Monday, April 13, 2009

Eneloop Slow Discharge Batteries

A week ago I picked up these batteries from Costco (I stole this pic from the web). They are Sanyo Eneloop Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) rechargable batteries. The package was $39 Canadian for 4 AA, 4 AAA a home charger and car adapter. I also picked up extra batteries (another set of AAs and C and D adapters). We'll be going through a ton of batteries in the near future as we picked up a Nintento Wii and I need some for my camera equipment as well.

The Eneloop are supposed to keep their charge even when stored for long periods of time. Sanyo claim the batteries will lose 15% of their charge in a year, compared to 1% per day for other similar batteries. I'll be testing that as I have a set in my camera flash which I seldom use. It seemed to be a good deal and we may get more for our AV remotes around the house.

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