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by eternityforest
928 days ago
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AA batteries were insane back then. Technically rechargeables existed. It was always cheaper right now to buy disposables, so of course, if you were a kid in a poor family, rechargeables probably did not exist. Just complete madness buying disposable batteries on a monthly or weekly basis! I'm glad we don't have to do that anymore! |
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Poor kid from a poor family here, I switched entirely to NiCad AAs and AAAs in 1986 'because it was cheaper' to reuse the same batteries over and over.
I accidentally wiped a bootleg Guns and Roses concert tape by leaving it on top of my NiCad charger (bought from Maplins) once and somehow it had this huge magnetic field that rendered the tape to something that faded in and out in line with the angular position of the tape on the spool.
Today I have about 60 sets of NiMH AAs and AAAs, and still never seem to have a good set around when something needs it's batteries recharging. Today's chargers are a dream compared to the 80s though, I have 5 or 6 and they all have different pros and cons (eg my AccuCell is the 'overall best all around'; my Nitecore can resurrect cells that have gone below 0.7v, deep cycle cells, and handle 18650/14550; and my iMax can charge anything that even looks remotely like a battery)
edit: oh, and a shoutout to EBL for making awesome rechargable Li-Ion PP3s that are actually 9v and have a decent capacity, even if they do need a special charger.