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Don't buy throw-away batteries damn it man, think of global warming and the environment. 
I would recommend LSD or pre-charged batteries especially for 'C' and 'D' size cells and a suitable charger.
You can get D size pre-charged cells in 8500mah capacity, they should last ages.
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Mark Parity wrote: I would recommend LSD
But it's pricey, and it doesn't last long.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Pricer yes, I'm not too sure what you mean when you say it doesn't last long?
Do you mean capacity? The Duracell is quoted at 15000mah, the rechargeable is quoted at 8500mah so around half the life/capacity.
It should be easily possible to get 100 charge cycles from the rechargeable D cell if kept within the operating specifications for discharge/charge and temperature.
In the UK:
Pack of two Duracell D - £4.99
Pack of two Ansmann D - £24.99 + Charger £16.99 = £41.98
So yes it is pricier to go with the LSD solution but after 8-9 charges you are in profit.
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It's a drug, no idea what it stands for. Quantity, effects, something else doesn't last long.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Lysergic acid diethylamide apparently.
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It probably works out at about the same price as beer, but it doesn't last as long, and has marginally worse after effects.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Really?
Just about every known rechargeable battery is loaded with cancer causing agents. While LSD batteries aren't loaded with cadmium, nickel is still bad.
Conventional and alkaline batteries are primarily composed of inert metals.
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True, but imagine a stack of 200 D size alkaline batteries vs 2 nimh D size batteries over their respective total lifespans.
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It all depends on how many batteries you use, and they are not used as much as they used to be.
My primary use for non-rechargeable batteries is smoke detectors, with number 2 being flashlights
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Sixteen years ago, I decided to embrace the recharge. After research, I bought the best batteries and recharger. It ended up to be a giant waste of money. Even my kids, who were young at the time, learned not to trust "Dad's" batteries. It had such a negative impact, they didn't trust rechargable anything for a long while (such as with MP3 players.)
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Try some of the newer Eneloop batteries (other quality brands are available  ) they are a lot better but it does depend on application I agree.
If you can always charge them at a lower rate too, so they don't ever get warm I've found them to be very good, lasting a few months in things like the led candles we have, those ones have been charged at maybe twenty times over the five years we've had them.
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A general warning: seen (had) batteries from major brands, such as Duracell, leak in devices and even leak sitting in a drawer. Heavy leakage. And five or six years left on the freshness date. For that matter, I've had NiMH batteries unable to hold a charge after just a few cycles: same batch, same device, same charging cycle - some just drop dead.
What did they all have in common? MADE IN CHINA
I simply won't buy them for those applications that require non-rechargeable. It's cheap insurance.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: MADE IN CHINA
Who cares if they work - they were a dollar less than the other package!
Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)
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I guess you didn't read the majority of what I wrote.
Enjoy. Don't worry . . . be happy
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And I would guess that you didn't understand the sarcasm in that statement.
And I never enjoyed Don't worry be happy![^]
Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)
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DRHuff wrote: And I would guess that you didn't understand the sarcasm in that statement.
Guilty - I have my head in too many things at once. Just calming down about now.
Glad you said something (though I've no idea why).
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Just out of curiosity, if you want batteries NOT made in China, what do you buy?
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Last time out for alkaline batteries (9v for smoke detectors), I got RayOVac, made in Malaysia. Not my favorite source, but at least long ago they had quality control (major source of Seagate HDD's when they were top dog).
For NiMH, some come from Japan (Enelope, also, some other grey thing got from Newegg).
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The most important thing to know is what the application is going to be.
If you are going on a camping trip and using a flashlight a lot; I would recommend some Duracell alkaline batteries. That same flashlight just being for emergency use is getting conventional zinc-chloride batteries which will be replaced when I change batteries in my smoke detector every 6 months.
Why is this? I use an LED MagLight. The batteries do not get used up quickly, and will last and last and last. The problem is that the casings deteriorate and possible swell or leak before they go dead. I have a 10 year old one that still lights up (dimly) but I cannot get the batteries out to change.
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Thank you each and every contributor to this conversation.
Really learned a lot.
And then,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
The boss tells me, "Batteries ? You don't have to buy them, just come by the office when you need a set. I can keep you in batteries, no problem."
So, Duh.
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The little deities have no need for such a day ever since they landed and conquered the Egyptians.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Modern cats don't have owners; they have clients.
Mine for example ('Canada' by name) lives in a nice post-modern flat beneath the towel rack in our upstairs bath. It's adjacent to a furnace vent, so warm and comforting to her old bones (she's 16).
Software Zen: delete this;
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