DSTV

[Weltall]

They don't make AA li-ion batteries. If you want rechargeble, you gotta get ni-ca. Ni-ca have "memory issues", in which a certain physical change in certain "cells" of the battery causes them to no longer be able to function unless the charge reaches the same level that set it that way in the first place, or in other words they "remember" their previous charge level and can only be charged to that much. No, ni-ca sucks completely, and I won't use those. Why not just let it use the system's batteries? I don't have to buy any batteries that way! Who cares if it drains them faster? They get drained anyway and now there's OTHER batteries getting drained super fast anyway!

I didn't even know they sell ni-cad rechargables anymore, except for cordless phones. All the rechargables I see now are NiMH, which have a higher charge capacity than NICD and do not have a memory effect.