Is it standard practice to do a discharge/refresh cycle on new batteries?
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I bought theses last April for my BCD436 and have been very pleased.
To be honest, I do not know what standard practice is but my Ladda's are a few years old and I do the cycle once a month or when I see a decrease in my scan time. I have a few sets so I have time between sets. I charge at the 200mAh rate because fast charging is not recommended for NiMH according to Energizer.
The only problem with Eneloop "PRO" is they have a recharge limit of 500 times. The regular Eneloop's will recharge 2,100 times!
Yeah, the higher the capacity of the battery, the fewer times it can be recharged, thus, the shorter the life of the battery.
I always like to try out stuff so I'll give the EBL 2800mah a shot. Thanks for the info. While we're on the subject of battery life, I'm thinking of purchasing the SDS 100. Does anybody know the average batter life of a full charge on the SDS100 battery? I'm a little shy of not being able to use AA's and be at the mercy of the stock battery.
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Around 8 hours depending on many factory such as activity monitored and audio level (mostly) and to a lesser degree backlight use.
I just spotted the LADDA's on Amazon for those interested...
Amazon.com: Ikea ladda AA Battery rechargeable 2450 mAz: Home Audio & Theater
Buy Ikea ladda AA Battery rechargeable 2450 mAz: AA - Amazon.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchases
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Wow, talk about greed. That's more than double the price of what Ikea sells them for.
Yes, I did notice that....
And so is everybody else at a higher price that carries them...
Could be why IKEA themselves are sold out...
When I've needed to replace dead batteries in the past I've usually taken my scanner & battery to a place like "Batteries Plus"--if modern (i.e. .higher capacity batteries) become available since I initially bought the scanner, they know about it and can set me up with the modern update. It's worked for me so far...
Sometimes quality costs a bit extra; other times we're paying extra for the name...
I use them also. They work great with my 436.I use these and they are same as eneloop at half the price.
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Has anyone tried the Amazon Basics?
Motorola. You can buy better, but you cannot buy more expensive.
my point exactly. (Although having worked for "the big M", I've seen some of their stuff first-hand--rugged stuff!)
I agree. I'm a former user of Motorola LMR radios. Good sturdy products. Even dropped my MT1000 two stories into a burning basement, and when we retrieved it, it was still working. However, now that I'm working in the LMR industry, I work on much better equipment, that costs 1/2 or better.
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