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Notice that Recyko battery has shorter life span than Eneloop, they start to fail even before 1000 charges, dropped from 2000+ mah -> 1700+ mah, so far Eneloop don't have this issue yet.

I've a few old Eneloop in my drawers, wanted to use a multimeter to measures their capacity in mA. According to some forums, using multimeter to test the batteries can cause the eneloop to burn, is that true??

I came back from Bangkok with my kids. The stay at Empire Place was good but what let me down was my batteries. I was using Energizer lithiums to power my P&S. They were in there since Oct last year when I visited Melbourne. They ran out of juice on the 2nd day in Bangkok. They are great. Long life but still they ran out. So I bought the usual e2 Energizers and they didn't even last a day of heavy shooting. I decided to get rechargeables. I liked the idea of a ready-to-use rechargeable that didn't lose its power so was looking at the Eneloops. Then the GP Recyko+ also caught my eye for beaing more affordable. The Eneloop family pack was 79.90 with 4X AA and 4X AAA with 2X C adaptors and 2X D adaptors. Recyko+ is going for 65.30 with 4X AA and 4X AAA. Not a package but you just buy the batteries after the getting the charger with 2X AA and 2X AAA. I went back to research. This website says it all. http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=223842 I got the Recyko+ batteries and charger. I know the MAHAs are great but I don't need them. If you read further into the thread, the best rechargeables are the Rayovac 1600mAh ones. Someone has been using them since 2001!

hihi all.. Need advise from and sis here, which brand of rechargeable batt should I buy ? Which model too . thanks