I have had great service out of a set of Sanyo eneloops over the last 4 years.
Condensed from Wikipedia: These low self-discharge nickel-metal hydride battery (LSD NiMH) was introduced in November 2005 by Sanyo, who called them "eneloop". When compared to regular NiMH batteries, genuine low self-discharge units are most useful when there is more than three weeks between charge and discharge to empty on average, or to ensure stored devices are usable several weeks after charging of batteries. Voltage is more stable; less load- and capacity-dependent. This can have a beneficial effect on runtime in electronic devices, which typically have a cut-off voltage per battery that is not much lower than NiMH's nominal voltage. However, this can also cause some devices with battery status indicators to overestimate remaining capacity of a nearly drained cell. In 2011 Sanyo introduced a new version of its Eneloop batteries with improved durability. The eneloop pro increased capacity to 2500mAh. They can now also be recharged 1800 times. The new type number is HR3-UTGB. To find your nearest shop <http://www.sanyo.com.au/storelocator>. Phone to check they carry eneloops. I found the best price at Disk Smith, but nowadays they are carrying fewer and fewer useful bits and are mainly becoming box-droppers. Regards, Ray Forma Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
