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I would just buy some Panasonic eneloops(NiMH - not an ad, just the battery I have went with after researching this quite a bit) whenever you need to buy alkali
by oh_sigh 5y ago
I would just buy some Panasonic eneloops(NiMH - not an ad, just the battery I have went with after researching this quite a bit) whenever you need to buy alkaline batteries. They are about twice as expensive but are rechargeable 2000+ times, hold their charge for over a year, and don't degrade very much. Eventually all of your devices will have eneloops in them and you will stop buying batteries altogeher.
- summm 5y agoNiMH have 1.2v instead of 1.5. That ist sometimes a problem for cheaper devices that don't have a good voltage regulator. For example Flashlights are notably dimmer.
- fomine3 5y agoeneloop is now produced by FDK, so there are many rebranded products. I often buy Fujitsu one because it's cheaper and they will never change OEM since FDK is owned by Fujitsu. https://eneloop101.com/batteries/rewrapped-batteries/ https://eneloop101.com/batteries/rewrapped-batteries/
- rootusrootus 5y agoI try to use NiMH as much as possible, but there are still a number of applications for which alkaline is superior. First, alkaline usually has more energy. Second, the voltage is more predictable. For devices like door locks that are battery powered and can detect a low battery, alkaline works great. NiMH has lower voltage and looks dead before it is. And lithium (not lithium ion) batteries have a very flat voltage curve and tend to die rather suddenly almost before the device can detect they're end-of-life.