Re: What's your battery system?
Posted: Dec 24, 2009 3:49 pm
Marduke wrote:The general public has a very negative, and incorrect impression of conventional (ie. AA NiMH) rechargable batteries. They are used to slow chargers, high self discharge, and short runtimes (caused by high self discharge). They are not aware that poor performance is almost always caused more by crap chargers than crap cells. They buy the cheapest combo pack they can find on the shelf, then wonder why "all rechargeables suck" when they crap out on them.
Hmmm yes, the uninformed general public ...and that old-timer who submitted letters to the NSS News last year warning us all that 'rechargeable lights have no place in caving.' According to our informal poll, that statement is one of the most unanimously disagreed-with opinions in cavechat history.
Werewolf - if you can stretch the budget, pick up the LaCrosse charger as well and compare it with the Powerex. Then decide which one you want to keep.