On 8/30/2013 5:27 PM, Nate Nagel wrote:
Saw these in Target as I hit the fourth and last store in my area trying
to score some cheap Duraloops.

http://www.energizer.com/batteries/r...s/Pages/d.aspx

Seriously? a 2500 mAh NiMH D cell? So you want me to pay the same price
for a 2-pack of fake ass D cells as I would for a GOOD pack of 4 AAs
that each have almost the same capacity? Are you HIGH?

But wait, there's more

http://www.energizer.com/batteries/r...s/Pages/c.aspx

they come in C cell size too! Oh joy!

I mean, really. It's not that they managed to put out a *bad* cell, to
make one this pathetic takes real effort. It's like they're just saying
"**** you, consumers, we want to sell you our (admittedly excellent)
lithium primaries, so we're going to make our rechargeables suck so much
dong that if you're dumb enough to actually buy them the taste in your
mouth will be literally like kissing your crazy bipolar ex-girlfriend,
but without any of the good parts."

And *good* brands like Eneloop, Maha Imedion, and Tenergy Centura are
nowhere to be seen on your average store's shelves. (Notable exception:
I have seen Tenergy Centuras in C, D, and 9V - but not in AA or AAA - on
the shelf at Micro Center.)

Am I alone in being insulted by this?

I order batteries from "http://www.batteryjunction.com/" and they have
Eneloop, Panasonic Evolta and Tenergy Centura. They don't have Maha
Imedion batteries. I pick up cheep alkaline batteries at Family Dollar
but order other types of batteries online because I have trouble walking
for miles in gigantic retail stores. I purchase the inexpensive alkaline
batteries because I go through a lot of them in test gear on jobs so I
can afford to carry several sets for all the gear and not have to worry
about rechargeable batteries running out of juice in the middle of a
job. I do have NiMh cells in my digital camera with the alkaline cells
as backup. We must take pictures of the work and upload them to the
corporate website so I gotta have batteries. Me and JH finished up
installation of a phone system today and each phone needed a 9 volt
battery. Guess which brand of battery the phones got? O_o

I looked up those Maha Imedion batteries on Amazon, Oh my God! Those
things are fracking expensive! _

TDD