Rechargeable batteries?
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Horoscope Fish
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Re: Recharagble batteries?
Look no further. Suck it up and pay the extra couple bucks or so and get the Sony's. Having tried cheaper brands, I now use Eneloop AA's and AAA's in just about everything: strobes, my hand-held GPS unit, flashlights, remote controls around the house, pretty much everything. Eneloops rock.
RockyNH_RIP
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Joe, Eneloops by Sony All The Way! I have tried others, none gave me these results... I am pleased so far.
Pat in NH
Joe, Eneloops by Sony All The Way! I have tried others, none gave me these results... I am pleased so far.
Pat in NH
RockyNH_RIP
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Joe, I ordered mine from Amazon...... If you can afford it... skip there charger!
Holds 4, must be in pairs.. worked fine for AAA but I had issues with AAA staying in the charger (used tape)
I recently bought a Pearstone 4 hour charger... 8 slots, charge 1, 3, 5, any amount and any combo of AA and AAA at the same time.
The eneloop charger is a 7 hour charger...
Amazon Link (they are out but I bought it here for $41)
Amazon.com: Pearstone 4 Hour Battery Charger with LCD Display for 8 AA or AAA Batteries: Electronics
seems like it may be out od stock/discontinued... you can still get it here..
Rakuten.com - Pearstone 4 Hour Battery Charger with LCD Display for (8) AA or AAA Batteries
Obviously there are other choices too...
Pat in NH
Sounds good. Now, where is the best deal?
...anywhere but Walmart
Pat - Looks like Eneloop is by Sanyo/Panasonic
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Joe, I ordered mine from Amazon...... If you can afford it... skip there charger!
Holds 4, must be in pairs.. worked fine for AAA but I had issues with AAA staying in the charger (used tape)
I recently bought a Pearstone 4 hour charger... 8 slots, charge 1, 3, 5, any amount and any combo of AA and AAA at the same time.
The eneloop charger is a 7 hour charger...
Amazon Link (they are out but I bought it here for $41)
Amazon.com: Pearstone 4 Hour Battery Charger with LCD Display for 8 AA or AAA Batteries: Electronics
seems like it may be out od stock/discontinued... you can still get it here..
Rakuten.com - Pearstone 4 Hour Battery Charger with LCD Display for (8) AA or AAA Batteries
Obviously there are other choices too...
Pat in NH
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Yep, eneloops. If you disregard that advice at least DO NOT get Energizers, like the ones sold at Sam's and Walmart and everywhere else. They just don't last. Get a good charger. I never saw that one Pat recommended, but it looks good. The cheaper chargers at best just use a timer, at worst they just charge forever. I have the PowerEx MH-C9000. Pricey, but I liked the larger display, I can see it without reading glasses, lol. Also it is very roomy and easy to get batteries in and out from any position.
Yep, eneloops. If you disregard that advice at least DO NOT get Energizers, like the ones sold at Sam's and Walmart and everywhere else. They just don't last. Get a good charger. I never saw that one Pat recommended, but it looks good. The cheaper chargers at best just use a timer, at worst they just charge forever. I have the PowerEx MH-C9000. Pricey, but I liked the larger display, I can see it without reading glasses, lol. Also it is very roomy and easy to get batteries in and out from any position.
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Eneloop are made by Sanyo. Panasonic has a different brand but are also very competitive with their products here in Japan.
In the US and Europe, you can get the XX Eneloop high capacity batteries. In Japan, they are the Eneloop Pro. Less frequent in changing betteries which is why I like them.
Amazon.com: Eneloop XX AA batteries 2500 mAh NiMH x4: Electronics
Limited edition Disney theme Eneloop batteries by gqtuazon, on Flickr
Sounds good. Now, where is the best deal?
...anywhere but Walmart
Pat - Looks like Eneloop is by Sanyo/Panasonic
Eneloop are made by Sanyo. Panasonic has a different brand but are also very competitive with their products here in Japan.
