Cordless Phone Batteries

[Kelemvor]

I have a Panasonic cordless phone that has two rechargable batteries in it. They aren't holding a charge well any more so I'm looking to replace them.

The ones it came with are: Model HHR-65AAABU, NiMH 1.2v 630mAh

At the store I found two possible batteries. One was 1.3v but only 600mAh and says it was for Solar Lights. The other was 1.2v but 1000mAh and says it's for High Drain devices.

When I bought the phone, I thought I saw people stating that using a bit stronger of a battery helped the phone so I'm wondering if I'd be best with the second option of battery. Or should I not use either of these and find one that's an actual match to the Panasonic ones.

Any advice?

 

[Leros]

You need to match the voltage and match or exceed the mAh rating. Go with battery #2.

 

[shortylickens]

Get both from Amazon and return the one you dont like.
Oh, and since its triple-A's, I recommend getting the highest capacity you can. Actually, if you were a real nerd this wouldnt have even been an issue. You should already have a buttload of rechargeables.

I got about 20 AAA and 30 AA and a big ass charger that does 10 of each.

 

[Mark R]

Both batteries will work adequately. #1 is basically identical to the ones in your phone.

Batteries #1 are typical garbage grade, ultra-cheap NIMH. (Typical for the batteries bundled with consumer level stuff, like cordless phones)
Batteries #2 are higher grade NIMH with larger capacity, due to higher active material content, and the use of a more advanced formulation giving better charge holding.

#1 is a better match. #2 is likely to give better performance (longer talk time/standby time).

Ignore the difference in the voltage. All NIMH are 1.25V - sometimes, they this gets rounded one way or the other, or mistyped.

 

[0roo0roo]

u want nimh with higher mAh, low discharge not necessary, since phones tend to sit in charging base anyways and don't go for months not charging. so max capacity is where its at, and yea panny is good for not using stupid proprietary battery packs.

solar are weird, dunno why they are 1.3v. solar has different reqs, batteries probably barely get charged all that much or drained all that much by those things, mostly environmental conditions suck for them. solar tend to use nicad http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?198225-Malibu-solar-lights...-NiCd-or-NiMH-Vendor

my guess is those nimh for solar are just garbage cells since they know they will never charge a fraction from solar, and will be baked/frozen to death in no time regardless.

panny cells over priced.

 

[0roo0roo]

http://slickdeals.net/f/3789300-Dur...iMH-AAA-Size-4-Count-Packages-Pack-of-2-14-16

 

[BoomerD]

I just bought these for my Panasonic cordless phones:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001F0RCE6/...60_cs_sce_dp_1

I have 4 phones, so I bought an 8-pack for $19.75 (includes shipping...they were $15.99 at the time)
So far, they're working just fine. Charge quickly, last MUCH longer than the original Panasonic batteries.

 

[Kelemvor]

The ones I got were only like $5 for the 4 pack so I'm good with that. I'll see how they work and if not, then it's only $5.

 

[0roo0roo]

eh if you are good for the insanely low runtime man. 600mah...40% lower life than the 1000mah.