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Re:Why rechargeable (AA/AAA) batteries not popular? by Travis on Saturday May 21, 2011 @07:37PM (#2572114)
I recently purchased 3 sets of AA Energizer brand rechargables. They kept their charge in some of my electronics for all of 24 hours in many cases.

They seem like a great idea, but in my recent (last 2 years) experiment, the performance actually does degrade that quickly. It could have just been a bad batch, but it was 3 separate 4 packs of battteries, all with their own chargers.

Re:Why rechargeable (AA/AAA) batteries not popular? by pwg on Sunday May 22, 2011 @01:41AM (#2572724)
If it was the chargers that were packaged together with the batteries, then the problem was likely the charger destroying the batteries rather than any fault of the battery itself.