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Is it just me or have rechargeable NiMH improved?
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edy:
Yes Amazon Canada is more expensive, even after conversion from US to CAN. I need to purchase $35 worth for free shipping, which means I should be able to combine these:

1. Panasonic BQ-CC17SBA eneloop Advanced Individual Battery Charger ($19.16)
https://www.amazon.ca/Panasonic-BQ-CC17SBA-Advanced-Individual-Indicator/dp/B00JHKSLM8

2. Amazon Basics 12-Pack AAA Performance 800 mAh Rechargeable Batteries, Pre-Charged ($15.54)
https://www.amazon.ca/AmazonBasics-AAA-Rechargeable-Batteries-12-Pack/dp/B007B9NXAC


If that Panasonic charger will do the job, I think that may be easiest way to go. By the way I'm still listening on my WM-FX451 Sony Walkman using those pre-charged 2500 mAh Duracells now for a week, probably on my 20th cassette? It's ridiculous!

The Amazon Basics pre-charged AAA's are probably LSD also, can stuff them into all my remotes as they use AAA's and it should keep them going for years before I need to charge. Plus $15 for 12-pack isn't bad  I think. The Panasonic charger + 4 eneloop AAA's was $40, so I'm better off here buying the charger separately and these Amazon basic batteries (they are both 800 mAh).
james_s:
If they are pre-charged, they are LSD, that is a given.
edy:
Thanks for all the input into this thread. My last experience with rechargeables was more than a decade ago and I’m glad to see things have significantly improved. My pre-charged Duracells finally died, at least in the Sony Walkman I used them in (Tecsun shortwave still going). I popped another 2 pre-charged AA’s from the same Duracell 4-pack I bought into the Walkman and expect it to go another 30 cassettes.  :-DD

Based on all the advice here I decided to just get the Panasonic CC17 “set it and forget it” charger. I can just leave it overnight and the next day should be ready. I don’t need speed, I have enough batteries to swap. I also picked up the Amazon-branded pre-charged AAA’s.

Since all these new batteries are LSD, I can just charge them up and keep them in my drawer ready to use. Gone are the days when I had to charge batteries up just before I need them… or keep them always in the charger, knowing that they start losing their charge quickly the minute I remove them from the charger. That was I think the biggest frustration with my old Energizer batteries. Since I needed to charge them in pairs because of the charger it came with, if I charged all 4 then by the time the first pair died the second pair was already half depleted. I’d have to anticipate when the pair I was using was about to die and get the second pair charged up the night before. So I never had a nice fully charged pair available and if I kept it in the charger topped up all the time it would eventually kill them.
james_s:

--- Quote from: edy on November 16, 2022, 02:22:16 pm ---Since all these new batteries are LSD, I can just charge them up and keep them in my drawer ready to use.

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That's what I've been doing for more than a decade. There's a tray in the desk drawer that charged batteries go into and a charger on the desk. Whenever something needs new batteries I pop the old ones in the charger and grab some fresh ones out of the drawer.
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