LOL, wasn't "blocked", just irritates me that I can't buy high-cap large-standard-sized cell NIMH rechargeables at the local store (the comment about "essentially a AA cell in a larger shell" was in reference to the capacity, you could put a AA in a hollow shell to fill the space and get the same result as a NIMH-D-Energizer battery.
Not everyone needs them, true, but heavy light users (flashlights, bikelights, etc) or the parent who replaces 8 D-cell batteries at a time for a 2-hour lifespan electric car (at $48 per set of 8) would probably be very happy to pay a, $80-$100 one-time cost for a decent charger and 8 NIMH D-cells of good quality... of course, that would cut the alkaline profits quite a bit... even assuming a huge profit margin on NiMH cells and chargers, it wouldn't be close to the margins on regular C/D cell replacements... no forest in the way here, it's a rather obvious business decision, why cut their own throats by making available a product that the market isn't absolutely demanding (accepting small parasitic losses from the few who find "better ways" knowing that the unknowing mass market is willing to keep throwing their money into the landfills.) Eveready/Energizer certainly has the know-how and R&D dollars (available in the form of the marketing budget) to make great fast-chargers and high-cap cells, as good as or better than all the Tenergy/Maha/Powerizer stuff on the market, but it won't increase their profit margins, and would potentially (I'd say very likely) decrease their own profits over time, so they aren't foolish enough to actually do such a thing (heck, Duracell won't even make above AA rechargeables it seems).
Didn't mean to derail the discussion from the Coast LEDs (which I was interested in hearing more about as well) was just pointing out that "larger isn't always more" in marketplace batteries, buyer beware.
The average consumer wouldn't have a clue what mAh is without researching, and might not realize that a C theoretically SHOULD have more than an AA (since AAA, AA, C, D alkalines are all 1.5V (and NiMH all 1.2), since those numbers are all "the same" why would they expect another unknown term (mAh) to be different)... that's where my feeling that it's a bit deceptive, even if "obvious" comes in.... it's like a few years back when one brand of cough syrup went to something like "30% more at the same price" in the package (true, based on volume) but the dose size went from "2 teaspoons" to "2 tablespoons" or something like that (or it was 2 tablespoons instead of 1 tablespoon, don't remember the details, it was a news article). Yes, it's 30% more liquid, and yes, the dose size is clearly stated on the packaging, and if you took the time to divide them, you'd realize you are getting LESS per dollar than the previous size formulation... but it's still dirty pool.
Surefire primary CR123 cells have a capacity of 1400mAh,
