expiredEragorn | Staff posted Apr 05, 2023 08:47 PM
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expiredEragorn | Staff posted Apr 05, 2023 08:47 PM
16-Pack Amazon Basics Rechargeable 1.2V 850mAh AAA NiMh High-Capacity Batteries
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Edit: I failed to notice these were "high capacity" and would prefer standard capacity.
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My Roku TV's remote seems to last forever on standard AAAs as well, even the carbon zinc crap but it is a standard dumb IR remote with no voice or any communication like that.
This is just one guys anecdote, but I use these Amazon batteries and haven't had any issues with them. Maybe they'll stop holding a charge a couple years earlier than eneloops, but I fully expect that they will be mistakenly thrown away or given away well before then. Maybe I need to recharge them a week or two earlier than eneloops, but that's not a big deal to me.
Also, I've seen some reviewers say that these batteries are slightly larger so they don't fit in some devices. So far, I've never had that issue.
To be honest, these are the only rechargeable batteries that I've used, so I don't have anything to compare them to. All I can say is that I use them and so far I'm happy with them. I completely understand that some batteries are demonstrably better though.
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Every other cheap battery is made in China (vs. Japan), voltage is lower, need refreshing (with advanced charger) to maintain proper voltage, casing is crap, and overall just don't perform as well as Eneloop.
I know price is higher, but as the saying goes…
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This is just one guys anecdote, but I use these Amazon batteries and haven't had any issues with them. Maybe they'll stop holding a charge a couple years earlier than eneloops, but I fully expect that they will be mistakenly thrown away or given away well before then. Maybe I need to recharge them a week or two earlier than eneloops, but that's not a big deal to me.
Also, I've seen some reviewers say that these batteries are slightly larger so they don't fit in some devices. So far, I've never had that issue.
To be honest, these are the only rechargeable batteries that I've used, so I don't have anything to compare them to. All I can say is that I use them and so far I'm happy with them. I completely understand that some batteries are demonstrably better though.
Every Made in Japan rechargable AA or AAA I've bought in the last six years is still performing like new. This includes Eneloop (both Sanyo and then Panasonic), Energizer, Amazon Basics, and Ikea Ladda.
Every Made in China rechargable AA or AAA I've bought (Energizer and Amazon Basics), every single one, was useless within 18 months and needed replacing. I no longer have any of them, and refuse to waste any more money on Chinese manufactured trash.
Japanese rechargables just work, and will keep working with boring reliability, not just in your current remote or flashlight or toy, but in the next one, and the one after that, too.
My Roku TV's remote seems to last forever on standard AAAs as well, even the carbon zinc crap but it is a standard dumb IR remote with no voice or any communication like that.
BTW, someone mentioned that we're all probably using the voice feature too much, but I don't even use that feature. That was a pretty dumb assumption about something that's actually a legitimate issue. But the feature itself probably has something to do with the battery draining.
Every Made in Japan rechargable AA or AAA I've bought in the last six years is still performing like new. This includes Eneloop (both Sanyo and then Panasonic), Energizer, Amazon Basics, and Ikea Ladda.
Every Made in China rechargable AA or AAA I've bought (Energizer and Amazon Basics), every single one, was useless within 18 months and needed replacing. I no longer have any of them, and refuse to waste any more money on Chinese manufactured trash.
Japanese rechargables just work, and will keep working with boring reliability, not just in your current remote or flashlight or toy, but in the next one, and the one after that, too.
I also use a mix of Eneloop OEM chargers (both wall plug and USB) and Nitecore advanced chargers. No noticeable difference in the performance of batteries charged in one or the other.
FWIW, I purchased 12 made-in-China Amazon Basics AAA in 2019 and 16 made-in-Japan in 2018, none of which have failed under very undemanding uses. As a counterpoint, most of the 16 high-capacity made-in-Japan Energizer Recharge Power Plus AAs purchased in 2016 failed in more frequent use.
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