I've seen people dislike devices taking AA batteries so often now, like,
you know you can get those at the store with a charger for like 20€, and when they break, you can just replace them? Way more practical than specialized battery packs
@noiob rechargables are expensive to get vs like a 20 pack of non rechargeable ones
@avie you can recharge them basically for free
@noiob the immediate cost of them offsets the recharging factor
for the money we get far less, and we can use the non rechargables immediately no matter what
wasteful yes, but hey thats life as a poor family for you lol
@socks sounds inconvenient
@noiob Probably, but honestly I didn't learn about the existence of rechargeable batteries until later and even then it would have been a bit of a hard sell for my parents
@socks I guess it helped that my dad already owned a fast charger and a bunch of batteries of varying quality when I grew up
I recall always annoying him about charging my camera's batteries
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@noiob on the other hand, all rechargeable AA batteries have garbage capacity
@ChlorideCull they're fine? you can get 3900mAh ones, and I use 1900mAh ones in various devices where they last ages
@noiob all the ones I have have huge issues with self-discharge, which means you can pretty much never leave them in something and instead have to have them in the charger whenever you aren't using them
@ChlorideCull I swear by Panasonic eneloops
@noiob can only find the eneloop pros here, are they good?
@ChlorideCull I have the regular ones and they're pretty nice, the pros are specced to have higher capacity and lower self-discharge
@ChlorideCull I've been told IKEA sells rebranded Eneloop Pros for cheaper https://www.slrlounge.com/panasonic-eneloop-vs-ikea-ladda-are-they-the-same/
@noiob Oh, I have some of those, the biggest issue with them is that the matte white exterior is bulkier than normal batteries, so they end up being a bit of a tight squeeze - unless you'll be able to grab the batteries and pull them out, you'll likely be unable to get them out!
@ChlorideCull wtf, that's the weirdest product flaw that I've ever heard of, surely that would come up in basic testing
@noiob it's one of those "it's spec compliant" things I'm fairly certain, it's the shit you put it in (like 360 controllers) that have way too small slots
@ChlorideCull well, idk, but my eneloops never got stuck (nor did any other rechargeables I ever used), so imo it's Ikea's fault
like did y'all buy non-rechargeables for your Wiimotes?