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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 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!