Editorial Product Review:Item Description:Duracell NiMH Round Cell Rechargeable AA Batteries offer an economical choice for heavy daily-use, high-drain devices such as PDAs, pocket TVs, digital phones and digital cameras. In a typical digital camera, alkaline batteries may only last from 20 to 40 minutes and can only be used once. These NiMH batteries last nearly 1 1/2 hours and can be recharged up to 1,000 times.
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Worst NiMH Batteries I've Ever Purchased
I'm a big believer in rechargeable batteries and have purchased many brands. I've never had such bad luck as with Duracel NiMHs. After 2 of the first 4 batteries that I tried wouldn't hold a charge at all, I contacted Duracell, who sent me a replacement pack. I had better luck with the replacements, but I can still count on these to last half the time of any of my other NiMHs. I've tried refreshing these batteries with my La Crosse BC-900, but that didn't improve the discharge rate.
After trying a couple packages of Sanyo Eneloops, I'm hooked - that's all I'll be buying in the future!
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The best of all rechargeable AA cells
Believe the positive reviews of these batteries, they are the best you can buy, and that even means the other brands rated 2700mAh (or more). I have more than 60 of these, I use them in torches, remote controls, wireless mice / keyboards, anything that will take them.
If you have a charger like mine (Maha WizardOne MH-C9000) that will take a capacity reading, do a comparison for yourself against Energizers, generic, chinese cells, anything. And you will find like I did that the Duracells have higher capacity and lower leakage than any high capacity AA cell.
After a slow charge, you will find,
Duracells: All read very close to 2650mAh
Energizers: Rarely more than 90% of stated capacity
Others: Almost never their stated capacity. BTY brand bought on Ebay from 'superglobalstore' were abysmal, and measured 800mAh (2500mAh stated)
In terms of leakage:
Duracell 2650mAh AA: These hold their charge a very long time, not quite to the Eneloop level but much more capacity and current delivery capability than Eneloop.
Energiser: These are VERY leaky, after a month they are nearly discharged completely, Duracell are still at about 85% capacity.
Others: I have not waited to test but my hopes are not high.
Another indication of the quality of these Duracells is their weight. Duracells are 30.4 grams each, Energizers are also good at 29.4 grams. But you try some other cheap brands and they are impossibly light, some at 15 grams or less. If Duracell could make them lighter with the same capacity I am sure they would, so clearly the weight is required to achieve the stated capacity.
To be fair, I had one of these Duracells that leaked severely and was flat in a few days, but the remaining cells (more than 60) all hold charge like champions. I know because I have them in test equipment that hasnt been touched for 12 months and they still fire up nicely. Same with remote controls, which have trivial discharge rate during operation and only need replacement when the cells discharge on thier own.
The Energizers are the closest I could find in quality. They are quite good if you charge them and use them immediately, otherwise they discharge too fast, and are not quite up to their capacity rating either. But they can supply a lot of current quickly for things such as flash units (as can the Duracells).
Unfortunately you get what you pay for with batteries, and Duracell are close to the most expensive, but I find them well worth it.
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Rechargeable NiMH Batteries, 2650mAH, AA size
Good value and capacity. I recharge them in the Ansmann Digispeed and use them professionally in photo-flash applications. Good value, but there are better for more money.
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Great Batteries!
These batteries are really nice, they come in the original Duracell packaging and they work fantastically.