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Hi Sam,

Yes, they can be charged in any good quality NiMH charger. You might want to be careful using a really super fast charger though and watch them during the charge cycle - at ,least the first few times. I have noticed that the chargers that are typically included with these newer "ready to use" or ultra low self discharge (ULSD) NiMH batteries are very slow chargers. That said, these NiMH batteries are advertised by their manufacturers to be usable with any modern good quality NiMH charger.

They all seem to perform equally well in my casual tests with my Kodak camera and CD player, flashlight, etc. but I have not really done any aggressive tests. I can say that I found it odd to discover that only the Hybrio batteries were actually received 100% full of power. The Eneloop and greenbatteries.com brand batteries were received 60% full of power. Not sure what that means...

Also the Hybrio batteries have an odd discharge curve that is hard to describe in any way but erratic. Does not seem to affect the performance though...

These batteries are all so new that really serious testing is in order to see if one comes out on top but finding the time is the issue. ;-)

Remember, any batteries that you get from us are 100% guaranteed though so you are able to feel comfortable.

Sincerely,

Curtis

Responsible Energy Corporation
Curtis Randolph - CEO
16157 Galena Meadows Drive

Reno, NV 89511

direct 775-852-3883

toll free 800-790-7866

fax 815-301-3958
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www.greenbatteries.com

From: sam h
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 11:50 AM
To: curtis@greenbatteries.com
Subject: low discharge battery questions

Can low discharge batteries be charged with any nimh charger?
Have you found differences between eneloop, hybrio, and ultra low discharge greenbatteries?

Hi James,

Thanks for your email. I can certainly appreciate your desire to know the country of origin for many reasons. I have this addition to our website on our list of planned upgrades but need to get more webmaster resources to get this done for our company. My personal efforts to do this in the past have been thwarted by the way our suppliers make this info available on a very inconsistent basis.

FYI - We always try to get Japanese cells that have known brand names if the battery model is available in that battery cell type (typically the battery model is available in many different cell brands and mAh capacities if it is a popular model) but by way of example, even Sanyo - the largest brand name in batteries in the world has manufacturing facilities in China and you cannot specify them separately - the model numbers are the same as the cells made in Japan.

Keep checking with our site though and you will see your idea implemented within our website in the next few months because we are sincerely trying to find ways to accurately get this kind of information to our customers.

Sincerely,

Curtis

Responsible Energy Corporation
Curtis Randolph - CEO
16157 Galena Meadows Drive

Reno, NV 89511

direct 775-852-3883

toll free 800-790-7866

fax 815-301-3958
cell 775-722-9901
www.greenbatteries.com

From: JP and Anne Chand
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 11:13 AM
To: info@greenbatteries.com
Subject: Made where

Hello,

I enjoyed viewing your site this morning. I manage an R&D lab and I'm a father of young children, so I use a lot of rechargeable batteries. One thing I found lacking (from what I read) on the site was information about the countries of origin for your products. I know of no popular rechargeables made here in the USA, but some are made in Japan, which is better from an environmental and human rights standpoint than China (possibly than the USA too, unfortunately). Maybe I missed this info and it is on the site. I miss a lot of things! Please let me know, and consider listing the country of origin / manufacture with each of your products. It would make choosing / buying much easier for me. This info is important to many of those who really try to reduce their environmental footprint.

Thank you,

James Chand