good rechargable batteries

ganonbanned · Post by **ganonbanned** » Sun May 27, 2007 9:15 pm

My camera sucks. its cool but it sucks batteries fast. I need 2 AA NI-mh rechargebles, and im always on low battery, always. I use duracell rechargable accu, energizer, and duracell ultra. what are good brands that will last me for a lot longer?

Post by **bicostp** » Sun May 27, 2007 9:28 pm

I like the green Duracell NiMH rechargeables. (2650 mAh) I think they're only $20 for a pack of 8.

Wal-mart also had blue 2500mAh rechargeables at $6 for 4. Cheaper than the name brands, but I haven't seen them there for a while.

lifeisbetterwithketchup · Sun May 27, 2007 10:27 pm

I use 2500mAh Energizer, 2000mAh Rayovac, 1800mAh Radioshack, and 1500mAh Radioshack. I usually put the Energizer in uber-high-drain stuff (GP2X, digicam), the Rayovac in a gameboy or something, and the Radioshack in whatever else.

So I suggest Energizer.

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Mon May 28, 2007 9:17 am

since nimh batteries are only 1.2v, certain devices will show them as "low battery" the entire time, since they determine battery level from voltage only, and are expecting 1.5v alkalines.

what really matters is how long they last. if its more than an hour then you're good. digital cameras are beasts. turn off the display when you arent using it, thats probably 50% of the power draw right there.

ganonbanned · Post by **ganonbanned** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:24 pm

bicostp wrote:I like the green Duracell NiMH rechargeables. (2650 mAh) I think they're only $20 for a pack of 8.

Wal-mart also had blue 2500mAh rechargeables at $6 for 4. Cheaper than the name brands, but I haven't seen them there for a while.

I use the green ones to and thought they were crap. They arent though, I figured out what my problem is.

when screwing around on the settings, I found out that it came pre-set to "alkaline" batteries. I changed it to NiMh and its fine.

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Wed May 30, 2007 9:23 pm

exactly what i was saying up there ^

sglider2 · Post by **sglider2** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:31 pm

www.rosebatteries.com <---you can get customized batteries and a charger...click on request a sample, tell them what you want, and they will give you a quote and a sample...i don't know if they give chargers too..i'll check into that..i haven't actually tried this yet though...

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:40 pm

link broken?

sglider2 · Post by **sglider2** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:46 pm

no...the link works just fine for me

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Thu May 31, 2007 11:29 pm

i got no dice in IE or FF, with or without a proxy

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