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Can anyone recommend some good ones for flash guns?

I had a good set of 8 for something else but didnt use them for a while, now if I use them in flash guns they only manage a few flashes before they die.

If anyone knows of a good charger as well that gives an indication of when its finished that would be useful.
 
Another vote for eneloop also have a few 7dayshop good to go but mainly use these for the kids toys and eneloop for the flash.
 
sep9001 said:
Another vote for eneloop also have a few 7dayshop good to go but mainly use these for the kids toys and eneloop for the flash.
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Same here. the 7dayshop ones are slightly lower powered than the XX's, so yes, the kids have those, and i keep a firm eye on the XX's
 
I have 12 of these HERE always served me well without any problems :)
 
dave_bass5 said:
Indeed, did you get that charger or were you just posting a link for those looking?
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No, but it's on the list :thumbs:

I'm like you I think, just bung them in a rapid charger and use them. And so far so good, but I don't often use batteries heavily and always have spares when I do.

I know it's not good practise, especially when they come out too hot to touch, but I'll wait until my current/old Eneloops are FBER'd and then get a whole new bunch of XX-Eneloops with that charger :)

I'd be interested in how XX-Eneloop recycle times compare. Are they any faster, or just higher capacity?
 
I know using these intelligent chargers are better in the long run but after using a rapid one for a good few years ive not noticed any downsides, other than they do get hot very quickly.
I tend to use them in all sorts of gadgets and ive not noticed any loss of charge over the years. I do tend to rechrge the XX's and the higher powered ones quite a bit, they never run out but id rather not take the chance.
I mentioned in the other thread about a wireless system. This tells you how long the device will run for when you insert the batteries, and its always shown the max amount of time (7 hours). I only use them for 3 max though so i might not be noticing any defects appearing.
I dont have any of the lower end Eneloops, just the XX's and the 7dayshops ones, so i cant say for sure if they take longer or not, and ive never done a discharge/recharge cycle on them.
Maybe i should and see what happens.
 
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