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Jack Erbes wrote:
~~NoMad~~ wrote: Greetings! I've been using Rayovac Hybrid NiMh 2100Mah batteries for a couple of months now. These are the ones that come fully charged in the package when you buy them. They claim to have 4 times less leakage than typical NiMh batteries. Previously I had been using Energizer 2500Mah batteries that seem to leak down pretty fast when not in use. I use my batteries almost everyday and always carry a spare freshly charged set. I usually wear out a set of Energizers in two weeks to a month. When I change to the spare set it seems that the previously charged batteries have leaked considerable charge. This is not the case with the new Hybrid batteries. I find that even though the Hybrids are rated at lower capacity than the Energizers the Hybrids actually last longer in my usage situation. Now all we need is higher capacity Hybrids! NM It might be that you need a better battery charger. I recently bought eight NiMH AA cells (four Duracell, four Maha Powerex) and as I started to use them I realized that the mainstream chargers are not very good. I bought a Maha C9000 for about $50 on eBay, used that to condition the new batteries and analyze and recharge two pairs that had had some prior use but did not seem to have much capacity. The Maha MH-C801D and the Maha MH-C777PLUS-II are also nice chargers. |
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Dot wrote:
~~NoMad~~ wrote: Greetings! I've been using Rayovac Hybrid NiMh 2100Mah batteries for a couple of months now. These are the ones that come fully charged in the package when you buy them. They claim to have 4 times less leakage than typical NiMh batteries. Previously I had been using Energizer 2500Mah batteries that seem to leak down pretty fast when not in use. Not sure which sub-thread to ask under, but how do these various rechargeables work in cold weather - like below 0F in AK winter. That's one of the primary reasons I started using primary lithium cells, as well as shelf life. Where I started using them in field we also didn't have access to electricity for a week or so. I've just continued using what works, but am interested in newer stuff, esp. if I don't have to keep buying batteries. (I've got lots of toys running on AA or AAA batteries - gps, headlamps for running, footpods, field computers, etc. Unfortunately, my camera doesn't use std batteries.) Thanks. Dot Interesting question. I'm in Maine but have not used my 76Cx outdoors much this winter. And then it was in and out of my pocket and it worked fine for brief periods of time. I'll have to pay more attention to that next year as we are about out of winter here now. Jack -- Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA - jackerbes at adelphia dot net (also receiving email at jacker at midmaine.com) |
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On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:49:57 -0600, Don B wrote:
wrote: These hybrids will soon obsolete all other rechargeables. Walmart has a good deal on Rayovac hybrids. Not our Walmart, they never heard of them. I remember a few years back when WalMart had NiMH for sale at the regular WalMarts but not at the Super WalMarts - could be a similar situation. |
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On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:16:04 -0400, J. Clarke wrote:
ray wrote: On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:20:48 -0500, Ron Hunter wrote: ray wrote: On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:18:34 +0000, Dave Cohen wrote: ray wrote: On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 06:44:01 -0700, ~~NoMad~~ wrote: Greetings! I've been using Rayovac Hybrid NiMh 2100Mah batteries for a couple of months now. These are the ones that come fully charged in the package when you buy them. They claim to have 4 times less leakage than typical NiMh batteries. Previously I had been using Energizer 2500Mah batteries that seem to leak down pretty fast when not in use. I use my batteries almost everyday and always carry a spare freshly charged set. I usually wear out a set of Energizers in two weeks to a month. When I change to the spare set it seems that the previously charged batteries have leaked considerable charge. This is not the case with the new Hybrid batteries. I find that even though the Hybrids are rated at lower capacity than the Energizers the Hybrids actually last longer in my usage situation. Now all we need is higher capacity Hybrids! NM Or Li-Ion The subject is rechargeable AA's. I've been using a set of Sanyo Eneloops since last September, only charged once. These are excellent. Hybrid type are licensed from Sanyo but their rating