I have to get some of those eneloops! Everyone who uses them swears by them and I have been meaning to try them out.
I had a lot more luck with Panasonic Evolta, after had both Duracell and Energizer batteries leak and damaged equipments that I own, one of them being the Fluke 54II (It had Duracell Procell on them). The 289 was catch at the same time before biggest damage was made (Energizer Normal Alkaline), Since they were starting to get "wet" close to the negative.
After that I bought a pack of 12 Panasonic Evolta that are still great, 6 years after. The other ones (Duracell and Energizer) were damaged in less that 2.
Here in China my wife uses GP Alkaline everywhere. I'm still trying to find an old equipment with leaking batteries on it, from the AC remotes to the wall clock. My 87V currently have their Energizer 9V that came with removed from inside it, until I find a suitable replacement.
Since I always read great about the Eneloop's, so I taken the plunge, being the AAAs for my Texas Instruments TI89 Titanium and the AAs for some heath equipment (Blood Pressure Machine, Milk Breast Pump, etc) while I'm probably going to buy some GP rechargeable to the rest of stuff that doesn't need an high energy demand, specially my baby toys that I may buy in the future and other minute things.
I remember when I was a kid throwing away tons of depleted AAs because of my Game Boy Classic (Pokemon was the cause
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