 | | From: | Collector»NZ | | Subject: | AAA (treble A) batteries | | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:54:54 +1300 |
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 | For a long time now i have had a policy of not buying any portable
device that uses AAA batteries. I have never considered them to be good
value or to have a high enough energy storage to be useful.
One exception to this was my Palm Pilot since I had no alternative.
Now I am faced with a plethora of small devices that all seem to use AAA
and dam it I want one.
What AAA systems have others used to get around this. The cheapest AAA I
have come across is at least twice the price of AA and never seem to be
as long lasting.
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| | From: | SteveM | | Subject: | Re: AAA (treble A) batteries | | Date: | Sat, 22 Jan 2005 23:23:21 +0000 (UTC) |
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| Collector»NZ wrote in news:35b2dnF4irprkU2
@individual.net:
> For a long time now i have had a policy of not buying any portable
> device that uses AAA batteries. I have never considered them to be good
> value or to have a high enough energy storage to be useful.
> One exception to this was my Palm Pilot since I had no alternative.
> Now I am faced with a plethora of small devices that all seem to use
AAA
> and dam it I want one.
>
> What AAA systems have others used to get around this. The cheapest AAA
I
> have come across is at least twice the price of AA and never seem to be
> as long lasting.
>
>
Why not just buy some NiMH rechargeables? They always work out cheaper in
the long run.
(Disclaimer: If the devices are infrequently used then these batteries
may not suit you)
SteveM
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| | From: | Kerry Ferrand | | Subject: | Re: AAA (treble A) batteries | | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 23:30:19 +1300 |
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| In article <35b2dnF4irprkU2@individual.net>, collector_nz@hotmail.com
says...
> For a long time now i have had a policy of not buying any portable
> device that uses AAA batteries. I have never considered them to be good
> value or to have a high enough energy storage to be useful.
> One exception to this was my Palm Pilot since I had no alternative.
> Now I am faced with a plethora of small devices that all seem to use AAA
> and dam it I want one.
>
> What AAA systems have others used to get around this. The cheapest AAA I
> have come across is at least twice the price of AA and never seem to be
> as long lasting.
>
>
>
I ended up investing in a couple of NiMh rechargable AAAs..I already had
the charger for some AAs I use in Digital cameras.
K
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| | From: | WS | | Subject: | Re: AAA (treble A) batteries | | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:04:31 +1300 |
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| Buy some rechargeable AAA's. I found some (I forget the brand) that were 2x
as expensive, but have lasted years and years!
"Collector»NZ" wrote in message
news:35b2dnF4irprkU2@individual.net...
> For a long time now i have had a policy of not buying any portable device
> that uses AAA batteries. I have never considered them to be good value or
> to have a high enough energy storage to be useful.
> One exception to this was my Palm Pilot since I had no alternative.
> Now I am faced with a plethora of small devices that all seem to use AAA
> and dam it I want one.
>
> What AAA systems have others used to get around this. The cheapest AAA I
> have come across is at least twice the price of AA and never seem to be as
> long lasting.
>
>
> --
> >>Follow ups may be set to a single group when appropriate!
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> | Local 40.9000°S, 174.9830°E |
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> "I used to jog, but the ice kept bouncing out of my glass."
> Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it.
> Geniuses remove it
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| | From: | thing | | Subject: | Re: AAA (treble A) batteries | | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 14:07:18 +1300 |
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| Collector»NZ wrote:
> For a long time now i have had a policy of not buying any portable
> device that uses AAA batteries. I have never considered them to be good
> value or to have a high enough energy storage to be useful.
> One exception to this was my Palm Pilot since I had no alternative.
> Now I am faced with a plethora of small devices that all seem to use AAA
> and dam it I want one.
>
> What AAA systems have others used to get around this. The cheapest AAA I
> have come across is at least twice the price of AA and never seem to be
> as long lasting.
>
>
Depends on the frequency of use and how critical the voltage is, I am
tending to use DSE rechargable batteries for heavily used stuff.
regards
Thing
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| | From: | Collector»NZ | | Subject: | Re: AAA (treble A) batteries | | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 14:13:30 +1300 |
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| thing said the following on 21/01/2005 2:07 p.m.:
> Collector»NZ wrote:
>
>> For a long time now i have had a policy of not buying any portable
>> device that uses AAA batteries. I have never considered them to be
>> good value or to have a high enough energy storage to be useful.
>> One exception to this was my Palm Pilot since I had no alternative.
>> Now I am faced with a plethora of small devices that all seem to use
>> AAA and dam it I want one.
>>
>> What AAA systems have others used to get around this. The cheapest AAA
>> I have come across is at least twice the price of AA and never seem to
>> be as long lasting.
>>
>>
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> Depends on the frequency of use and how critical the voltage is, I am
> tending to use DSE rechargable batteries for heavily used stuff.
>
> regards
>
> Thing
>
I expect to use them 4 plus hours a day, the unit quotes 12 hours on 1
battery but I would be sceptical about that.
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"I used to jog, but the ice kept bouncing out of my glass."
Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it.
Geniuses remove it
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| | From: | Gordon | | Subject: | Re: AAA (treble A) batteries | | Date: | Sat, 22 Jan 2005 18:02:54 +1300 |
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| On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:54:54 +1300, Collector»NZ wrote:
> What AAA systems have others used to get around this. The cheapest AAA I
> have come across is at least twice the price of AA and never seem to be
> as long lasting.
Psst. Firstly the AAA are about the same price as AA where I look.
Secondly, get recharables. NiMH have left NiCads for dead. Be good on th
environment use rechargeables.
The price of the inconvience will be more than offset by the warm fuzzy.
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