On Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:12:03 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
wrote:

No, they were more like $350. I said earphones, not headphones.

Pardon my ignorance, but what is the difference between earphones and
headphones? I use the terms interchangeably.

That's extremely useful information, but I'm still not sure it answers the
question -- unless you're suggesting that the people who have problems with
rapid self-discharge have damaged their cells.

Nope. A one line summary would be that most users don't remember how
many times they have charged their NiMH cells, don't recall how old
they are, and have no clue as what constitutes normal lifetime. If
someone has a battery killer in the form of a battery charger, they
would just continue to use it, killing battery after battery, without
ever doing the math needed to determine if something is wrong.

Even simpler... do *YOU* record the number of charge cycles of your
rechargeable batteries? If not, then you have no accurate way to
determine if you're getting the normal number of charge cycles
(400-800) from the NiMH batteries (unless you have a really good
memory).


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