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TWRoO on 13 August 2008
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FaithRaven said:
TWRoO said:
FaithRaven said:

I recommend you to spend $50 on a good AA / AAA recharger instead. You will be able to charge and recondition all AA and AAA batteries in your home. A good charger will keep your batteries healthier and they will hold more power. In the long run you will be saving money.

Seconded.... I am trying to use recharchables for my stuff now, I still have some standard batteries on hold if I forget to charge the ones I use in the Wii remote... and I still use standard for my tv remote (only because I sellotaped them in and they haven't run out yet)

 

Never use recharchables for stuff like TV removes and clocks, basically anything that doesn't consume your battery power in 2 weeks.

The reason is that a TV remote will prolly consume your recharchable in 6 months, 10% by the remote itself and 90% by the battery's self discharge. The Alcaline batteries have a much lower self discharge rate and they will last in your TV remote for years.

@ Sqrl

The Lithium batteries tend to have big problems when you charge them before they completely wear off. Some of my lithium batteries went down to 25% power after I've put them in the charger at 75% power (this was a $75 genuine Sony battery).

I have some very cheap Ni-Cd  (the rest of my rechargables are NiMH) in my electric toothbrush, which I rarely use, and yet they seem more powerful than standard batteries each time I do use the toothbrush, so I don't know what's going on there.

normal alkalines will be really strong in the brush for the first 3 or 4 goes, and then they will die a bit, eventually with me changing the batteries when the brush stops if I press it.

These recharchables seem to keep it on full power every time I use it, and have been in for 6 months, it's very odd.... especially considering they are cheap, only 800 mAh and last barely 15-20 hours in my Wii remote. (depending on the game)

Anyway yes, I didn't think of that for TV remotes.

@Sqrl... I agree itis a good deal, but I am happy with what I do (that and I presume this deal is American)