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Energizer rechargeable "D" batteries are a rip-off
Really just "AA" cells inside
By Egan Orion: Wednesday, 07 November 2007, 9:32 PM

A CONSUMER ACTIVIST took a closer look at Energizer brand rechargeable "D" size batteries and found that they provide only "AA" battery capacity, at four times the price.

Rechargeable nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries are great. They can be used over and over again up to 1,000 times, avoiding the need to buy, and then later throw away, a lot of nonrechargeable alkaline batteries.

Sure, they're expensive, but recharging them repeatedly makes their use more economical in the long run than buying many disposable batteries. If you fully discharge them each time before recharging, they can last practically indefinitely without degrading due to battery memory effects. But battery companies would rather sell lots of alkaline batteries, naturally, because they make a profit on each one of those sold.

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Energizer rechargeable "D" batteries are a rip-off - The INQUIRER