19 September 2010

Which Batteries Are Recommended?

It is true of what people say "learning is an on-going process". When I bought an Olympus digicam two years back, I was happy that I was given a pack of rechargeable battery and a charger called "KEEP" for free. However, after a month, the KEEP batteries started to deteriorate causing me to doubt its quality. I asked my friends about it and most of them told me that Keep is indeed a poor brand.

Before becoming a photo enthusiast, I always assumed that a good battery should be an Energizers battery. And oh well, again, most of my friends warned me that Energizers do not last long and sometimes, if we are unlucky, we might buy the fake Energizers. I guess Energizers batteries are popular because if its aggressive TV marketing and not really because of its quality.

Many photographers recommended me to purchase SANYO batteries for my flash. They said SANYO are the experts in batteries. So, I started to purchase SANYO batteries since that day. The old version looks like this:
And the new version looks like these:
Trust me, These batteries perform so...............good! They last longer and can be recharged up to 1000 times. The eneloop batteries can be found in many photo shops and now even some computer shops started to sell it too.

And finally, if you want SANYO batteries to be recharged fast, please purchase the eneloop charger.

15 Messages:

AmirFX said...

Haha.. Aku bok beli battery sanyo last 2 month.. Performance nang ok.. Battery panasonic pun bagus juak p nektok dah sekda keluaran gilak..

Norris Thomas said...

hmm...interesting info..berapa harga ho? dgn charger sekali? mau juak ku beli..

CathJ said...

thank you for sharing.. :)

mNhL said...

Wah...I did not realised I'm using such a good batteries. haha... It was a hands down from my SIL. And I was really impressed because I can snap so many pictures before I need to recharge it again.

Willie a.k.a Reptoz said...

Amir :Ya kah? Thanks for telling us.

Norris :Bateri rechargeable nang mahal skit bro.

CathJ :You're welcome.

MnHL :You have been using it? Good for you then.

Diane AZ said...

Hi we use Eneloop rechargeable batteries in our cameras and are very pleased with their performance.

manglish said...

cheaper too? :)

Bengbeng said...

u can trust eneloop. i can vouch foor them

cyrildason said...

wait. There's fake Energizer batteries? O.o

-cyrildason.com

Anonymous said...

I use rechargeable batteries for my flash unit. Can't remember the brand now..but I bought it from Shashinki.

Chubskulit Rose said...

We uses energizer ever since..

Catherine Ang said...

thanks for sharing :)

Unknown said...

Thank for sharing..i still old version Sony..pasal jarang guna flash.

Jobless Girl said...

Gonna give a try then.

Vickylow said...

oh Sanyo is the best... I bought normal rechargeable battery for my kids' toys usage only.