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I've got few NIMH AA's but I am looking to add 10 or 15 more to my stock and quit buying alkalines altogether. I'm looking for a good source of quality batteries for cheap. Some of these will power kids toys so they don't all have to be top-notch I guess.

Can you recommend a supplier as well as a brand of battery?

Thanks...

--Matt
 
according most of the nimh-threads around here, sanyo makes the best cells money can buy. besides sanyo, i have had good perfomance from panasonic, energizer and gp cells.

most of my cheaper cells will show early aging (steep rate of self discharge, diminished capacity, leaking, ...) if used frequently and charged at high amps.

there are "lower-cost" alternatives like the titaniums (available at www.amondotech.com), but in general it's "you get what you pay for" for nimh cells. better buy 2300 mAh sanyos than 2800 mAh DOAcells.

btw - there's a sticky on top of the index page called "NiMH Battery Shoot Out", with detailed information about various nimh-brands.

chris
 
Aside from flashlights be careful of voltage requirements of the item you use NiMh batteries in. For instance my trusty cordless optical mouse will operate for a while on two 1.2 volt rechargeable batts, but will start behaving oddly within the week. Alkaline's are 1.5v nominal and work for months.

Some electrical appliances just don't like 1.2 volt batts so there will always be some need of alkaline's.
 
Energizer 2500s on sale this week at CVS nationwide. They're about $8 on sale, or $2 each!
 
I might have to disagree with ChrisA; AmondoTech's batteries are good quality. Another good place to get batteries is batterystation.com. There's links to both dealers on the CPF Specials thread (link in my sigline)
 
Last time I was at Sams club, the 1500Mah Energizer Nimh' were bought at 8 for $10 without charger, or 8 for $20 with a 4 cell charger...cheers! ( I have some, and they perform well ! ) I am going for more tomorrow. Cheers!:naughty:


2500 is the correct rating, NOT 1500. The 2500 Mah are very good cells , I have many....typo edited 12/12/05
 
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I might have to disagree with ChrisA; AmondoTech's batteries are good quality.
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never meant to say anything else (i may have to work on my english skills though) ! :) titaniums are good quality cells, that's why i mentioned them as cost-efficient alternatives to the well know brands. according to tom/siverfox they do have a longer break in period but work very well.

but in general it's pretty likely for nimh cells, that cheap prices result in poor quality. you can find 2800 mAh AAs, going for ~5 USD on ebay for example, but these are overrated and low quality cells.

Energizer 2500s on sale this week at CVS nationwide. They're about $8 on sale, or $2 each!
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i wish i could get these at such a low price over here
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chris
 
Ripvan100.com sells the Sanyo industrial grade 2500 mAh AA cells for 2.95 each. I have purchased from them several times and had a good service shipping to Europe.
 
Went to CVS and got some lithium AAs and NIMH Energizers. So, how do you guys keep your batteries straight (new ones from old, etc). Do you mark them in some way?

Never had any go bad. Will it be apparent when they die?

--Matt
 
Batterystation.com also has the Sanyo industrial ones for $2.50. I bought a bunch of them a few months ago and all have worked fine.
 
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