Ikea, which sold 300 million alkaline batteries last year, will stop offering them in 2021

[Ludak021]

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I am using ENELOOPS and not only they keep their charge but the also offer higher amperage of course. In applications like LED flaslights Alkaline batteries are considered to be a joke for example - not enough power......same for pro cameras flashlights.

You need to buy proper NiMH 2000-2500mAh (ENELOOPS / PANASONIC) and a proper charger (around $60 or more)....then you will forget Alkaline crap for ever.

I use e-cigs for over 7 years now, an d I can tell you, If you charge a battery every day, a year forward and 2500mAh battery looses ~50% of it's capacity. Small (650<900 mAh) become barley usable after a year, meaning - they go to trash and you buy new ones. Now NiMh in trash is a different animal to recycle from classic well established alkaline batteries recycle facilities all over the world.
I use Nitecore charges. They are among the best ones out there.

fact is, rechargeable batteries have cycles, once you go through enough of of them you can just toss them away.

 

[Tom Yum]

EDIT: Whatever happened to alkaline battery chargers? Back in 1993, SLM International created a battery charger that could safely recharge alkaline batteries. They called it "The Buddy L Super Charger" and I remember reading about it. Then a trend of "rechargeable alkaline" batteries came out from companies like Duracell and Eveready but they were more expensive than disposable alkalines and the Super Charger could recharge disposable alkalines safely. Do you think maybe the technology was bought by Duracell or Eveready and BURIED so that it wouldn't hurt their bottom line? I think it might have been because here's a news article that I found from the Buffalo News in Buffalo, USA:

NEW RECHARGER WORKS ON ALKALINE BATTERIES

NEW YORK — SLM International Inc., a maker of toys and sporting goods, jolted the battery industry Wednesday by announcing it will sell a device that can recharge regular alkaline

buffalonews.com

In the article, it said that Duracell's stock price DROPPED $3 per share just from the announcement that this charger existed. I think that corporate America may be screwing over the world....again. It makes me wonder why Ikea doesn't offer an alkaline recharger.

I tried recharging alkaline batteries using one of those chargers, it works, however 1) the recharged capacity never is the same as a fresh battery and continues to degrade with each charge, and 2) they only seem to last 3-5 cycles before they start to leak and make a corrosive mess. Overall I gave up and just bought more NiMH rather than bothering salvaging spent Alkaline AA's.