Sanyo eneloop MQN04-U-4-3UTG Nickel Metal Hydride

Advantages: easy to use, easy to store, efficient quick charging
Disadvantages: Price

...If like me your house is littered with Hi Fi, Video, Satellite and TV Equipment, you will know what i mean when I say "IVE GOT TOO MANY REMOTES!" A remote for this and a remote for than not only hurts you in the "room clutter" department but also in the wallet with supplying an inexhaustable battery haul. How many times have you be scrabbling around in your kitchen drawers or stealing from one remote to get another one to work? Deperate in the hunt for a AA or AAA battery? Well look no further. Here is a great gadget that will keep your batteries at full charge no matter which control they fit into. The ACC CN4 is very expensive for what it does. Retailing at around £35, it is simply a plug-in adapter for recharging Nickel Metal HydrideAA and AAA batteries. This is essentially designed for Camera batteries but can be used... Read review

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Advantages: Saves money in the long term as can re-use them
Disadvantages: More expensive than normal batteris to start with.

...Do you know how long batteries remain in the environment before being broken down? If you do then p**s off, it is pointless a smart arse like yourself reading this review. Instead, go and play a good game, how about how far can you push a paper clip into a plug socket with wet hands? If you don't know the answer carry on reading. The answer is forever. They never get broken down completely, the metal, which they are made out of, will only rust, it will not get broken down and returned as something useful to the environment. It will simply lie around as rubbish. How many batteries do you go through in a year? These calculations are based upon a typical family: Remote controls (TV, sky, video etc) = 10 Smoke alarm @ 1 a month = 12 Walkman & other portable devices = 12 Cameras = 6 Other devices = 6 Sex toys = 20 (or... Read review

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Advantages: offers better endurance in digital cameras etc.
Disadvantages: expensive initial outlay

...I had always thought that a rechargeable battery was a rechargeable battery, but I was proven wrong recently. I really discovered that there were two types of rechargeable battery having purchased a brand new Minolta Dimage 5 digital camera (op to follow soon!). I had just spent near EUR 1100 and was therefore somewhat taken aback that there were no rechargeable batteries supplied with it, just a set of alkaline batteries. Fortunately when I bought it, the shop assistant did say that I would have to get rechargeable batteries separately and that I would have to get NiMH (Nickel Metal Hydride) rather than NiCd (Nickel Cadmium), as they have a higher capacity. So what is the advantage of NiMH over NiCd? A NiMH battery has a 30% higher capacity than a standard NiCd battery, which means of course that it lasts longer between charges... Read review

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