Energizer AA batteries Lithium

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l e o wrote:
> I saw the Energizer AA batteries Lithium batteries at the warehouse
> store. Are they any good for camera and flash comparing to NiMH?

I'm not sure how you would want to compare non-rechargeable with
rechargeable. Lithiums have very good shelf life, good low temperature
performance, high capacity to weight ratio -- but what are you looking
for?

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Lin Chung wrote:
> Leo wrote:
> > I saw the Energizer AA batteries Lithium batteries at the warehouse store.
> > Are they any good for camera and flash comparing to NiMH?
>
>
> "The NiMH versus Li-Ion Debate"
> http://nordicgroup.us/chargers/#Th [...] n%20Debate
> 3/4 down the page.
>
> --
> Lin Chung
> [Replace "the Water Margin" with "ntlworld" for e-mail].

DUH -- not Li-Ion -- just plain Lithium AA's. Read OP carefully.

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missingdata wrote:
>
> Lin Chung wrote:
>
>>Leo wrote:
>>
>>>I saw the Energizer AA batteries Lithium batteries at the warehouse store.
>>>Are they any good for camera and flash comparing to NiMH?
>>
>>
>>"The NiMH versus Li-Ion Debate"
>>http://nordicgroup.us/chargers/#The%20NiMH%20versus%20Li-Ion%20Debate
>>3/4 down the page.
>>
>>--
>>Lin Chung
>>[Replace "the Water Margin" with "ntlworld" for e-mail].
>
>
> DUH -- not Li-Ion -- just plain Lithium AA's. Read OP carefully.


I notice there are Li-ion CA-V3 rechargables. Are they any good?

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I agree with you about the difficulty in comparing rechargeable with
non-rechargeable.

The local discount retailer in my area sells 2500 mAh Energizer
rechargeable NiMH batteries at US$9.99 (for 4 AA batteries per
package), and the local Sam's Club (membership-card Wal-Mart for small
business folk) sells 8 of those batteries plus charger for $19.95.

I've found that 2300 mAh and 2500 mAh NiMH batteries power my digital
camera significantly longer than the 1400 mAh batteries that I
purchased last year. Progress marches on.

A major criterion for purchasing my digital cameras was AA rechargeable
batteries (rather than proprietary lithium-ion batteries), because $10
for generic rechargeables is more cost-effective for me than $40 each
for proprietary rechargeables. (Also, four of my digital cameras use
the same AA NiMH batteries. My other digital cameras - none of their
expensive proprietary lithium-ion batteries are interchangeable from
camera to camera.)

That said, I also carry one set of non-rechargeable lithium AA
batteries in my camera bag, also have a battery charger (for AA) that
works off my automobile for insurance during field use away from home.

Dave Etchells' "Imaging Resource" website
http://www.imaging-resource.com
has a webpage with extensive information about rechargeable batteries,
and with a hotlink to Thomas Distributing Company (battery merchant)
http://www.thomas-distributing.com/index.htm

Another battery merchant's website is
http://www.ripvan100.com

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leo -

I had bad results with three li-ion ca-v3 rechargables that I tried,
but others have been quite happy with them. I didn't seem to get as
many shots as I could get from a set of 2100 NiMH's, and un-used, they
seemed to loose their charge faster than those same NiMH's as well.
Others have reported the exact opposite. I also thought the chargers
weren't anywhere as well engineered as chargers supplied with li-ion's
included with name brand cameras [and I always have been quite
concerned about quality li-ion charging circuits, given some of the
problems with li-ion reported on occasion in the past].

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editor@netpath.net wrote:
> You're going to - even at discount - spend a fortune on batteries
> fueling any digicam with nonrechargeables. Any rechargeable will VERY
> fast pay for itself with digicam use. This is probably the application
> that rechargeables pay back fastest in - like inside the equivalent of
> 10 to 20 rolls of film.
>
>

Much depends on how one wants to use his camera. If you use it every
day, as I do, then NIMH is probably much better, and the lithiums server
a role as backups, but if you use the camera only several times a year,
on intermittently, then the lithium batteries will be ready to go when
you are, and will provide energy for about $.03 a picture (in my
camera). MUCH more expensive than NIMH, but the convenience factor may
be more important.


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Ron Hunter rphunter@charter.net