Lidl red Tronic battery test

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here the packages sorry for bad pics
http://imgur.com/a/HL3Km

takes so long omg :| lol
first test AA
2309
2329
2330
2325

 

[TinderBox (UK)]

Good numbers, Tronic always seems to come though, after 2 years my 2300ma were still giving 2300ma+ when tested.

I posted that Lidl had the Tronic LSD battery`s for sale myself but nobody seemed to be interested, or most likely nobody lives near a Lidl i only live 5min from one.

I only bought the 4 packs of AA 2300ma, as i have some 3xAA to D convertors on the way.

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...-buy-cheap-good-LSD-batteries-in-europe/page2

John.

here the packages sorry for bad pics
http://imgur.com/a/HL3Km

takes so long omg :| lol
first test AA
2309
2329
2330
2325

 

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another AA pack. results:
2304
2264
2308
2289

 

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the AAA are rated 950mah.
fresh from the pack with a discharge test @200mah with BT-C3100 results are:

879
884
889
883

not as advertised but still good imo

 

[TinderBox (UK)]

I have noticed with most brands of AAA, the stated capacity is a little over optimistic.

The AA capacity is still good, and i bet with a few more cycles they will edge of 2300mah

John.

 

[apagogeas]

Just got 4 AA packs of Tronic Eco 2300 dated 07/15 for 16 euros (unbeatable price!). Break-in results

2294
2309
2307
2321

2290
2313
2310
2307

2301
2297
2315
2310

2333
2318
2282
2309

Their intended use is primarily for a LED light (120 leds or so) on a video camera. I'll surely make a test-run on the duration before putting these to service. If I notice a quick decline after some good usage I'll report back.

 

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another AAA pack no way near 950mah you are right claims are kinda absurd. best I've seen is 900mah. but still great for the price! they are LSD.

858
877
890
888

 

[TinderBox (UK)]

I have bought a couple of good brands of 1000mah AAA over and they were lucky to if they were 900mah when tested.

My local Lidl 5 min from my house, is going to be made at least twice as big, they have bought a old care home next door and are going to knock it down to get the extra space they will need, hopefully they will now stock ni-mh battery`s all year round instead of the current twice a year if i am lucky.

John.

 

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I contacted lidl in my country and after a while I've found out they only have it twice a year. it's nationwide in all stores with limited supply and they never have it all year around. this time they only had the green lsd ones. looks like they don't have 2100mah green lsd ones anymore. they also sometimes have the red tronic ones but those suck. only the 2300mah are good. can't believe the price. even on ebay I can't get any cheaper PLUS they are great batteries. This is only valid for AA and AAA. C, D and 9v aren't much good.
it even gets media attention http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...How-value-pack-Lidl-Aldi-cost-big-brands.html
I just hope the price doesn't go higher.

 

[TinderBox (UK)]

Twice a year for lsd battery`s i had a good guess, Anyway i have never seen the "2100mah green lsd" as far as i can remember, I ssem to see the non lsd battery 2500mah (i think) but i never buy those (maybe that`s why i see them all the time)

Strange thing, I had some Tronic D 4000mah for years, I only have 3 left for my Mag 3D, and i tested them and could not get them above 1800mah, I had all three in my hands wondering if it would be possible to improve the capacity somehow and i noticed the battery`s seemed to feel lighter than the others so i weighed them, 1 was 220g and the 2 other were 190g and 186g , how did they loose over 20g in weight?

John.

 

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Strange thing, I had some Tronic D 4000mah for years, I only have 3 left for my Mag 3D, and i tested them and could not get them above 1800mah, I had all three in my hands wondering if it would be possible to improve the capacity somehow and i noticed the battery`s seemed to feel lighter than the others so i weighed them, 1 was 220g and the 2 other were 190g and 186g , how did they loose over 20g in weight?

John.

C and D tronic batteries, green or red, are just 3X AAA and 2X AA inside them. that's why they have low capacity and weight. after some years it went down to 1800mah. makes sense.

 

[TinderBox (UK)]

Yeah, I have been on CPF long enough to know nimh battery`s loose capacity as they age, but i did not know they also lost weight, I don't remember any venting, I always use smart-chargers and there were no white crystals or other marks around the positive end where they normally leak from.

I received the cheap 8x 3AA to D convertors i ordered from ebay today for like £5.30 for 8, and the quality is not too bad, I have been trying to find 24x Tronic AA 2300mah to fill them but i could only find 22, so i went to Lidl to buy another pack, but i searched i could not find any, I was not surprised if they had sold out, But i saw the manger walking past so i asked him if he had any more, and he said he had loads of packs of AA and AAA in the warehouse because he did not have space to put them out to sell.

John.

C and D tronic batteries, green or red, are just 3X AAA and 2X AA inside them. that's why they have low capacity and weight. after some years it went down to 1800mah. makes sense.

 

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new AA test:

2234
2292
2334
2309

I don't have any more AA packs to test. calculating from all the results shared here (28) the batteries have an average of 2306mah with minimum being 2234 and maximum being 2333 (curiously from the same pack)

 

[HakanC]

Here in Sweden Lidl is selling a new version of AA and AAA LSD NiMH batteries this week, at least new to me

They cost 69,90(~7 €)/ 8 pack.

 

[Kurt_Woloch]

Yes, they're selling them here in Austria as well, at € 6,99 for the 8-pack.

Here in Sweden Lidl is selling a new version of AA and AAA LSD NiMH batteries this week, at least new to me
They cost 69,90(~7 €)/ 8 pack.

 

[TinderBox (UK)]

£4.99 per pack in my local Lidl from Thursday the 10th

John.

 

[Viking]

Here in Sweden Lidl is selling a new version of AA and AAA LSD NiMH batteries this week, at least new to me




They cost 69,90(~7 €)/ 8 pack.

They are selling them in Denmark from next thursday through the weekend.
Price: kr. 60,- ( 8,05 € )

 

[TinderBox (UK)]

I was in Lidl today and saw the multi-colored battery`s put out on Thursday, today is Saturday and still plenty left to buy, but i did not buy any, they are better value than the normal 4 packs if i did not already have 7 packs of them already.

Lidl mangers dont seem to get it, that you need to sell a battery charger at the same time as you sell rechargeable battery`s if you want people to buy them for Christmas.

Oh Well

John.

 

[FireWire]

Hi

i bought some packs of the Tronic 2300mah AA

i tried them in the nitecore ea4.
:1 hour 15 mins (on average)
then there are fast flashes from the flashlight, to tell that the batteries are finished. In all my packs I get the same thing.

I used UNIROSS 2100mah Hybrio and with the same situation,
: 1 hour 28-30mins (used two packs)

i used UNIROSS 2400mah Hybrio and with the same situation,
:1 hour 48-54mins (used two packs)

after calculating: the Tronic 2300mah seem to have about 1500mah capacity only. Bad bad.

we hope this helps when using Tronic batteries

UPDATE

A friend tested our UNIROSS 2400mah Hybrio batteries in their EA81. Here is the run time test

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...hots-compare&p=4819389&viewfull=1#post4819389

 

[kosPap]

Actually you did not measured capacity only, but capacity related to load.
(Battery capacity is expressed in relation to ampere draw in the datasheets.)

So the Tronics seem to handle load not as good. But i a sufficiently low load they might as well get the 2400mAh.

Good job though