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Anyone tried the cheap china coin cell batteries? (CR2032)

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Psi:
So i need around 450x CR2032 coin cells for some led based ID tags i'm making for an event.
They're sold for quite cheap on ebay (out of china) for around $60 at that quantity.
They'll get used to run a couple of leds for 2 days so it doesn't matter if they have a high self-discharge rate for example.

Has anyone on here actually bought coin cells from ebay/china or know how crap they really are?
or how bad the capacity is? (its supposed to be around 225mAh)
Obviously at that price i don't except them to be as good as energizer/duracell brand.

Also quite a few ebay auctions say the batteries are "loose" anyone know what that actually means?
One would hope they don't just fill up a bag with them all loose to short on each other :(

johnboxall:
Don't bother with eBay - spring the extra and get real ones from Digikey
http://search.digikey.com/au/en/products/CR2032/P189-ND/31939
Free delivery as well (>$200). Win.

sonicj:
i buy mine on eBay. i stick with US sellers and brand names. (sony, panasonic, etc.) they are cheap and no problems as of yet.
-sj

Psi:

--- Quote from: tronixstuff on October 21, 2011, 10:57:36 am ---Don't bother with eBay - spring the extra and get real ones from Digikey
http://search.digikey.com/au/en/products/CR2032/P189-ND/31939
Free delivery as well (>$200). Win.

--- End quote ---

hm.. i'd not considered digikey, looks like 400 of them would cost NZ$95 from digikey
Free shipping over NZ$125 but i need some other stuff anyway :)
That's a good option, thanks.

johnboxall:
Oh, sorry - thought you were in Australia. The little flag is too small for my eyesight :)

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