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Are we not all still buying multiple packs of AA batteries every year? Or maybe it's just those with kids.
by jjeaff 3y ago
Are we not all still buying multiple packs of AA batteries every year? Or maybe it's just those with kids.
- eternityforest 3y agoI think it might mostly just be those with kids! And non techies. They always have a few disposable battery flashlights hanging around it seems like.
- myself248 3y agoOh I hope nobody's doing that, rechargeables have been so good for so long. I'm just now retiring some that I bought in the 2007-2011 timeframe which have started to fail, but my 2015 purchases are still going strong with hundreds and hundreds of charge cycles on 'em. I haven't used alkalines since the 80s.
- jjeaff 3y agoI have not had great luck with rechargeables. They have a lower voltage than regular AA, so I find that most sensitive electronics just start out thinking the battery is already low and then stop running before the battery is fully discharged. My Z-wave keypad lock is one of those. AA batteries last about 2 months, rechargeables start giving a low battery warning after a week and hardly last 2-4.
- eternityforest 3y agoHave you tried lithium rechargeables with the built in converters?
- myself248 3y agoI return garbage products like that. Not supporting rechargeables in 1980 was sort of forgivable, but they've had 40 years to get their act together.