On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:25:39 GMT, David J Taylor wrote:

Or try the new Sanyo Eneelops with low self-discharge rate. However they
are expensive and require a new charger, too.

Do you have a reference for "requiring a new charger"? I've been using my
standard "1-hour" NiMH charger for the last several months with no problem.

You're correct, the Eneloops do *not* require a new charger. When
they were introduced (first the Eneloops, followed several months
later by RayOVac's Hybrids), and before Sanyo started packaging
chargers with some of their Eneloops, the packages said that any
standard NiMH charger could be used. In fact some of Eneloops
chargers are sub-optimal. They're all very slow, but some of them
also lack individual charging circuits,only charging cells in pairs.