I am looking for a set of good batteries. "AA"s. Don't mind sinking $50.00-$100.00. I've been using Ray-O-Vac 2400mV. Did a thread search and saw a few about Eneloops. These will go in a RS PRO-18. Any opinions will be appreciated.
My vote also goes to LSD Eneloop batteries. (or similar batteries from other companies)
I bought 60 of them back in 2006.
I liked them so much I bought 30 for each of my daughters to use in their children's toys etc. and gave them MAHA chargers to go with them.
Then my wife bought a bunch of LED candles so I bought 60 more of them.
Since 2006 I've had exactly one of them go bad. Actually it's capacity just dropped to 1500 mah.
I use a variety of smart chargers and never charge them in the the devices they're in.
(I just remembered that I also have them in my six cordless phones and those are charged in the bases.)
I also have several packs of 'Low Self Discharge' (LSD) batteries from Radio Shack and some Kodak brand that are years old. They've all been good.
If the package doesn't say LSD or 'Low Self Discharge', look for something like 'PreCharged' on the package.
By the way, I've tried hundreds of the old standard NiCd batteries and they ALL failed over time. Some in a VERY SHORT time.
Now if I buy a device that includes standard NiCd batteries, I just recycle them and use LSD types instead.
I won't even waste time with them.
Rich
Edit: I just happened to think that if you click on the link for my Shack Photos, you can see several chargers lined up on the desk at the left. I've added a few more since that photo was taken.