Several of 1000 Uses for Old Bicycle Tubes

Step 6 AA or AAA Battery Storage

Being a COB, I resent high priced batteries,poor battery performance and the poor battery technology we suffer from.
Therefore, to keep AAs from rolling around your kit and losing their charge, I strap them in pairs. Problem solved.

Comments

[mtaylor22]

I like to save sandwich bags to keep my batteries in. It keeps them from contacting things in my tool pouch, and keeps them dry. Just save sandwich bags that weren't too greasy, and rinse and dry them, can even put the rubber band on the outside of the bag after sealing them.

[mysss]

 When you store batteries, you should always put like poles together, to minimize discharge between the poles of the batteries themselves. It's just a better practice, and I'm sure it has some effect, if not a huge one.

[stuartonintstructables]

is there somthing wrong with using a rubberband? it seems to me that in most of these situations, a rubberband may be a little bit easier...

[Kactapuss]

 There is nothing WRONG with a rubber band.  However there is something RIGHT about turning one garbage inner-tube into 200 rubberbands.

[geekdude]

bike innertubes are stronger than normal rubberbands.

[askantik]

If you despise the poor battery life, why don't ya use rechargable batteries? $15 ought to get you a charger and 4 AAs which can be recharged like a zillion times.

[Tommi Potx]

Because I go on extended trips to the back of beyond, and there are no plug-ins there.

[trgz]

I read somewhere that Duracell-type batteries hate the cold and rechargeables actually perform better in extreme temps

[frogmeetcog]

This might not be terribly relevant, but I bought a 1974 Sturmey Archer Dyno hub off ebay for $30. I had to disassemble it and derust, regrease and adjust stuff, but once built into a wheel, it will be capable of charging whatever 6 volt or so light I mount on my looooong excursion bike. I think I shall attach my highend cateye (which is presently an LED unit and a switch, all else broke) to a C battery pack I have sitting around, and shell out for some rechargeable Cs which I can recharge over and over and over and over... which my Dynohub will charge in the daytime. Deepbreath, stop for periods. So generator hubs can sometimes be found on a COB budget, and they make rechargeables way worth it... over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and...

[rtwitchy]

maybe this is a stupid question but...batteries rolling around lose makes them lose their charge faster than if kept in pairs?

[laznz1]

i think he means he forever having to find em in his bag and that makes it easier

[hogzilla]

Rather than tieing up cheapo loblaws made in america disposable to-the-landfill batteries why don't you invest in CHEAPER aa alkaline rechargeables!!!!! Canada makes some really good ones. "PURE ENERGY" rechargeable alkaline AA's!!!!!!!!!!!!!