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Disappointing. No mention of rechargable lithium batteries than are extremely popular for use in flashlights, among other things. No mention of the non-draining
by all_blue_chucks 7y ago
Disappointing. No mention of rechargable lithium batteries than are extremely popular for use in flashlights, among other things. No mention of the non-draining NiMH (eneloop) in comparison to traditional NiMH batteries. Just a reminder to use alkaline in smoke detectors, and even there it failed to distinguish between alkaline types (some last far longer than others).
- spear 7y agoI think the article makes the assumption that modern NiMHs are all of the Eneloop type. I think that's fair -- it seems like almost all the NiMHs I see for sale these days are the same type. The longer Wirecutter test article it references does go into a bit more about the history of the Eneloops and all the batteries it tested are the same type (which it calls "Low Self-Discharge NiMH"). Also, despite the title, I think the article is really "rechargeable" vs. "single-use". It doesn't explicitly say that the 10-year smoke alarm batteries are alkaline. The ones I've seen are actually lithium.