At 09:10 AM 11/14/2002 -0700, you wrote:

>Allright I finally broke down and reinvested in new batteries, bought the 
>Energizer MAX was that a good choice? there was talk about Re-chargeable 
>ones but what brands and types of AA do you all prefer??
>

I used NiCADs for years, and never had a problem with them, but I finally 
took the plunge and converted everything over to NiMH about a year ago.  I 
use them in everything that uses a AA battery.

When I changed over, I bought one of the Rayovac 1 hour chargers.  It came 
with 2 batteries and I think I paid something like $24.95 for it.  It is a 
great charger and as I said, it fully charges a dead battery in about an 
hour, shorter if the battery already has a charge.

Since I also use rechargeable batteries in things like remote controls and 
clocks, I bought a bunch of NiMH batteries from one of the e-Bay 
sellers.  These are no brand name batteries and are just green.  I ended up 
getting them for $0.25 each.

As far as the batteries go, if you find them cheap, it doesn't take long to 
offset the cost of alkalines, and I believe that it is more important to 
get a battery with a decent mAh rating over brand name.  I wouldn't buy 
anything under 1600, and look for bigger.  I just read that there are some 
2000 mAh batteries out there, but I haven't seen them yet.


Scott
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