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Old 04-21-2006, 07:36 PM
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Rechargeable Battz

What rechargeable batteries do you guys suggest?, I definetly dont have enough money to go and buy some lithium ions right now...thanks
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Old 04-22-2006, 11:25 PM
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Ehh....the regular Ni-MH ones maybe? xD
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Old 04-23-2006, 01:59 AM
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I have been using the Enegizer NiMH rechargeables with good results. A buddy of mine uses the Durcell one's, and he's been very happy with them. Be prepared to pay though. An 8 pack will run about 20 bucks, plus you will have to buy a charger.
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Old 04-23-2006, 03:09 AM
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if you go to a store, prepare to pay for a lot. If you look on ebay, you can get AAA Ni-mh for about $.80 - $1 per battery. Some of the lots come with chargers too.

The quality of some of those batteries are poor, but my favorite ones come from ebay. I have duracell ones, but they seem to run out pretty fast. If you buy a lot of 24 for $20, even if half of them are really good, you're still better off.
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Old 04-23-2006, 04:07 AM
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Another place you could try is batteryspace.com.
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Old 05-04-2006, 07:17 AM
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rayovac's 15 mins arnt too bad. energizer has em too. maybe others as well....
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Old 05-05-2006, 07:58 AM
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I use Energizer's 15 minute charger. It's pretty expensive at about $30, but it's worth every penny. The batteries are expensive. I paid a little less than $30 for 12 Energizer AAAs. I can pretty much run the car non stop now, running on 4, charging 4, and cooling 4 at the same time. I usually stop when I think the motor's getting too hot.
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Old 05-23-2006, 08:37 PM
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THe 15 min charger is great. I use it with my cheap-o batteries from ebay. I've charged them atleast 20 times without any problems. The special 15 minute batteries aren't necessary. Most of the time they are low capacity too (good marketing trick to use crap batteries and advertise short charging times to sell them for way too much).

Charging other batteries after letting the cool fills them up quite nicely too, even the ones that are supposed to handle the 15 minute charge. The quality of the charge is still more poor just because of the characteristics of a high amperage charge.
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