Do you use rechargeable or landfill?
We use a LOT of batteries. In the UK, we used mostly rechargeable but we found that many things such as cameras etc only worked well on brand spanking new disposable batteries, and rechargeables never came up to the mark. Moving here, the problem increased. Put rechargeable batteries in the digicam and it'd work for 5 minutes then tell us it needed new batteries. So we gave up with the rechargeable.
Now, apparently, technology has moved on and the rechargeables are better. But we have these "better technology" batteries in our cellphones and we still have to put them on to charge each night, even if we haven't used the phones or been in a low signal area.
So should we embrace the new technology and buy a new charger and a new set of rechargeable batteries, or should we keep buying Duracell in bulk?
I want to recharge, but I can't cope with batteries that only last 5 minutes.
Fire away.......
I just buy those big packs of Duracell when I go to Costco.
Camera I rough it with rechargables, buy those Panasonic batteries that supposedly last longer for cameras (forget the type) or just use the mains power adaptor if I'm at home but agree, they don't last long at all.
Had problems keeping up with all the remotes and their batteries but now I just have the one that controls everything else and it seems to be fairly frugal with power drain.
While I can see the environmental differences between the two types of batteries regarding landfills, I can't help wondering if it really makes that much difference because we are recharging using house electricity which comes from unfriendly sources. If you have opted for eco-friendly electricity suppliers then I can see the benefits of going for rechargeable.
We buy in bulk too - and find the cheapest ones are Ikea brand so stock up when we go there.
Maybe we should all use rechargable batteries with hand cranked generators for recharging. Two birds with one stone, charge the batteries and increase muscle tone.
If you are an environmentalist,
Recycle rechargeables here
I use rechargables in my big Konica Minolta camera and they last very well.
I have 3 different brands and find the Monster brand last the longest, followed by the Sony brand and lastly the other which I cant think of right now.
My other cameras all came with their own rechargable battery.
I do buy regular non rechargeables for other things around the house such as flashlights, mp3 players and clocks.
i use mostly rechargables they came with there own charger
with the camcorder .digital camera ,cell phones and my tools * drill driver , reciprocating ,and jig saw * cant think of any tool /gadget we use non rechargeble batteries in
I use the Panasonic batteries in my digicam. To give you an idea of how long they last on our recent vacation, I put them in on the first day (the camera is 7.1 megapixels and takes four batteries) and I took well over 200 pictures plus a few movies, and edited and viewed them on the camera constantly before the batteries died. Not bad at all.
I say go with the better batteries and the charger - it's worth trying.
While I can see the environmental differences between the two types of batteries regarding landfills, I can't help wondering if it really makes that much difference because we are recharging using house electricity which comes from unfriendly sources. If you have opted for eco-friendly electricity suppliers then I can see the benefits of going for rechargeable.
It does save you a bunch of money in the long run though. I use rechargables for my camera and a bunch of stuff and never had any problems with them, except that I can't find any rechargable alkali batteries any more just NiC. I swear there were some a couple of years ago.
The un-rechargable one's can leak toxins when sitting for a thousand years in a landfill.
I just noticed there is a battery recycling collection point in the building I work in so I'll start dropping them off there.
CR says go with the cheapest or on sale batteries .So I will check out Ikea and Costco.
I use very few batteries as my photo's are on film 2.25 square,very rarely used now, or mainly 35mm panaromic or 35 mm regular disposable cameras (Some day I will get a Leica 3f camera).
Though I did a big battery charge the other day.My portable(very heavy) car/battery charger (Great gadgets the AAA use them to start you car when the battery goes dead) required charging, the light glowed Red, and it was months ago when it was charged; it took 36 hours to charge it before the light glowed green.