AA batteries for TX

[Bigjimknickers]

Wow, energiser lithium AA batteries are now £5 for two!

Are they still the best?

[Bajadre]

Yeah cant really beat duracels brother 👍

[locky]

Tx are usually low drain so lithium primary AA cells are overkill and likely the most expensive in-use battery (2900mah), as they are more suited for high drain applications. Still using basic rechargeables  (2000mah) in mine, as they have plenty of other uses in different items. But you can always treat yourself.

[Stormbringer]

duracell here or supermarket own brand alkaline batteries are almost as good and are usually a good bit cheaper

[Bigjimknickers]

Ahh I’ve always been proper overkill- I always bought energiser lithiums

[Lone-wolf]

My flysky GT3 is using 8x AA rechargeable, a bit of a pain as i can only charge 4 at a time plus the weight, so i am doing a 3S 1P Li-ion pack rated at 3000mah

i tend to use cheap batts in other TX`s as they dont get a whole lot of use

[Bajadre]

https://groceries.asda.com/product/aa-batteries/duracell-plus-alkaline-aa-batteries-pack-of-4/1000300941057

just always grab these jim as long as you dont leave TX on too often get a good few months of bashing outta them in the futaba  👍

 

my drone TX has the built in pack so thats a lot easier and cheaper

[Kpowell911]

I use pound shops finest. £1 for 12 lol

[BigGinge]

 https://amzn.eu/d/bCGRoXc

 

I’ve got load of these floating about in the house. Most are lost in various kids toys but there are normally plenty left to go in the Tx too. 

[.AJ.]

2 hours ago, Kpowell911 said:

I use pound shops finest. £1 for 12 lol

Same, or what ever is cheapest in B&M 😂

[MrCake]

I use Varta ones which Screwfix usually have good deals on.

[Bigjimknickers]

56 minutes ago, .AJ. said:

Same, or what ever is cheapest in B&M 😂

Dammit I was at the reading one on Monday!

[.AJ.]

Lol. I always use cheap batteries, I  end up leaving my tx on and wasting batteries long before they become low and need replacing 😂

[Mr Fro]

4 hours ago, BigGinge said:

 https://amzn.eu/d/bCGRoXc

 

I’ve got load of these floating about in the house. Most are lost in various kids toys but there are normally plenty left to go in the Tx too. 

I bought some of those but I find they're too fat if you sticking a few side by side.

 

I got some of these to try which slip in nicely, have a reasonable rating and are still good value.

[Bigjimknickers]

I’m genuinely surprised, I figured everyone would be using proper decent batteries over cheapos! I’ll grab a few tomorrow probably from screwfix I imagine Aldi will be an utter zoo tomorrow.

[Mr Fro]

10 hours ago, Bigjimknickers said:

I’m genuinely surprised, I figured everyone would be using proper decent batteries over cheapos! I’ll grab a few tomorrow probably from screwfix I imagine Aldi will be an utter zoo tomorrow.

I'm not a fan of cheap batteries - I bought some Halfords specials, put them in and the low battery light came on!

 

I've use Duracell industrial for high draw wirk equipment which are tres bon. I used some in a transmitter a few weeks back, accidentally left it on overnight and they still had plenty of puff - they're still in there now in fact!

 

I prefer rechargeables because you can just plug the transmitter in to charge them without the faff of taking them in and out. Got to keep an occasional eye on the terminal contacts though.

[Bigjimknickers]

Bought a few of these from Aldi, let’s see how they go 👍 £2.20 odd per pack.

[Bert_w164]

Rechargable Amazon ones or similar, USB charger, it'll save you money in the long run. 

Edited December 24, 2022 by Bert_w164

[Lone-wolf]

On 22/12/2022 at 13:47, Lone-wolf said:

My flysky GT3 is using 8x AA rechargeable, a bit of a pain as i can only charge 4 at a time plus the weight, so i am doing a 3S 1P Li-ion pack rated at 3000mah

i tend to use cheap batts in other TX`s as they dont get a whole lot of use

I finally finished the Li-ion battery for my GT3b, its a snug fit but thats a good thing, so i now have a 3000mah 3S 1p pack, made from 3 18650 vape cells