Next Gen Oxyride Batteries Coming Soon

marksilverman writes "The New York Times is reporting that Panasonic will start selling (Biometric scan required to prove your value as a human being) next generation Oxyride batteries soon. They last twice as long as premium alkaline batteries, they deliver more power, and they're cheaper. They're already popular in Japan. The downside? They have a shorter life in a "rundown test" where you put the batteries in and leave the power on until they're drained. In real-world scenarios (like how many digital pictures you can take) they do really well."

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Oxyride Car & Test ...

[foobsr]

Oxyride Car

Oxyride Test

CC.

Just a scoop of Oxyride in the wash

[stratjakt]

Will make your whites whiter and your brights brighter.

Just watch how it cuts through this stubborn blood stain.

This is a little hard to swallow

[winkydink]

Then there's that bit about Oxyrides making MP3 players and CD players produce richer, fuller sound. Panasonic cited a test in Japan in which 80 percent of the players in an orchestra said they preferred the sound from an Oxyride-powered music player. (Panasonic doesn't include sound-quality claims in its official marketing, but it does say it's investigating.)

This one's a tougher call. In blind tests, most people couldn't tell any difference between a CD player with Oxyrides and one with regular alkalines. A few identified the Oxyrides as maybe being a bit richer-sounding, but said that the difference was awfully subtle. All participants confessed, though, that they were not members of a Japanese orchestra.

Yeah, I know that battery makers have been struggling to solve the problems of ripple. Puh-leez. What's the next claim? Women who use Oxyrides in their vibrators experience 15% increased intensity in their orgasms?

Hey Panasonic! QUick, better shorten that name to O-Rides.

Re:This is a little hard to swallow

[kidgenius]

Women who use Oxyrides in their vibrators experience 15% increased intensity in their orgasms?

Sounds like the perfect research project for my PhD.

Rechargeable?

[ackthpt]

If they're not, then no thanks.

A good set of NiMH cells does everything I ask of them for a couple years. The exepense of Alkaline cells would be far greater.

Other thought is, now we have in place processes for recycling consumer batteries. What's going to be required for these?

Re:Article writer REALLY DUMB!

[kidgenius]

Did you read just a little further down? The article mentions that these batteries put out 1.7V vs. 1.5V for a regular alkaline.

Re:how are they better

[Waffle Iron]

how are they better than nicklemetalhydride cells?

No self-discharge.

For most devices that you use infrequently, rechargeable batteries are useless because they drain dead in a couple of months even when not in use.

Re:how are they better

[MechaStreisand]

NiMH batteries don't have a charge memory; you're thinking of NiCads. Plus, the best NiMH batteries store almost as much energy as alkalines, and in AA format they're not too expensive due to volume and competition.

Li-ion, on the other hand, is a very expensive format due to the need for internal circuitry to protect the battery, and as a result it doesn't come in the standard sizes, which can guarantee a high cost as each manufacturer can rip you off for their own format...

For many many applications, NiMH is by far the best way to go.