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Rechargeable Batteries - Yes or No?

Posted by Cliff on from the they-keep-going-and-going-and-going dept.

TheFifthElephant asks: "I currently use quite a few devices that require various size batteries and I feel horrible just tossing them when they die. I saw a recharger at a retail store today and was thinking to myself how much waste it would reduce by using rechargeable ones. Which units have you used happily and/or which units have you heard of/read about satisfying someone else? Are the more expensive units better? What chemical rechargeable batteries last the longest/recharge the most?"

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  1. NI-MH by terraveneficus · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Ni-MH are the better of rechargable batteries they dont necessarily have the long life as Lithium-Ion batteries but they are much cheeper and dont hace the recharge memory function of Ni-Cd

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  2. NiMH by RPI+Geek · · Score: 0, Redundant

    NiMH all the away.

    In my experience, NiCD doesn't hold a charge too long at all, while the NiMH ones hold them as long as alkalines and then some. They're expensive, yes - but I find that they don't have a "memory" like NiCD and charge faster, too.

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  3. NiMH by 110100 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I have had the best luck with NiMH (Nickel Metal Hydride). They have a high capacity and have very little memory effect. The can be charged and recharged often without full discharge with very little degradation in performance. I have had very good luck with Radio Shack and Panasonic equiptment.

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