On Mon, July 18, 2011 11:12, Stephen Irons wrote: > I bought some Varta Ready2Use slow-discharge AA cells from Bunnings about > two years ago, another batch about a year later, and some Eneloops from > DealExtreme about six months ago. > <snip> > My totally unscientific assessment cannot distinguish between the Varta > and the Eneloops in my camera (2xAA), head torch (2xAA) or various > high-brightness single-AA LED torches (also from Deal Extreme). They last > as-well-as or better than the standard NiMh that I used to use, and are > always charged.
It's possible that the Varta cells are simply re-badged Eneloops. From a cursory web search it seems that Duracell and Sony are Eneloops, and there are several other brands which may or may not be the same. I buy only Eneloops, and I am very happy with them. A _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
