On 8/30/2013 11:41 PM, Ashton Crusher wrote:
On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 18:27:10 -0400, 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?


What, exactly, are you complaining about? That their capacity is low?
Perhaps that;s the tradeoff for the selling price? What do all the
different batteries cost in $/100mAh ??


Eneloop AA = 2000 mAh, $10/4, so $0.125 per 100 mAh

Energizer D = 2500 mAh, $12/2, so $0.24 per 100 mAh

but the real insult is that their "D cell" isn't low self discharge and
has less capacity than some traditional AAs! In fact I'm pretty sure
the Maha Imedion AAs (LSD) are rated at 2400 mAh. So what's going to
happen is people are going to buy these either not understanding what
the numbers mean or not reading the label and they're going to replace a
15,000 mAh alkaline with a 2500 mAh NiMH (even though there's 8-10K mAh
NiMHs available, they're not sold in stores!) and be disappointed in the
rechargeables, mutter about damn tree hugging hippies ruining
everything, and go back to alkalines.

I'm mad that Energizer would market such a ****ty product and one that
is so spectacularly unsuited for its intended use. I'm also mad that
I've never seen a *good* competing product in stores, save for at Micro
Center.

Three Duraloops in one of these would be infinitely preferable (almost
as good as a real NiMH D cell, and possibly more convenient), *if* you
could buy the adapters in stores...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Parallel-Bat...em2a2d82 c350

nate