factory making their batteries for them.

China I believe - like most things.

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