Got some Energizer NiMH batteries and they are suck!

[AllABoutTheDeals]

Anybody have experience with Energizer's D-cell NiMH batteries? Got some from Target with a matching charger and they suck! Basically 6 D-cells lasted 2 hours in my Skyfi 5 watt boombox at half volume. They are 2200mah batteries and I'd think they'd go for maybe 5 hours with such a low wattage stereo. I've seen 8000mah NiMHbatteries on Ebay and was thinking about getting some but they are twice as much.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

woah... do I see a Jerboy trend here, only with batteries instead of lights??? :Q

 

[BigSmooth]

2200 mAH seems incredibly low for a D Battery. There are AAs that have more capacity than that.

 

[Booster]

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
woah... do I see a Jerboy trend here, only with batteries instead of lights??? :Q

Yep, dude was always going off about rechargeable batteries, too. He PMed me once with arguments that NiCd batteries suck, and NiMh ones rule. Personally, I think otherwise.

 

[AllABoutTheDeals]

I have used AA NiMH batts in my cameras for a couple years and they are awesome. They are 1800mah though. And the Ds barely have more than that. I thought it was a little low and they are light like nicads. They feel almost empty.

 

[tcsenter]

My Energizer AA NiMH are 1850mAH and work great. It almost seemed as though they didn't hold much of a charge the first two or three times I recharged them. Every three rotations or so, I drain them completely dead before recharging.

 

[AllABoutTheDeals]

I've only used them twice. Maybe they need to break in?

 

[dman]

Originally posted by: Booster

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
woah... do I see a Jerboy trend here, only with batteries instead of lights??? :Q

Yep, dude was always going off about rechargeable batteries, too. He PMed me once with arguments that NiCd batteries suck, and NiMh ones rule. Personally, I think otherwise.

What could you possibly like about about NiCd?

NiMH >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NiCd.

Possibly price is cheaper for NiCd but there are some incredible deals on NiMh to make that a non-issue.

As for 2200Mah for D Cells, that is pretty weak. Perhaps they didn't get charged up fully, too. Some NiMH cells require a few charges to get peak capacity. (I wouldn't expect double run-time though, maybe a few more mins, 10-15 based on what you said).

I'd expect more runtime from them, but, boomboxes eat up batteries, so, YMMV.

 

[AllABoutTheDeals]

Been using Nicads for 15 years and they suck compared to NiMH in high-drain devices. They also have to be replaced a lot sooner. I'll give them a couple more cycles to shape up or they go back to Target. They are $8.50 over there for 2 right now which seemed like a deal.

 

[Byte]

2200Mah D cells? Good god thats low. You want these puppies: 11,000mAH!

 

[AllABoutTheDeals]

Holy Crap! 11,000? Maha makes good stuff I heard.

 

[sharkeeper]

If you crack one of those apart you will see that it's actually a tiny cylinder in a shell that's the same diameter as a D battery. It's a joke!

11 A/h is more like it for D.

-DAK-

 

[AllABoutTheDeals]

You mean C or A cell size right? Because it is a D cell.