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Audioguru:

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--- Quote from: Audioguru on June 16, 2018, 05:16:28 pm ---Ni-MH cells have a much higher capacity, hold a charge for 1 year instead of just a month or two

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This is only true for the low self-discharge types such as Eneloop.  Standard high capacity NiMH can have very high levels of self discharge.

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Energizer and Duracell Ni-MH batteries have been sold as "pre-charged" and "holds the charge for one year" everywhere for a few years the same as Sanyo/Panasonic Eneloops.
The Energizer and Duracell Ni-MH batteries are made for them in Japan and might actually be Eneloops. They do not make or sell "standard high capacity" Ni-MH batteries anymore but the old capacity was only 9% more.
drussell:
Yeah, more and more of the off-the-shelf NiMH cells are being made in the low self-discharge models, types and styles, many of which may or may not be actually made by Panasonic, licensing their tech or using some kind of similar methods one way or another...

They are all much, much better than older "regular" NiMH technologies which, yeah, often have (or, had) self-discharge worse than the old cheap NiCd cells....  :)
james_s:
LSD tech is what finally made rechargeable batteries really practical. Previously I used them in high drain devices that ate a lot of batteries but for stuff like flashlights they would self discharge by the time I needed them. Now I use NiMH batteries in virtually everything. I don't buy disposable batteries anymore, the only time I ever use them is when I get some for free.
David Hess:
Low self discharge NiCd cells used to be available as well but never in the consumer market.

To my mind, NiMH cells were useless before the low self discharge types became available.
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