Rechargeable NiMH Batteries

Advantages: Last for ages
Disadvantages: none

...So you've got all your holiday appliances, Battery powered digital camera, Digital Video Camera or Standard Video Camera, MP3 or CD player, and other battery powered appliances, trouble is.....it costs a small fortune to keep these things powered, and standard Nickel Cadmium ( NiCads) Batteries just don't last very long or hold enough power to work the camera, and on top of this these batteries have a memory which needs to be completely discharged otherwise afer a short period of a few recharging cycles thy wont hold a charge... So is there an answer to all this inconvenience...fortunately there is... ~~~o0o~~~ You may have heard the term NiMH ( Nickel Metal Hydride) Batteries, these are rechargeable, come in standard sizes AAA, AA, C & D sizes plus specialised sizes for Video Cameras, the can be reacharged many times...

Dalesman 31.07.2001 · Read review
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Hahnel NiMh 2350mAh AA Rechargeable Batteries

Advantages: Long Lasting, Durable, Cost Effective, Colour Coded
Disadvantages: None as yet !

...manual and they recommended rechargeable NiMH batteries. I had a battery charge already and in order to be able to financially continue my new pastime, I decided to invest in 4 New Hahnel NiMh 2350mAh AA Rechargeable Batteries. (NiMH - Nickel Metal Hydride) Hahnel was not a name I was familiar with, so I did a little research - they are part of hähnel industries ltd. Who manufacture accessories for the camera and camcorder market. The company is one of the leading manufactures of power products for camcorder and digital cameras. They are known for their innovative products, and have been in business for over 44 years. Sounded good to me, I went back on Ebay and found these reasonably priced at £6.59 for pack of four ('Buy Now' ). I sent off a cheque and batteries duly arrived a couple of days later. The new Hahnel batteries were...

Eldred 08.08.2005 · Read review
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Uniross Ni-Cd & Ni-Mh battery charger (ref. RC101159)

Advantages: The stop charging facility
Disadvantages: not really

...There is not much to say about this, simply brilliant! Is very straight forward to use, only one switch to chose the type of battery to charge, insert the batteries, up to 4 depending of type, plug it in and wait until its charged. It comes with a charge indicator and will stop charging when the batteries are ready; a green light will come up. It can recharge batteries type AAA, AA and GF22, respectively up to 4, 4 and 2. I have purchased on a promotional campaign so the price is irrelevant, although you can find it at the big stores in promotion time to time. I have purchased another 2 battery chargers, a Uniross that only charges up to 4 AA type batteries but has the problem that you can?t forget to set a timer to unplug it or will over charge the batteries and will damage them. Another that allows all the type of rechargeable...

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Review of Uniross Photo - Battery charger - 14 hr - 4xAA/AAA, 2x9V - included batteries: 4 x AA type NiMH 1700 mAh

No more need for batteries!

Advantages: Saves money on batteries, charges quickly
Disadvantages: Cable is a bit on the short side

...The play and charge kit allows you to replace the battery pack in your wireless controller with this rechargeable pack, and so there is no longer any need to keep buying batteries. It is very simple to use, just replace the battery pack with the rechargeable one and plug one end of the cable into the controller and the other into your Xbox 360. This will charge up your controller as you carry on playing, and so never again will you have to stop your gaming as you search high and low for those elusive batteries around the house (eventually taking the batteries out of the TV remote). At around £10-£15 for the cable and charge pack it is a fairly decent price for something that will save quite a bit of money on batteries in the future. It also charges fairly quickly and so you can remove the cable and have your wireless controller...

Darko3B 27.02.2008 · Read review
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The best friend of a digital camera owner

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...

Morgenhund 05.01.2002 · Read review
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the intelligent battery charger.

Advantages: Cheap, reliable, long lasting, reasonable price.
Disadvantages: Still gets warm. Plastic plug = breakable?

