Recommend me some good AA rechargable batteries

I use eneloop pros and amazon basics AA's for my xbone controllers, I've found that the amazon basics rechargeable AA's have pretty much the same life though, no idea if they'll take as many recharges but it's been a year and they're still going strong.
 
amigafan2003 said:
When I tested them their capacity did match up as did the LSD (just slightly worse than eneloop pros), however their cycle life appears to be poor. 10 cycles through powerful flashlight and the are showing signs of fatigue, about 3 times that of my eneloops. Their voltage curve is also worse than the eneloops. I'd say they're good for low drain devices only.
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Seems fair enough. That said, it does seem that most high drain devices nowerdays come with their own LIPO batteries :D
 
Egon said:
That's disappointing as I got some before Christmas based on positive reviews.
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They don't have bad reviews as such - just generally a little behind the Eneloops and closest competitors - atleast in the reviews I looked at the other day.
 
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Django x2 said:
Thing with AA rechargables is it's all about the mAH. Get the highest you can for the price you can afford and they'll last longer in said application.

ie, don't buy these


As they are 1900mah compared to what Energizer will do, which is 2400mah
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Its not a case of just going for the highest mah rating. For something that runs then it fast but users low current the lites are better.
High mah is better for either high current use or long single charge use. There perfect in a flash for instance which recharges faster on high mah.

Lites are better where you will see a lot of recharging as they last longer.
 
Django x2 said:
Thing with AA rechargables is it's all about the mAH. Get the highest you can for the price you can afford and they'll last longer in said application.
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Which is ok if you are going to use them straight after they've been charged and drain them within a few days. Normal nimh batteries, like the energiser, will discharge themselves over time (as much as 50% in a week on some high capacity batteries - what's the point in having high capacity batteries if they're only 20% charged when you come to use them?

Whereas the Eneloop in your link will hold 95% of thier charge after 1 year, so much better for stashing in the drawer and using when required or in devices that last months in use.

The only legit use for non-LSD batteries is for flashes in cameras or for devices that sit on charge most of the time, such as cordless phones. For everything else, LSD batteries will be better.
 
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And that is why I love Eneloops. I can have a spare set fully charged for when the old ones run out.
 
Greebo said:
And that is why I love Eneloops. I can have a spare set fully charged for when the old ones run out.
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I might have more than one set ready to go :-)

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I've prob got the same again in use in devices around the house (three young kids :-) As you can see, I've tried quite a few brands, but they are all LSD batts apart from one pack of lithiums.
 
I've been using Energizer & Duracell ones recently, both ~2400mAh, & were half the cost of Eneloop pro iirc. I'd get whatever high capacity branded you can find for a good price.
 
Tom_ed1987 said:
I've been using Energizer & Duracell ones recently, both ~2400mAh, & were half the cost of Eneloop pro iirc. I'd get whatever high capacity branded you can find for a good price.
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Don't listen to this advice.
 
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