Filed under: FAQ by Jeff Servaas |
 We now sell Energizer AA Lithium batteries for $17.95 for 4 batteries. My Pentax K100D DSLR will get about 1400 non-flash shots on four of these lithium AA batteries. No other AA batteries can provide that many shots: I have taken about 660 shots from a new set of eneloop slow discharge AA batteries, and should get more once they have been used a few more times. Imedion slow discharge AA batteries should give me more photos than the eneloops based on reports on the whirlpool forum, but I havent tested that myself yet, as I’ve been too busy to do much photography lately. They’ll get a good workout over Christmas, and then I’ll update this post.
Since I take an average of about 500 shots per month, I would use about four sets of AA lithium batteries per year, and the cost to use lithium batteries would be $72 per year. Compare this to the cost of using rechargeable AA batteries at $21.95 for a set, and 4c to recharge them 4 times, and I am in front by $50 in the first year, which would be enough to pay for our most popular 4 bank AA battery charger. So while lithium batteries are great to keep for a backup, I’ll keep on using rechargeable batteries for now.
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I think you’ve put an extra “0″ in the number of shots you get from the lithium AA’s as 14010 shots would be insane, and a set would last you for over a year.
Comment by LN — December 29, 2007 @ 1:10 am