is not same. Eneloop claim to keep 85% of their charge for a year, Hybrid 3 months. I think either way this is much better than other NiMH's. Hybrids costs less in Walmart, haven't seen them selling Eneloop, got mine for Ritz. Dave Cohen I hope you'll forgive me for being such an idiot. I read the OP eight times and I did not see AA in there once. That is what the batteries mentioned by the OP ARE. You might read up on the subject so you can follow the discussion. DAMN. I just reread the OP five more times and I still don't see it. Please enlighten us as to the availability of a "Rayovac Hybrid NiMh 2100Mah" or "Energizer 2500Mah" battery that can be used in some manner in conjunction with a digital camera or a GPS and is _not_ an AA battery. -- Well, the rayovac website indicates that they currently have hybrid in AA and AAA. Am I correct in thinking that AAA is not AA? |
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On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:40:49 -0500, Ron Hunter wrote:
ray wrote: On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:20:48 -0500, Ron Hunter wrote: ray wrote: On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:18:34 +0000, Dave Cohen wrote: ray wrote: On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 06:44:01 -0700, ~~NoMad~~ wrote: Greetings! I've been using Rayovac Hybrid NiMh 2100Mah batteries for a couple of months now. These are the ones that come fully charged in the package when you buy them. They claim to have 4 times less leakage than typical NiMh batteries. Previously I had been using Energizer 2500Mah batteries that seem to leak down pretty fast when not in use. I use my batteries almost everyday and always carry a spare freshly charged set. I usually wear out a set of Energizers in two weeks to a month. When I change to the spare set it seems that the previously charged batteries have leaked considerable charge. This is not the case with the new Hybrid batteries. I find that even though the Hybrids are rated at lower capacity than the Energizers the Hybrids actually last longer in my usage situation. Now all we need is higher capacity Hybrids! NM Or Li-Ion The subject is rechargeable AA's. I've been using a set of Sanyo Eneloops since last September, only charged once. These are excellent. Hybrid type are licensed from Sanyo but their rating is not same. Eneloop claim to keep 85% of their charge for a year, Hybrid 3 months. I think either way this is much better than other NiMH's. Hybrids costs less in Walmart, haven't seen them selling Eneloop, got mine for Ritz. Dave Cohen I hope you'll forgive me for being such an idiot. I read the OP eight times and I did not see AA in there once. That is what the batteries mentioned by the OP ARE. You might read up on the subject so you can follow the discussion. DAMN. I just reread the OP five more times and I still don't see it. It's right there in the first line. He names the batteries, and they ARE AA batteries, which you would KNOW if you read up on the subject. Except, of course, that the rayovac web site indicates that their hybrid batteries are available in AA and AAA which you would KNOW if you read up on the subject. |
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ray wrote:
On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:16:04 -0400, J. Clarke wrote: ray wrote: On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:20:48 -0500, Ron Hunter wrote: ray wrote: On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:18:34 +0000, Dave Cohen wrote: ray wrote: On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 06:44:01 -0700, ~~NoMad~~ wrote: Greetings! I've been using Rayovac Hybrid NiMh 2100Mah batteries for a couple of months now. These are the ones that come fully charged in the package when you buy them. They claim to have 4 times less leakage than typical NiMh batteries. Previously I had been using Energizer 2500Mah batteries that seem to leak down pretty fast when not in use. I use my batteries almost everyday and always carry a spare freshly charged set. I usually wear out a set of Energizers in two weeks to a month. When I change to the spare set it seems that the previously charged batteries have leaked considerable charge. This is not the case with the new Hybrid batteries. I find that even though the Hybrids are rated at lower capacity than the Energizers the Hybrids actually last longer in my usage situation. Now all we need is higher capacity Hybrids! NM Or Li-Ion The subject is rechargeable AA's. I've been using a set of Sanyo Eneloops since last September, only charged once. These are excellent. Hybrid type are licensed from Sanyo but their rating is not same. Eneloop claim to keep 85% of their charge for a year, Hybrid 