Sanyo Eneloop Rechargeable Batteries
Disposable batteries are one of the great modern wastes. You buy a couple AA’s, use you camera for a couple hours, and throw them out. Then all those chemicals end up in a landfill.
Well thankfully rechargeable batteries are available, and getting a couple packs of these not only saves a whole bunch of money in future battery costs, but reusing batteries is much better on the environment.
Before you go out and buy just any rechargeable batteries, you should take a look and Sanyo’s Eneloop batteries.
Eneloop batteries solve the biggest problem of rechargeable batteries: self discharge. Normal recrageables can not retain a charge indefinitely, and slowing lose charge even when not in use. This is why most must be charged before use.
Eneloop batteries are sold charged and ready to use right out of the box, as they do not fall victim to the problem of self-discharge. Eneloop batteries can hold on to a charge for more than a year, and can be re-charged up to 1000 times without losing performance. At one charge per week (much more than I normally charge my batteries, by the way) these batteries will last up to 19 years!
Just think of how many disposable batteries you’d have gone through in 19 years, that’s a lot of batteries kept out of landfills.
As an added benefit, eneloop batteries use PET packaging, which is fully recyclable.
Get more information about eneloop.
These batteries are pretty cheap as well, you can get an 8-pack on for $19.99 on amazon, or a 4-pack for $9.70.
You can also pick up an eneloop charger with 4 batteries for $19.36.
I highly suggest getting some rechargeable batteries, not just for the environment, but for you wallet as well! If a single rechargeable battery can last 19 years, you’re going to be saving a whole lot of money you’d otherwise be throwing out every time your digital camera dies.
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Does anyone know….or can Sanyo tell me is Eneloop batteries are carbon nuetral? I use them in my underwater cameras, they work fine.
However, I would like to know how much energy and CO2 is involved in the construction of the batteries?, as opposed to cheaper consumable batteries that are thrown out and of course litter landfill sites.
Similarly, does Sanyo have a recovery programme in which old rechargable batteries can be sent back for breaking up and ‘recycling’. A lot of divers are asking me what happens to rechargable batteries when they reach the end of their life?