I switched everything to eneloop tones - 8 different color coded sets give me all I need =) and they even come in K-r girlieman pink! Cheers Ecke
2010/11/25 Boris Liberman <[email protected]>: > On 11/25/2010 2:04 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> I'm a big fan of the hybrid rechargeables. The don't have the >> supposed capacity of some of the straight NiMH, but they hold their >> charge a lot longer and since my AAs spend time in my camera, or in >> flashes or in my bag waiting to be used, the slow self discharge is >> really nice. >> >> Fry's used to sell Uniross Hybrio AA batteries $10 for four. At one >> point they switched over to Rayovac hybrids which don't seem to have >> the capacity. The eneloops seem better than the rayovacs, but not as >> good as the uniross. When I was there the other day, they had a new >> brand, but I didn't get any to try. >> >> -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > I've one set of Eneloops and one set of GP Recyko batteries. Their > performance is basically equivalent. Ever since I got the Eneloops I've > slowly phased out all other rechargeable batteries. > > When I was shooting *istD, someone on the list (I think it was Rob Studdert) > suggested the LaCrosse BC-900 charger > (http://www.amazon.com/Crosse-Technology-BC-9009-AlphaPower-Battery/dp/B00077AA5Q) > > I bought it from Amazon and except the fact that the AA's and AAA's that > they give were utter rubbish, the charger is outstanding and serves me well > ever since (5 years or may be even more). > > As for the batteries, today I am using them mostly for my Metz flash. They > work really good. No complaints whatsoever. I remember before I got the > Eneloops, I had two sets of NiMHs with all at all times. One in camera, > another in the bag. And lots of recharging as per the rate of my shooting. > My main gripe with the set up was that regular NiMH did not hold charge for > too long... Eneloops and Recykos has lower capacity than GP NiMHs (2000 mAh > vs 2700 mAh) but they hold the charge for much longer time which in my view > makes the preferable. > > YMMV. > > Boris > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
