need new rechargeables....opinions on these?

Kevin CTMP

I have recently decided to upgrade my batteries and charger, I'm tired of purchasing new lithiums every event and my current rechargables I don't care for.

for the charger, I was considering one of the powerex smart chargers, or the La Crosse BC-700, any reccomendations there? I do like the fact that the La Crosse is coming in about $20 cheaper on Amazon, only thing is that is has 4 slots instead of 8, but that wouldn't be a selling point for me. I'm sure either one would be better than my generic duracell one hour charger.

as for the batteries, I definitely want something that is pre-charged, as of now I'm looking at the eneloops or the duracell pre-charged. I was wondering if anyone has any good or bad experience with these. the only thing I noticed is that the eneloops are 2000mah and the durcacells are I believe 2300mah..will that difference matter much?...by duracells now are 2700mah, but like i said, they drain way too fast. I use the canon external power pack and load 8 batteries into that, as well as 4 in the flash, so I would think 2000mah would be enough, but I'd like to get some other opinions

borrowlenses.com

We've heard nothing but great things about the Eneloops. We just ordered some and will report back shortly.

gecko0

Every review I've read on batteries puts Eneloops at the top. I ended up buying a dozen of them and have nothing but good things to say so far. I don't use them in a professional environment, but they hold up well in all of my flash units. I am planning on buying more as spares soon.

Kevin CTMP

gecko0 wrote:

Every review I've read on batteries puts Eneloops at the top. I ended up buying a dozen of them and have nothing but good things to say so far. I don't use them in a professional environment, but they hold up well in all of my flash units. I am planning on buying more as spares soon.

AWESOME! thats what I've heard too...I hope they work out for me better than my current ones....especially if I get them pre-charged. Any idea on a charger?

gecko0

A charger came with the pack I bought off of Amazon. I haven't tried third-party chargers on them. The one I have only holds four batteries at a time though, but I'm sure they have a larger one.

Check out this link for tips on charger use (around #10-12):

http://www.eneloop.info/home/faq.html


edit: I take that back...Sanyo only makes three chargers for them:

http://www.eneloop.info/products/chargers.html