I don't suppose anyone has one of those Aldi rechargeable foil shavers and has taken the plunge and replaced the batteries inside it?(FYI for non-UK readers - this is a cheap UK supermarket own brand!)Mine is about 2 years old, and works fine except that the built-in batteries are pretty-well gone; it now just holds charge for about a day or two's shaving, but soon it will be only possible to use it tethered by its mains cable/charger.I've opened it up and the batteries (AA or AAA size) are concealed by a plastic housing and circuit board to which they are soldered. Any further surgery now on my part will involve breaking into the housing, which I think will carry a high risk of killing the shaver altogether, which would be a pity! I can't see any easy way in.So I'm just wondering whether anyone else has been down this road before me and successfully opened up one of these to replace the batteries?ThanksDavid

Aldi is owned by Wall-Mart, although most stores are a muchhigher proportion food goods than Wall-Marts are.I've done this a number of times with shavers and beard trimmers,and kept some old ones going for years. Mine were all Ni-Cds whichare getting harder to find nowadays. At 2 years old, yours almostcertainly isn't NiCds, more likely NiMH. I guess there might be someproducts with Lithium polymer batteries at the top of the range.NiMH with solder tags are easy to find.Can't comment on the ease of disassembly of your unit. If the shaverwas waterproof, I would not assume it still will be. If the shaverbrings in mains directly, then you must be particularly careful toreassemble with any insulation barriers in the right place.-- Andrew Gabriel[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

Aldi rechargeable shaver - battery replacement?

May 24, 2009 22 Replies

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Andrew Gabriel 17 years ago

I like Pepsi Max in the UK (again, Aspartame). Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to exist in the US, and the Diet Pespi/Coke there is also worse than here (maybe Saccharin; I haven't looked at the ingedients).

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William Sommerwerck 17 years ago

I know of no diet drink that uses saccharin. Saccharin had a bitter aftertaste.

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Michael A. Terrell 17 years ago

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says Pepsi uses Aspartame © in the US, but it uses other types in Canada, along with Aspartame ©

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says Pepsi Max © is now being sold in the US. I don't even bother to look at the Pepsi © products, anymore. I never cared for any version of Coke ©.

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