Lidl red Tronic battery test

[HakanC]

Lidl Tronic NiMH batterys are liste on their german page
https://www.lidl.de/de/search?query...rodukte&filterPrice=<+4.00&productsPerPage=36

 

[Dragracer]

I just ordered 4x AA LSD 2400mAh, the last 8 of the non LSD AA 2500mAh and 4x AAA non LSD 1000mAh yesterday.
Will post results after some testing.

 

[Dragracer]

Yesterday I received 4x 2400mAh Tronic AA LSD cells and 8x 2500mAh of the non LSD version. They all were manufactured in 04/2017.
The AAA cells I will get later.

Measurings were done with the IVT AV4 charger.
For comparison: it measures the newest AA Eneloops with 1850-1880mAh


AA LSD 2400 (mAh)
out of the box: 1990 1950 1950 1990
after charging: 2340 2320 2330 2350

AA non LSD 2500 pack1 (mAH):
out of the box: 1130 1140 1230 1150
after charging: 2520 2500 2490 2490

AA non LSD 2500 pack2 (mAh)
out of the box: 860 870 1320 740
after charging: 2500 2500 2490 2510

:thumbsup:

 

[apagogeas]

That's good to know. Obviously they have changed the crappy manufacturer, so good for them. Still, last year's 2400mAh was bad, also bad was the 2500 non LSD I got 3 years ago too (1300mAh instead of 2500).

 

[Dragracer]

I read that after I ordered my cells and was a bit afraid what I would get. But luckily they are as claimed now.

 

[Dragracer]

AAA non LSD 1000 (mAh):
out of the box: 710 720 700 700
after charging: 930 940 940 930

 

[Joost]

Keep in mind, those 2400mAh Tronic Eco are in fact around 1300mAh or so.

Like I said, initial discharge out of the box gave me 2119-2211mAh. Charging went to around 2600mA but that includes losses I guess.
I used the Opus BT-C700 charger.
The are now in my trailcamera waiting for a hedgehog to wake up and show itself so I cant test any further, but I am confident these are not the bad 1300mAh ones.

 

[patrickdrd]

can somebody identify which model are these and if they are any good?

 

[sbj]

Just finished a capacity test of the AA cells. It is between 2243 and 2307mAh (500mA termination at 0,8V).
I am pleasantly surprised by the relatively low internal resistance. Measured DC-Ri: 35mOhm. This is about the same value that my few years old eneloop Pro`s currently have. - They seem to be good. :twothumbs

 

[apagogeas]

patrickdrd, these batteries are the good ones since they are the 2300mAh model. Also latest reports by some users here also suggest 2400mAh are good now too.

 

[patrickdrd]

no, they are the 2400mah actually, anyway, I ran a nor test on my lii-500 and it showed approximately 1900mah

 

[Dragracer]

Just bought a pack of the 2400mAh glitter LSD AAs, too.
Manufactured 05/2017

Capacity testing (mAh)
Out of the box: 1980 1980 2010 1990
After charging: 2290 2310 2290 2300

...as good as the non glitter version.

 

[TinderBox (UK)]

I stopped buying the Tronic battery charger`s after i had 3 blew up on me, 1 took a few months, Then i bought 2 more of the newest with an lcd, and they both blew up the first time i switched them on.

I put Tronic 6 AA in the charger then turned on the power, There was a bang and smoke and i saw a bright light from inside the charging bay, I got a replacement, The exact same thing happened.

It seems you should only put the battery`s in after you power the charger, stupid me.

John.

 

[Dragracer]

Hm I have the TLG 500 charger for 1 year now and didn't have any problems so far.

https://www.lidl.de/de/tronic-unive...kingPageSize=36&searchTrackingOrigPageSize=36

I always plug the charger after putting in the batteries.
Maybe it has some cheap electronics inside, as it only costs 6 Euros.

If something happens, I will update.

 

[TinderBox (UK)]

Hm I have the TLG 500 charger for 1 year now and didn't have any problems so far.

https://www.lidl.de/de/tronic-unive...kingPageSize=36&searchTrackingOrigPageSize=36

I always plug the charger after putting in the batteries.
Maybe it has some cheap electronics inside, as it only costs 6 Euros.

If something happens, I will update.

I have one that looks the same though i dont use it as charging 4 cells takes twice as long as 2.

I bought 2 medion smart chargers identical, looks like tronic made them as they have the same led light that show capacity and different charging modes, like slow charge, regenerate and fast charge, neither of them worked right, flashing red battery rejects on both, they will show fast charging then start regeneration, and then fail the charge, both of the chargers and i have tried many brands of battery, waste of money.

John.

 

[patrickdrd]

can somebody identify which model are these and if they are any good?

can I charge those at 1a? (I usually charge at 500mah)

 

[sbj]

No problem. See: http://aacycler.com/post/high-current-vs-low-current/

 

[TinderBox (UK)]

can I charge those at 1a? (I usually charge at 500mah)

You can charge the AA cells at 1000ma, but the AAA cells i would stick to 500ma unless you want to reduce the battery life.

 

[sim_v]

Tronic batteries are crap. All of them I've bought have a very high internal resistance and can be trashed/recycled 2-3 years after buy. Even batteries with few charges can be trashed.
The TLGL 1000 charger is pretty good.

 

[apagogeas]

Tronic batteries are crap. All of them I've bought have a very high internal resistance and can be trashed/recycled 2-3 years after buy. Even batteries with few charges can be trashed.

Indeed they get bad quite quicker than Eneloops but for the price we shouldn't complain. I even have in use my very first Tronic Eco 2100 (got them in 2012), surely they have lost quite some capacity but still functional in a LED light. Same for the 2300mAh version (bought November 2015) and after 2.5 years, 1 got really bad (lost more than 1Ah, probably I have overdischarged that cell) 3 out 24 have lost quite a capacity (more than 400-600mAh) and 5 more around 200-300mAh or so, the rest seems ok and they still do the job. So all in all, for 3.99 euro/4 pack and getting 3 years give or take from such cheap cells is pretty good I can say. They are not eneloops of course but still very functional in all jobs excluding very demanding applications. From a different perspective, we now have the IKEA LADDA, presumably eneloop quality for double the cost of Tronic and still cheaper than anythng else out there with that quality, so probably these are the king for all tasks. But still if you need batteries and don't care if they get damaged/lost/abused etc, Tronic are ideal for the price.