Could someone tell me what is the best
rechargeable AA batteries and charger
available today?

Links to websites would be very much
appreciated.
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* Tom Welch *
* HP Pavilion, Real Player, *
* Kaito 1102, DX-399, Sony SRF-59,*
* Sangean DT-200V, Grundig Mini *
* World 200, Koss SportaPro *
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"Tom Welch" wrote...
Could someone tell me what is the best
rechargeable AA batteries and charger
available today?

Links to websites would be very much
appreciated.

Here are a couple of links to get you started.
Just read them, then wait for the pros here
to give you expert advice. I don't know jack
about the science of rechargeables. I went
to WalMart and got an Energizer AccuCharger
and some Duracell 1800 mAh NiMH batteries.

http://www.nimhbattery.com/mhc401fs.htm
http://www.ccrane.com/quick_charger.asp

Hi,

I got some great AA chargers and batteries from herr.

MAHA brand - look for added specials

http://www.thomas-distributing.com/

Warren


On 7 Feb 2004 14:47:59 -0800, (Tom Welch) wrote:

Could someone tell me what is the best
rechargeable AA batteries and charger
available today?

Links to websites would be very much
appreciated.
***********************************
* Tom Welch *
* HP Pavilion, Real Player, *
* Kaito 1102, DX-399, Sony SRF-59,*
* Sangean DT-200V, Grundig Mini *
* World 200, Koss SportaPro *
***********************************

(Tom Welch), while facing east, summoned the
courage to declaim:

Could someone tell me what is the best
rechargeable AA batteries and charger
available today?

Links to websites would be very much
appreciated.

The "best" (highest-capacity) batteries are the Powerex 2200 mAh. In
fact Powerex is usually the best or close to it for any given mAh
rating class.

The best value-for-money is probably Lenmar. Their actual capacity
is a good bit lower than their rated capacity, but Lenmar batteries
are so cheap that they are excellent value. I bought a pack of 10
Lenmar "2000 mAh" (which are really around 1800 mAh) for about US$10.

Extensive battery reviews at:

http://www.imaging-resource.com/ACCS/BATTS/BATTS.HTM


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On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 05:06:47 GMT, (Charles
Hawtrey) wrote:

(Tom Welch), while facing east, summoned the
courage to declaim:

Could someone tell me what is the best
rechargeable AA batteries and charger
available today?

Links to websites would be very much
appreciated.

The "best" (highest-capacity) batteries are the Powerex 2200 mAh. In
fact Powerex is usually the best or close to it for any given mAh
rating class.

The best value-for-money is probably Lenmar. Their actual capacity
is a good bit lower than their rated capacity, but Lenmar batteries
are so cheap that they are excellent value. I bought a pack of 10
Lenmar "2000 mAh" (which are really around 1800 mAh) for about US$10.

Extensive battery reviews at:

http://www.imaging-resource.com/ACCS/BATTS/BATTS.HTM

I agree on the Powerex batteries & MAHA charger combination. I hear
tell that the 2200 mAh rating is really more like 1900 - 2000, this is
from a distributor of MAHA/Powerex products who also followed up that
statement by saying that all batteries he checked out were below rated
capacity but the Powerex were not as far below rated capacity as the
others. I do know that I've got to work at discharging them when used
in my digital camera, so who am I to quibble about a couple hundred
mAh's?? A nice feature with the MAHA charger is it came with a
cigarette lighter cord as well as a wall-wart so if you're travelling
via auto you can charge while you're on the road. Purchaed from
Thomas and got the charger with dual power source, 8 batteries and
nifty little plastic battery cases for about $50 - so far this has
been my best investment in rechargeables.

In article ,
says...
Could someone tell me what is the best
rechargeable AA batteries and charger
available today?


I bought a Sunpak. the 1800 mah batteries are fine but the charger
sucks...overheats both itself and the batteries and it's operated by a
timer rather than by smart circuitry to charge fast at first and then
taper off slow towarT full charge.. Do not buy this model.

I'd shy away from those that claim to charge in one hour or less. I have one
(Everyready) and the batteries get REALLY hot. I feel (but have no empirical
proof) that I will get better long term results with the ones that take a few
hours and run cooler. I have a MAHA and like it.

You are right. Testing has been done. Slow chargers are much better for
batteries.

"BOEING377" wrote in message
...
I'd shy away from those that claim to charge in one hour or less. I have
one
(Everyready) and the batteries get REALLY hot. I feel (but have no
empirical
proof) that I will get better long term results with the ones that take a
few
hours and run cooler. I have a MAHA and like it.

go to mcmelectronics.com their sale flyer this month offers AA and AAA
NimH for about $1.39 per cell
#58-9295
yodar


"William Mutch" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...
Could someone tell me what is the best
rechargeable AA batteries and charger
available today?


I bought a Sunpak. the 1800 mah batteries are fine but the charger
sucks...overheats both itself and the batteries and it's operated by a
timer rather than by smart circuitry to charge fast at first and then
taper off slow towarT full charge.. Do not buy this model.

In article ,
says...
Could someone tell me what is the best
rechargeable AA batteries and charger
available today?

The best charger for AA batteries is the Maha MH-C401FS. It will rapid
charge the highest capacity batteries in about two hours or slow charge
in five or six hours. It has four individual charge circuits, performing
advanced monitoring on each cell to be sure it doesn't overcharge. It
also offers a "FLEX negative pulse charging algorithm", which I know
sounds like marketing BS, but it does seem to work. It has revived
batteries my other chargers treated as dead. I got mine at www.thomas-
distributing.com.

For batteries I recommend www.batteryspace.com. If you're willing to
back off a bit from the highest capacity and don't mind buying in larger
quantities, you can get AA's for about $1 each. 2000mAH in lots of 24
for $24.99. I won't claim they're the best batteries available, but
it's hard to argue about the price.

-- Jay