Rechargeable batteries

[barbel]

So I was looking for rechargeable batteries and do they have to be 1.5v or can they be 1.2v as nimh rechargeable batteries are only 1.2v I believe and lithium rechargeable batteries are 1.5v

So do I need lithium or nimh

What do you lot use please

 

[Unseul]

They can be 1.2V. From what I've read, 1.5V batteries slowly go down in voltage as they lose charge, a good rechargeable will stay around 1.2V for longer, before going down. So it'll show only 70% charge, but stay in the mid range for longer apparently. Regardless, I've used 1.2V rechargeables no issue.

 

[andy_mk3]

I use Eneloops or EBL for 1.2v. Using JUGEE from Aliexpress for 1.5v.

 

[barbel]

They can be 1.2V. From what I've read, 1.5V batteries slowly go down in voltage as they lose charge, a good rechargeable will stay around 1.2V for longer, before going down. So it'll show only 70% charge, but stay in the mid range for longer apparently. Regardless, I've used 1.2V rechargeables no issue.

I was looking at these and it says they stay at 1.5v even from 100% to 0%

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kratax-350...+battery&qid=1612540244&sprefix=Kratax&sr=8-3

 

[Unseul]

I was looking at these and it says they stay at 1.5v even from 100% to 0%

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kratax-350...+battery&qid=1612540244&sprefix=Kratax&sr=8-3

They look insanely good. If you get them, let me know how they go!

 

[melmac]

I was looking at these and it says they stay at 1.5v even from 100% to 0%

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kratax-350...+battery&qid=1612540244&sprefix=Kratax&sr=8-3

Buy them, test them, give us the go ahead if they are good.

Thank you labrat, oops I mean Barbel

Seriously, they do sound like brilliant batteries. Might get some when the delivery situation to Ireland is in a better place.

 

[andybird123]

I got the EBL lithium ones from there, they have a microusb on each battery and come with a 4in1 cable to charge them, they are lasting really well too (still on the first charge)

 

[ShiWarrior]

i use Panasonic pro

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07HZPBXY3/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Minstadave]

I got the EBL lithium ones from there, they have a microusb on each battery and come with a 4in1 cable to charge them, they are lasting really well too (still on the first charge)

Never seen them before. Quite cool!

People mention that because the voltage is so stable battery guages don't work well and just show full until the battery shuts down.

 

[ShiWarrior]

https://www.androidcentral.com/best-replacement-batteries-oculus-quest-controllers

https://basereality.co/blogs/guides/best-aa-batteries-for-oculus-quest-controllers

https://www.vrone.co.uk/vr-accessor...est-rechargeable-batteries-for-vr-controllers

Panasonic seem to top every list

 

[andy_mk3]

Never seen them before. Quite cool!

People mention that because the voltage is so stable battery guages don't work well and just show full until the battery shuts down.

The JUGEE batteries I use drop the voltage when they are low to trigger the battery warning on the device.

 

[ShiWarrior]

my Panasonics trigger the low warning, had it the other day, so swapped them out for the full charged ones, and stuck them on a re charge cycle

 

[barbel]

I was looking at these and it says they stay at 1.5v even from 100% to 0%

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kratax-350...+battery&qid=1612540244&sprefix=Kratax&sr=8-3

So I bought these plugs into a phone charger or USB socket and they lasted 20 hours of playing and they still said 100% charge but I changed them so don't know how long they will last

 

[Rummers]

https://www.androidcentral.com/best-replacement-batteries-oculus-quest-controllers

https://basereality.co/blogs/guides/best-aa-batteries-for-oculus-quest-controllers

https://www.vrone.co.uk/vr-accessor...est-rechargeable-batteries-for-vr-controllers

Panasonic seem to top every list

Thanking you!

 

[andybird123]

Never seen them before. Quite cool!

People mention that because the voltage is so stable battery guages don't work well and just show full until the battery shuts down.

I've noticed that after about 3-4 weeks of use the tracking on one of the controllers starts glitching, swapping them out and recharging them fixes it so I am guessing this is them getting low without actually dying, I will probably swap them out every 2 weeks now as apparently recharging batteries half empty is better than waiting for them to get really low, I got two sets anyway as the reports were that G2's ate batteries but actually 4 weeks off one set is not actually that bad. You could easily have 1 set and just remember to recharge them on a regular basis.

When I first put them in they show up as fully charged, but then they drop to half full and don't go any lower, so I'll probably just look for half full and recharge then.