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PEAK WASTE: Lidl travel mug with NON replaceable battery
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 8:35 am
by Mr Gus
https://www.lidl.co.uk/p/product-recomm ... lay/p48926
"Non-replaceable battery inclued; minimum life 10 months"
Ethically TRASH.
In this day, age & environmenta concerns ...c'mon.
Will lodge a complaint for producing hard to recover dross with a limited working life.
Re: PEAK WASTE: Lidl travel mug with NON replaceable battery
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 8:59 am
by Oliver90owner
If some dummy has included ‘replaceable’ instead of ‘rechargeable’, it might be OK. Ottherwise, dead right about it being unethical in this day and age.
Re: PEAK WASTE: Lidl travel mug with NON replaceable battery
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 9:22 am
by AE-NMidlands
But who needs a temperature display on a mug anyway? Mad idea. Just because it can be done doesn't mean it should be...
Re: PEAK WASTE: Lidl travel mug with NON replaceable battery
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 1:33 pm
by snootsandfruits
Looks like it's probably a Lidl version of this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/flintronic-Ins ... QD5ZK?th=1
Non-replaceable, and non-rechargeable (although it may well be a rechargeable pack just without any charging circuitry as in some other products) lithium battery.
Question:
What batteries just a lid take?
Answer:
The lid of our Insulated Water Bottle is CNC machined and integrated. We have increased the battery capacity which is up to 2-3 years to ensure the service life of the Vacuum Drink Flask (one-year product warranty provided). It is durable but it cannot be removed and the battery cannot be replaced.
Elsewhere on the page:
Stop using disposable plastic bottles.
and use disposable stainless steel ones with integrated electronics instead...