Evaluation: 
Conclusion: Best Batteries!
Review: These are the best batteries! They really do come pre-charged. I opened them, popped them in my digital camera and they lasted a very long time. Charged up perfectly. I even used them in my professional, high-drain flash and the recycle time is almost instant! Highly recommended.
Evaluation:
Conclusion: Sanyo eneloop Travel Power Pack Kit
Review: I am so pleased with these batteries. It is going to eliminate those lost forever moments because batteries were bad.
Evaluation:
Conclusion: Great battery
Review: My Pentax digital SLR uses AA battery. With this battery, I only need to charge it after 4-6 months. Yes, I am taking a lot of pictures. I love it so much I just bought more.
Evaluation:
Conclusion: I hate single use batteries
Review: As an engineer, I find it offensive that people actually sell single use batteries or design devices that require single use batteries and the fact that people buy single use cells drives me insane.
Stuff like digital cameras and flashes, cell phones (yeah, they used to use AAs a long time ago), remote controllers of all types, TOYS, flashlights. They should all use some type of rechargeable power because you use them a lot - you will be changing the batteries a lot.
Single-use batteries are expensive for that you get - the energy itself costs less than a penny. The label on the battery probably costs more than the actual energy is worth. Plus they are bad for the environment.
Unfortunately there really weren't any good alternatives to the single use Alkaline dry-cell. Lithium-ion/polymer is expensive, regular (non-Eneloop) Ni-MH leaked alot of energy overtime, and everything else was junk.
And then comes Sanyo with their advanced Ni-MH technology and they choose to market their stuff as "pre-charged". C'mon. That's not even 1/10th of what these batteries are.
These batteries are high-current, making them great in flashes and digital cameras. They are low-discharge so you can use them in devices that previously only made sense with alkalines, like tv remote controls. They also have a very high power density - so they hold more juice that a regular alkaline. And you can recharge them up to 1000 times.
Want a great comparison that most of you guys can pull off? Use the Eneloops in one of your Wii-controllers. Then use some (ack!) Alkalines in the other controller. My fiancee and I play the Wii constantly. Alkalines last like 4-6 weeks depending on what we are playing. I charged up some Eneloops and put them in one of the Wii-trollers like 3 months ago and they are still going. Still at all power bars according to the Wii. Incredible.
Evaluation: 
Conclusion: Slightly disappointed
Review: No matter how long I leave them charging, it seems that I just can't break 80% 'charged'. The highest I've squeezed out of them is 79%, but average about 74% according to the Apple wireless keyboard I put them in. Am I doing something wrong? Is using the keyboard's built in gauge not an accurate means of testing "juice"? I don't expect 100%, but a little higher wouldn't hurt.
It said in the manual, if I understood correctly, not to plug in the charger upside down, or it will prematurely end the charging period. Mine isn't plugged in upside down, but on its side (all of the sockets in my apartment were installed that way). Could that be a problem?
I don't know - maybe this is normal. This is my first experience with battery rechargers.
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