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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