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Well I was in Adsa today a place I visit as seldom as possible.Anyway I though to take a look in the electrical section and found a Uniross X-Press 150 for £8.95 so I bought it.

I will get the batteries you suggest though zingy and try them.The only way to find out is to experiment after all.

Thank you all for your suggestions and I will come back and tell you how it goes.Greenies to follow.:tu:

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ive run a test on the hybrio put them in my camera as soon as I got them and not used the camera. Now normal rechargables would have been dead within a fortnight due to meta data and self drain. The hybrios are still working now some 3 months later

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A round up of low self discharge cells:

Accupower: Acculoop
http://www.acculoop.com/

Amondotech: Titanium Power Enduro
http://www.amondotech.com/index.asp?...OD&ProdID=1131

Ansmann: maxE
http://www.ansmann.de/cms/consumroot...able/maxe.html

GP Batteries: Recyko
http://www.gprecyko.com/

NEXCell: EnergyON
http://www.nexcellglobal.com/

Panasonic: R2 Technology
http://www.panasonic.ca/English/batt...eplacement.asp

Rayovac: Hybrid
http://www.rayovac.com/recharge/hybrid_technology.shtml

Sanyo: Eneloop
http://www.eneloop.info/

Uniross: Hybrio
http://www.hybriousa.com/

Vapextech: Instant
http://www.vapextech.com.hk/instant.html

Varta: Ready2use
http://www.en.varta-consumer.com/con...a-consumer.com

Some background reading:
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache...lnk&cd=8&gl=uk
http://www.gs-yuasa.com/jp/technic/v.../003_2_046.pdf

Note, there seem to be two types. Although we can't be sure, it looks like there are Sanyo Eneloops and 'the rest' which are based on Yuasa/Matsu****a technology. Eneloops have the lowest self discharge but the others offer slightly more capacity - and are cheaper!

As luck would have it, I just got a promotion from CPC for a Uniross X-Press 700:

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/Batteries...questid=408718

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Just ordered some Eneloop from Amazon, got to be worth a look. :D

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Another choice where CR-V3 format is also supported, is a rechargable CR-V3 kit, though it is not price/capacity competetive with NiMH AA.

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Amazon have a deal on Eneloops at the moment - £10.21 for a pack of 8 AAs.

But be warned, these offers don't last for long!

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I found the aldi/lidl batteries seem to work ok... and at £2.50 for a pack of 4
Only 2100Mah they aren't the highest capacity around.
Worth keeping an eye out for.

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Waaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I just bought them for £14.99 :(

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If your still looking

http://tinyurl.com/36canb

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I e-mailed Amazon and they are going to refund the difference. :D

"The discounts we offer for items on our website do vary from time to
time. I've checked your order #***-******-******* and found that we
now offer a greater discount on "Eneloop AA 8 Pack Batteries
2000mAh" than at the time you placed your order.

We are only able to adjust the price of an order in instances where
less than thirty days have passed between the date on which an order
was dispatched and the time that an item is reduced in price on our
site.

I have therefore requested a refund of 4.78 GBP to your payment
card. This amount reflects the difference between the price you were
charged and the current discounted price. The refund should appear
as a credit on your next bank statement."

(My Bold text, didn't know they did this as a matter of course)

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That's good news! (Makes mental note to keep a track of Amazon price of stuff I've ordered)

For anyone who is put of by the 'limited' (2000mAh) capacity of Eneloops, try these threads:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/...d.php?t=175377
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/...d.php?t=149804
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/...ad.php?t=79302

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Thanks for the links, good reading there. :)



Just received notification of repayment from Amazon:

"Greetings from Amazon.co.uk.

We're writing to confirm that we have processed your refund for £4.78
for the above-referenced order.

We hope this is a satisfactory solution for you."

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Here's a little more useful bedtime reading from the CandlePowerForums:
Why Eneloops?
A look at slow charging

There's lots of info there about the best way to charge NiMh cells. It seams you either need to charge slowly at about 0.1C for a fixed period or at 1C to 2C with -dV/dt charge termination. It appears that detection of full charge can be problematic with currents below 1C.

FYI: 'C' is a current equal to the capacity of the cell divided by 'hours'. So for 2000mAh Eneloop AAs, 1C is 2000mA (or two amps), 0.1C is 200mA etc.

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Thanks for the links, I've gone over completely to Eneloops now.