@shroomie eneloops lol

@shroomie duracell because it's familiar

@shroomie i barely know anything about batteries but probably LiFePo batteries?

@shroomie ENERGIZER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im so autistic for the bunny

@shroomie whatever i can fit in my mouth

@shroomie ive heard theyre safer and can do more charge cycles and i think those properties are pretty neat

@shroomie in general, NiMH batteries are a great alternative to AA/AAA batteries that works the same for 95% of devices

eneloop, specicially, sells NiMH batteries with accurately-rated capacities that last for a relatively high amount of recharges, something you can't necessarily expect to get from random off-brand rechargeable batteries

@anime_reference @shroomie yup enloops are my go-to excpt for specific edge-cases

@sophie that’s not a small amount tbh

@max yea the bunny is like chester the cheeta but for people who like their men softer

@anime_reference my family has amazon basics rechargeables and they’re like, 1.2v and also i’m just generally suspicious of em lol

@max he’s so cute!

@shroomie yeah all nimh rechargeables are 1.2V

it's kind of remarkable how rarely it matters

also reportedly the amazonbasics ones are (were? I heard this a few years ago) rebadged eneloops

I use amazonbasics high capacity AAs (rated at 2400mah) and eneloop pro AAs (rated 2450mah) in my xbox controllers and haven't noticed a difference so I'd believe it

@shroomie For very cold places, the Energizer Lithium batteries (not rechargeable!) are my go-to. They have much higher total capacity than a typical alkaline and tolerate the cold much better. One downside is their voltage is slightly higher at 1.6ish volts, which may make some devices upset but is usually fine. Otherwise for rechargeable batteries, eneloop is the gold standard.

@anime_reference what is rebadged-ing?

@shroomie rebadging is when a company sells another company's products under its own brand

the way amazonbasics USUALLY works is a little more sketchy:
amazon identifies bestselling items on their store, figures out what factory they were produced in, and contracts them to make the same thing but as an "amazonbasics" product, usually cutting out the original seller

but in the specific case of eneloop batteries, eneloop is a panasonic brand and panasonic owns the factories through a proxy company. so amazon is really just paying panasonic to put amazonbasics labels on some of the batteries they make

@shroomie
Duracell Powercheck.

@shroomie
the cool strip that shows how much battery is left on the battery

@shroomie
I am a simple man what can I say

@shroomie yeah it's the sort of thing that shouldn't be legal. might already be illegal but who's gonna go after them about it. idk

that's why I wouldn't recommend amazonbasics even though they're probably cheaper and probably the same thing

@shroomie "shouldn't be legal", "should be illegal", whatever. I don't even know how you'd write that regulation but it seems like a dick move