Green Laser AAA Batteries - Recommendations?

[Mactrix]

Just got my True 30mw from DX. Awesome, recommendations for batteries? :thinking:

The standard ones are shitty

 

[luvlasers]

NiMH rechargeables are the only way to go. Cheap, efficient and environmentally friendly.

 

[Mactrix]

Are they 1.2V? Doesn't that make it worse?

 

[Shreknow91]

you could always use rechargables, but for primaries, lithium for power, alkaline for runtime

 

[Julian Holtz]

I am interested in this laser, too.

Could you check how well it works with NiMH cells?

Thanks,

Julian

 

[drmaxx]

Are they 1.2V? Doesn't that make it worse?

Under heavy load Alkalines sag fast below the voltage of a good NiMH-rechargable. They usually come off the charger with >1.4 V and due to the small internal resistence they are usually better then alkaline. Just recharge them as soon as the performance goes down.

 

[luvlasers]

Thats what i'm talking about. NiMH rule :twothumbs

 

[Mactrix]

ANybody else?

 

[Bimmerboy]

ANybody else?

As soon as a few other things are out of the way, I'll get my hands on some Eneloop AAA's, check 'em out on my Atlasnova, and report back.

+1 on the lithium primaries, as long as you don't use the laser that often. Otherwise you'll be spending a fortune. You'll see a noticeable difference over alkalines though.