LiPo vs Rechargeable Lithium 123

[Nick Odell]

Marketing?

I have lots of pound shop NiMh AA rechargeable batteries - I know, they are completely different but when some similar cells are available at 2100mAh, the ones made for pound shops are invariably

350/750/800mAh

The full text from one I have here (different brand) reads "The voltage of full charge and cut-off discharge is 4.2 and 2.75v"

I use these cells in analogue cameras. I've never kept them going until the low battery light comes on in order to find out how long they really last because I tend to put freshly charged cells in before I go out. However, using auto-focus, auto-zoom and motor film transport, on-board flash and all the other gubbins, I can run through two or three films and the mechanical action is still as crisp and sharp as it was in the beginning.

Nick

[alan_m]

When a phone has a replacement battery capacity far in excess of that supplied with the phone you can be sure the higher capacity is a work of fiction.

It's much the same with any other battery in that if the capacity is far in excess of that from reputable battery manufacturers then the no-name manufacturers are lying.

[charles]

I forget which manufacturer t was, but one firm said the reason that their phones weer catching fire was because people were fitting non OEM batteries.