...believe that most of my batteries have charged in about 60 minutes, on a full charge from an empty battery. As well as getting the charger, which plugs straight into the wall it includes 4 x 2500mAh Ni-Mh AA's (which are in sliver, and look quite attractive, you won't get these thrown out as they definately stand out from panasonic and duracell) You can charge AAA batteries however the sale only comes with 4 AA batteries. It has a sensor control, a red and green light, to tell you when it is still charging and when the charge is fully complete. Another helpful feature is that it includes a car adapter for no extra cost. This charger the Sprint 90 accepts Ni-Mh and Ni-Cd batteries, in both AA and AAA Formats, charging them in sets of 2 or 4 at a time. Also charging 2 batteries will reduce the charging time. Overall the charger is quite...

inbetweendaysx 07.06.2007 (08.04.2008) · Read review
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Review of Uniross Sprint 90 min - Battery charger 4xAA/AAA - included batteries: 4 x AA type NiMH 2500 mAh

Play and charge, good when it works

Advantages: Brilliant easy to use
Disadvantages: unreliable

...I have now bought two of these one of the Xbox versions and a cheaper version. The idea behind this is that the Xbox controller comes with a pack that fits two double A batteries but these are a bit of a waste of time because they run out of power so quickly. When you buy this play and charge kit it has a power lead and a rechargeable battery. The idea is that you connect the power lead to the Xbox by a USB connection and the other end is attached to the controller. It charges the battery as you play The Xbox version is definitely a better quality than the other brands but I have had problems with the one I bought. It only charges sporadically and I keep running out of charge. Very annoying! I won't criticise it to much because I bought it at Gamestation, it was pre owned. Unfortunately I didn't keep the receipt so I couldn...

trevn74 29.08.2009 · Read review
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Uniross AA rechargable batteries

Advantages: Easy to charge, long-life
Disadvantages: None I can think of

...to make it work again - these seemed to remedy this. To re-charge the batteries, I use a Uniross Ni-Cd & Ni MH battery charger that I purchased by recommendation at the same time as the batteries. It takes about 4-5 hours for batteries to fully charge, which isn't bad considering they then last for weeks. The batteries can be charged up to 1,000 times. After the success of the AA batteries, we now use primarily all Uniross batteries to control our battery-fuelled appliances, including Uniross AAA batteries for our television, VCR and DVD remote controls, which last about 6 months. Statistics: Type Standard - rechargeable - AA type Technology Nickel Metal Hydride Included Qty 4 Voltage Provided 1.2 V Capacity 1300 mAh About the company: Uniross was established in Bristol in 1968 and has since spread to...

eibee 14.06.2004 · Read review
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Review of Uniross - Battery 4 x AA type NiMH 1500 mAh

Cheap and Handy

Advantages: Charges Pretty Quickly, Allows you to play whilst charging
Disadvantages: should perhaps be free with console

...The xbox 360 play and charge kit allows you to recharge your wireless xbox 360 joypad whilst you play. It simply plugs into the socket on top of your xbox 360 control pad and into the usb port at the front of your console. The kit contains the usb cable and an NiMH rechargeable battery pack. It has around 30 hours of play time per charge (enough for well over a week of extended playing!), with each charge taking a few hours to be fully topped up, and you won't mind waiting those few hours as you'll be playing your game anyway! Its definately a handy little device as it saves you having to buy disposable batteries (that the xbox 360 wireless control pad uses as standard) every soon often, thus eliminating any "control pad running out of power" potential gaming disasters that we all fear when anyone mentions "wireless control pads...

petebrolly 04.09.2006 · Read review
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A good investment...

Advantages: Long battery life, easy to use, short charge time.
Disadvantages: Yet another wire to get tangled.

...It was only recently after I purchased by Xbox 360 system that I realised how much of a nuisance it was to have to switch the batteries in my wireless controller during the middle of a game, especially during multiplayer games. At first I considered buying a wired controller to use instead of my wireless one, but I found this great charging kit instead. The charger goes straight into the USB port in the front of the Xbox 360 system, whilst the battery pack clips into the place where the batteries would usually go. It makes no noticeable difference to the weight or the feel of the controller. The controller lights will begin to flash to tell you that you have under an hour of battery life left and that is when you plug in your charger. It only takes around an hour to charge the controller to a capacity that allows for 3-4 hours...

JamieJCO 01.10.2008 · Read review
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