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Like the article says: it's about buying commodities (alkaline batteries or their components) and selling a brand. The difference in value is entirely in people
by gilgoomesh 12y ago
Like the article says: it's about buying commodities (alkaline batteries or their components) and selling a brand. The difference in value is entirely in people's heads but that's still profitable.
From my perspective, I haven't bought an alkaline battery in years. Low self-discharge batteries (especially newer Eneloops) are so much better for most tasks that disposable batteries seem crazy.
- p1mrx 12y agoThe problem with NiMH is that lots of cheap devices are designed to run at 1.5 volts, and have dim lights or sluggish movement when used with 1.2 volt cells. It'd be nice if there were a voltage regulator product that could fit into a standard battery compartment. One option I've considered is to replace 2AA/2AAA with Li-Ion plus a dummy cell. But Li-Ion is around 4.2 volts fully charged, which might be too much.