Which AA batteries?

Need some rechargeables for my Metz flash ... any suggestions?
I have some but the seem to discharge very quickly.

Sanyo, eneloop
designed to hold their charge.

Was thinking of batteries for my Metz 48 .

I notice you say Eneloop - any reason that I should not try with Hybrios ?

I still have a set of 4 never been used ones , and battery carrying is now going to increase - set in camera + spare and set in Flash + spare

They use the same technology, so are pretty much identical.Note they are rated at 2100 maH.
John

I've a pair of Varta professionals for my flash and they seem to do very well, at least I'm not disappointed yet with them

Errr - and this means ? All the manual says is 4 x AA - NiCad NiMH or whatever .

You forget the LSD (Low self-discharge) part, that makes the different from normal NiMH.

NiMH don't hold their charge well over long time but LSD NiMH can hold it for much and much longer.

I was surprised to see the eneloop AA's in ASDA near the Photo desk. I couldn't find the maH rating on the packaging or I may have been tempted.

I don't use flash too often so I carry a few sets of non-rechargables in case my NiMH's have lost some of their charge since the last time I used them. I always keep an eye out for bogof offers etc when shopping. Always useful to have a backup.

That's why I have the Hybrios

It was the rating that has me puzzled .

The rating shows (on a simplified level) how much charge the batteries hold - in other words how long they'll keep going before you need to top them up again.

Think of the mAh rating as being like the litre is to liquids - so a battery with 500mAh is a can of Coke, 1000mAh like a 1l bottle, 2000mAh a 2l bottle, etc (a poor analogy but you get the gist).

So a battery with a rating of 2100mAh will last longer between charges than one rated at 1500mAh but not as long as one rated 2800mAh. Of course the downside of a larger capacity is that it then takes longer to recharge as there's more to put back.

Like all things in life the figures are a bit of a compromise, but I'd imagine that 2100mAh batteries are quite sufficient for most people.

Tried Ansmann, Energizer, Sanyo Eneloop. Eneloop is far the best.

I've tried several brands of hybrid batteries. In my experience, the only ones that hold their charge and live up to the advertising is Eneloop.

i've taken over 500 pictures in two days with my K200d... the temperature was barely above freezing (most of the time it wasn't) and the battery indicator is still showing 'full'. That was with Eneloops. Much better than the hybrios i had before.

I'd recommend the Eneloops too Mike

You might find this thread interesting. Charge/discharge tests were carried over a 3 month period on several brands of low self-discharge rechargeables. The results suggest that eneloops and hybrios come out best and are pretty close.


Andrew