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After reading a couple posts, I have made the switch to rechargable batteries in my SB-800 from Lithium and NiCd.
I was at Batteries Plus and found some AAs by the name of GP. They were not cheap at $4.49 per cell but I was told they were better than energizers at holding the charge.
Since I didn't have a charger, I had to get on eof those too. Well I was looking at this one (http://www.batteriesplus.com/pc-36023-98-mh-801d-aa-aaa-smart-charger-8-bank-1hr.aspx) which is nice and charges 8 batteries at a time in less than 4 hours, conditioning and everything else and is a smart charger. the other was a normal energizer 4 cell charger (which take up to 16 hours). That smart charger was almost $70. I was hesitant on getting that so I bought two Energizer ones for $20/each.
I haven't opened them but am wondering if it would be better to take them back and get the smart charger. That one charges each cell individually. As far as I know, the Energizer one just puts a charge on all of them at one time. If one is lower than the other, the cell that's most charged is going to be over charged becuase it will still be trying to put a charge in the one that is not as high.
It's confusing, but has anyone has experience with these cells and what's the feedback on them. They're the 2450maH ones by the way too. The charger is a $40 difference. I'm not opening the Energizer ones to play with the flash until I get some feedback.
Thanks, and sorry for the long post about a simple subject
~Michael~
I was at Batteries Plus and found some AAs by the name of GP. They were not cheap at $4.49 per cell but I was told they were better than energizers at holding the charge.
Since I didn't have a charger, I had to get on eof those too. Well I was looking at this one (http://www.batteriesplus.com/pc-36023-98-mh-801d-aa-aaa-smart-charger-8-bank-1hr.aspx) which is nice and charges 8 batteries at a time in less than 4 hours, conditioning and everything else and is a smart charger. the other was a normal energizer 4 cell charger (which take up to 16 hours). That smart charger was almost $70. I was hesitant on getting that so I bought two Energizer ones for $20/each.
I haven't opened them but am wondering if it would be better to take them back and get the smart charger. That one charges each cell individually. As far as I know, the Energizer one just puts a charge on all of them at one time. If one is lower than the other, the cell that's most charged is going to be over charged becuase it will still be trying to put a charge in the one that is not as high.
It's confusing, but has anyone has experience with these cells and what's the feedback on them. They're the 2450maH ones by the way too. The charger is a $40 difference. I'm not opening the Energizer ones to play with the flash until I get some feedback.
Thanks, and sorry for the long post about a simple subject
~Michael~