In the US and Europe, you can get the XX Eneloop high capacity batteries. In Japan, they are the Eneloop Pro. Less frequent in changing betteries which is why I like them.
Amazon.com: Eneloop XX AA batteries 2500 mAh NiMH x4: Electronics
Limited edition Disney theme Eneloop batteries by gqtuazon, on Flickr
Re: Recharagble batteries?
Panasonic Eneloop: eneloop Global Site | Panasonic Global
Sanyo: eneloop Global Site | Panasonic Global
Interesting.
Panasonic Eneloop: eneloop Global Site | Panasonic Global
Sanyo: eneloop Global Site | Panasonic Global
Interesting.
Corey @ Faymus Media
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Eneloop XX batteries for many years. Watch the video and I hope it helps.
Eneloop XX batteries for many years. Watch the video and I hope it helps.
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Didn't even realize that and it appears that they've merged about a year ago already. Panasonic still sells their own battery brand here in Japan "Evolta" as you can see on the right hand of the picture that I posted above.
Didn't even realize that and it appears that they've merged about a year ago already. Panasonic still sells their own battery brand here in Japan "Evolta" as you can see on the right hand of the picture that I posted above.
Re: Recharagble batteries?
Eneloops are the best rechargables for a flash unit The only one reasonable exception if if you might want larger 2900mah cells for a large one day shoot. But if you want them to last a month, or even one week, you definitely want Eneloop.
There are other brands of low discharge NiMH now (licensed from Sanyo), good, but why bother with anything but the real source?
Eneloop is NOT from Sony. Eneloop is from Sanyo, they are the Sanyo Eneloop label.
However, the controlling share of Sanyo has recently been acquired by Panasonic, and Panasonic is rebranding most Sanyo items and labels to say Panasonic instead. The name Eneloop is too valuable to be changed however, but now Panasonic is talking about Eneloop. The Sanyo name is disappearing.
Eneloops are the best rechargables for a flash unit The only one reasonable exception if if you might want larger 2900mah cells for a large one day shoot. But if you want them to last a month, or even one week, you definitely want Eneloop.
There are other brands of low discharge NiMH now (licensed from Sanyo), good, but why bother with anything but the real source?
Eneloop is NOT from Sony. Eneloop is from Sanyo, they are the Sanyo Eneloop label.
However, the controlling share of Sanyo has recently been acquired by Panasonic, and Panasonic is rebranding most Sanyo items and labels to say Panasonic instead. The name Eneloop is too valuable to be changed however, but now Panasonic is talking about Eneloop. The Sanyo name is disappearing.
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Out of curiosity, does anyone know roughly how many flashes they get with a full charged set of batteries? Reason I'm asking is because I've just bought a yongnuo 468II Flash and don't know wether I should order 1 or 2 sets of batteries for it... Since I'm just experimenting with flash I don't think I will be using it constantly, but just wondering if you guys bought 2 sets straight away or managed with just. 1 set...?
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Out of curiosity, does anyone know roughly how many flashes they get with a full charged set of batteries? Reason I'm asking is because I've just bought a yongnuo 468II Flash and don't know wether I should order 1 or 2 sets of batteries for it... Since I'm just experimenting with flash I don't think I will be using it constantly, but just wondering if you guys bought 2 sets straight away or managed with just. 1 set...?
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I think the number of flashes would vary greatly depending how much power was needed per flash. I don't know that flash, but I took about 200 pictures with my sb-700 for fill flash the other day without a problem. The batteries were not even half discharged. (my charger tells me how much charge went in)
In general, I feel naked if I don't have extra batteries so it would not even be a question for me, but I have tons of AA & AAA gadgets though so my batteries all get good use.
I think the number of flashes would vary greatly depending how much power was needed per flash. I don't know that flash, but I took about 200 pictures with my sb-700 for fill flash the other day without a problem. The batteries were not even half discharged. (my charger tells me how much charge went in)
In general, I feel naked if I don't have extra batteries so it would not even be a question for me, but I have tons of AA & AAA gadgets though so my batteries all get good use.