Lidl red Tronic battery test

[sim_v]

I've bought many IKEA batteries (older are silver+green and newer brown or white), only one shows a high IR.
I've bought many Sony batteries (white with green logo), some show a high IR.
I've bought many Lidl batteries (LSD or not), almost all show a high IR.

I'll only buy LIDL non-conventionnal sizes : 9V (smoke detectors), C & D. No problem with them.

 

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[TinderBox (UK)]

Tronic battery`s are great value for money, I still have 8AA Red 2100mah LSD, and 24AA of the 2300mah and they work great, the LSD is not the best but great for the price, supposedly they had an faulty batch of AA 2400mah that gave around 1000mah, I dont have any.

But avoid the Tronic battery chargers, I have had many die on me with a bang, mostly the new lcd type.

EDIT: 2021 and all 8 RED AA are still working great, though the internal resistance has increased to around 175 milliohms.

John.

 

[TinderBox (UK)]

Just bought a pack of Tronic ECO 2400mah AA cells from Lidl for £2.99 for a pack of 4

The battery`s are dated 12/2020

I did a charge/discharge cycles on my MAHA C9000 with a charge rate of 1200ma 0.5C and a discharge of 600ma 0.25C

First Charge Discharge Cycle

2605mah, 2609mah, 2625mah, 2632mah

Second Charge Discharge Cycle

2621mah, 2654mah, 2662mah, 2645mah.

They show 16-18 milliohm resistance on my Battery Tester when empty.

So the capacity is very good, Only time will tell on their durability and self discharge rate.

 

[NiOOH]

I bought a pack of these about 6 months ago to power a portable radio at work. They were on sale, costing almost the same as a pack of brand name alkalines. I figured, even if they are not as good as Eneloops, at that price there is nothing to lose. I haven't tested them, but they have been working OK. They have something like 20-25 cycles behind them and still no detectable deterioration in performance. IMO, they will be good for at least a year of constant use in low drain devices. At that price, I'm not complaining.

 

[TinderBox (UK)]

I bought a pack of these about 6 months ago to power a portable radio at work. They were on sale, costing almost the same as a pack of brand name alkalines. I figured, even if they are not as good as Eneloops, at that price there is nothing to lose. I haven't tested them, but they have been working OK. They have something like 20-25 cycles behind them and still no detectable deterioration in performance. IMO, they will be good for at least a year of constant use in low drain devices. At that price, I'm not complaining.

The previous Tronic 2400 were poor quality, I never bought any but you can see a discussion in the link below, They only weighed 74g for 4 when these new 2400 weight 120g for 4 that's a hell of a weight increase and explains the new excellent capacity.

https://budgetlightforum.com/comment/1760859#comment-1760859

 

[NiOOH]

Mine are the same as yours shown above. I haven't weigh them, but they are not lighter than a set of Eneloops that I rotate at work. I'll check them, but I'm almost sure that I got the newer/heavier cells. The price was something like 3 or 3.50 Euro for a set of 4, which is the lowest price I've seen for a LSD NiMH anywhere.

 

[TinderBox (UK)]

I bought a pack of 4x AAA Tronic ECO 950mah for £2.99 but i received results as show below.

The first two tests were done with Refresh & Analyze Mode on my MAHA C9000
The third test was done in Break-In Mode (IEC capacity analysis that can take up to 45 hours on my MAHA C9000

1: 1st 791mah - 2nd 771mah, Break-In 795mah
2: 1st 780mah - 2nd 809mah, Break-In 838mah
3: 1st 760mah - 2nd 807mah, Break-In 854mah
4: 1st 766mah - 2nd 820mah, Break-In 828mah