3 months. I think either way this is much better than other NiMH's. Hybrids costs less in Walmart, haven't seen them selling Eneloop, got mine for Ritz. Dave Cohen I hope you'll forgive me for being such an idiot. I read the OP eight times and I did not see AA in there once. That is what the batteries mentioned by the OP ARE. You might read up on the subject so you can follow the discussion. DAMN. I just reread the OP five more times and I still don't see it. Please enlighten us as to the availability of a "Rayovac Hybrid NiMh 2100Mah" or "Energizer 2500Mah" battery that can be used in some manner in conjunction with a digital camera or a GPS and is _not_ an AA battery. -- Well, the rayovac website indicates that they currently have hybrid in AA and AAA. Am I correct in thinking that AAA is not AA? Do they have 2100MaH AAA? -- -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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ray wrote:
On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:16:04 -0400, J. Clarke wrote: ray wrote: On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:20:48 -0500, Ron Hunter wrote: ray wrote: On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:18:34 +0000, Dave Cohen wrote: ray wrote: On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 06:44:01 -0700, ~~NoMad~~ wrote: Greetings! I've been using Rayovac Hybrid NiMh 2100Mah batteries for a couple of months now. These are the ones that come fully charged in the package when you buy them. They claim to have 4 times less leakage than typical NiMh batteries. Previously I had been using Energizer 2500Mah batteries that seem to leak down pretty fast when not in use. I use my batteries almost everyday and always carry a spare freshly charged set. I usually wear out a set of Energizers in two weeks to a month. When I change to the spare set it seems that the previously charged batteries have leaked considerable charge. This is not the case with the new Hybrid batteries. I find that even though the Hybrids are rated at lower capacity than the Energizers the Hybrids actually last longer in my usage situation. Now all we need is higher capacity Hybrids! NM Or Li-Ion The subject is rechargeable AA's. I've been using a set of Sanyo Eneloops since last September, only charged once. These are excellent. Hybrid type are licensed from Sanyo but their rating is not same. Eneloop claim to keep 85% of their charge for a year, Hybrid 3 months. I think either way this is much better than other NiMH's. Hybrids costs less in Walmart, haven't seen them selling Eneloop, got mine for Ritz. Dave Cohen I hope you'll forgive me for being such an idiot. I read the OP eight times and I did not see AA in there once. That is what the batteries mentioned by the OP ARE. You might read up on the subject so you can follow the discussion. DAMN. I just reread the OP five more times and I still don't see it. Please enlighten us as to the availability of a "Rayovac Hybrid NiMh 2100Mah" or "Energizer 2500Mah" battery that can be used in some manner in conjunction with a digital camera or a GPS and is _not_ an AA battery. -- Well, the rayovac website indicates that they currently have hybrid in AA and AAA. Am I correct in thinking that AAA is not AA? You are correct. The American Automobile Association is not Alcoholics Anonymous, oh wait you mean battery sizes. Yes AAA batteries are not AA batteries. AAA batteries are smaller and have less capacity. Dave N |
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ray wrote:
On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:49:57 -0600, Don B wrote: wrote: These hybrids will soon obsolete all other rechargeables. Walmart has a good deal on Rayovac hybrids. Not our Walmart, they never heard of them. I remember a few years back when WalMart had NiMH for sale at the regular WalMarts but not at the Super WalMarts - could be a similar situation. Ours is a Super Walmart so you may be right. There are three Walmarts close by and they are all Super Walmarts, I'll have to check the other two. |
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"Don B" wrote in message ... ray wrote: On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:49:57 -0600, Don B wrote: wrote: These hybrids will soon obsolete all other rechargeables. Walmart has a good deal on Rayovac hybrids. Not our Walmart, they never heard of them. I remember a few years back when WalMart had NiMH for sale at the regular WalMarts but not at the Super WalMarts - could be a similar situation. Ours is a Super Walmart so you may be right. There are three Walmarts close by and they are all Super Walmarts, I'll have to check the other two. Our Super Wal-Mart has them. |
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