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Originally Posted by ngrant
I agree with Ken, it's a matter of personal experience and preferences rather than anyone being able to justify their choice as "best". I have had good experiences with buying my rechargeable stuff from Thomas Distributing
http://www.thomasdistributing.com/
I have the 2500mAh MAHA Powerex AA batteries and after more than 5 years of off-and-on use they are still holding their charge and performing well, in my jetBook Lite and other devices. There are now 2700mAh and even 2900 mAh batteries now, that may last even longer than alkalines depending on the device and how it drains the current. |
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Originally Posted by Ken Maltby
Chainring;
It can certainly be of some value to have such opinions provided, it helps in a general
sense. But this is something like finding the "best" DVD blank disks to use, you really
need to be talking about use in the particular piece of equipment, under the same
conditions.
I know that pointing this out, will not be too popular, nor do I mean to discourage
such contributions to another's thread, but I am also hoping for some real useful
results.
Luck;
Ken
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Ok, time to pull out links. Yes, there is factual evidence to backup claims that the Sanyo Eneloop is, in this case, probably the *best* NiMh. There are other use case scenario where the Eneloop may not be best, only by virtue of not having the highest immediate capacity as another cell. Such a case might be with a professional photographer who needs that extra bit of capacity, and for that would likely go with Maha PowerEx 2700 AA NiMh.
1. They stand up to abuse. Check this
link, and scroll 3/4 down for the graph. Keeping above 1.0V at a 10A discharge is not an easy feat, and that gives an indication as to their quality construction. This level of performance isn't only on new cells.
2. Eneloop self-discharge rate actually slows down over time. There have been reports of three year old, new in package, Eneloop being tested with ~74% capacity still remaining. Normal NiMh lose capacity at the rate of 1% per day. Yes, per day. So, charge your Energizer, take it off the charger and lose 1% per day, and that's best case scenario. There exist others that lose more than 1% per day. Eh, no thank you. I have better things to do than babysit my batteries.
Eneloop Self Discharge Study
Here's a user extolling the virtues of Eneloop.
Battery Soapbox - I'm Sold on Eneloops
If you don't get Sanyo Eneloop, check out Maha Immedion, or RayOVac 4.0 (Fry's) or the RayOVac Hybrid (Green and silver wrapper). Just do a search within the "Flashlight Electronics - Batteries Included" sub-forum at candlepowerforums.com for Energizer and make your own decisions.
Soapbox mode on...
If anyone here wants to throw money at companies that don't give a crap about the environment, or actually producing a really good product, be my guest. Sanyo backs up their claims. They walk the walk and have invested heavily in rechargeable. Energizer has rechargeable only as a facade; their primary business is to suck people dry with their alkaline and lithium products. Duracell, at least, has made a better effort than Energizer.
I agree 100% with the recommendation for Thomas Distributing. Excellent customer service, and many excellent products.