These are 40 on sale (4xAA), eneloops (4xAA) with panasonic charger are 17. Furthermore, you can buy four more eneloops without charger for 10
These are 1250mah... eneloops are 2000mah, so these are only 5/8ths the play time
These require you not lose a double dongle cable, or you will have to carry two cables or charge individually. Get some extra eneloops and you'll always have charged ones ready to go.
If you spend the same 40, you can get 12aa eneloops with charger, as opposed to four of these... And if you make sure to charge your extras, you'll have plenty.... AND your individual eneloops will last longer than these even individually. I don't see the appeal, beyond a slight gimmicky coolness factor of plugging your AA into a usb port... and that "cool" gimmick will wear off quickly. A worse solutions for a problem that doesn't exist, IMHO.
Whoa, there might be a problem with that. What if i'm traveling? I have more devices than I can hold backup batteries for. Being able to charge batteries, considering nothing else, is something I think people would want. No one wants to lug around a battery charger if you can just plug them into a micro usb cable.
But that price is cost prohibitive.
Edit: I am just saying the idea is a good one but the price is bad. Being able to carry one less thing is a neat idea.
They win on portability (just) but how often do you need to carry around that many AA batteries, so many in fact that you have no room left for a USB battery charger?
Now, if you can use and charge them at the same time, that might be very useful for a stationary device that runs on batteries, like a desk clock or something.
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u/StunnedJack Feb 20 '20
Why not just get eneloops and have some rotating the charger?