Rechargeable AA Batteries for radio mics

[csg]

I bought a big batch of EBL 2800mA AA rechargeable cells 6 years ago to power our sennheiser stock. Still going strong with maybe 3 failures in total. Thats saved me an awful lot of procells! I also still have a fair few duracell, energizer and even maplin ( remember them?) and whilst the EBL run longer thry have all been fine too

plenty of batteries and nice slow charging that doesn’t cook the batteries is definitely a good thing, but does require forward planning and discipline.

[Hockeybod]

On 9/24/2023 at 6:55 PM, mksound said:

We’ve been using the Ikea LADDA AA’s for the last 18 months and find them great. We have a set of 84 as we would regularly use 30 channels of wireless for shows between Trantec, LD Systems and Line 6 mics (HH and BP). We get 2 shows out of a charge, with a full spare set. 

We have 2 16way Bonsai chargers bought from Amazon which have been great so far. 

The batteries themselves are a neat fit in most of the battery compartments but  haven’t found any that they won’t fit into.

 

Interesting - we currently use new AA alkaline batts for every show, yes they will last longer but we've had rogue ones that didn't and it's not worth the hassle. Which Ikea AA mAh capacity do you use? 1900 @ £1.25 each or 2450 @ £2.00 each. With two sets for 14 mic packs the cost is still reasonable even if you had to replace them twice a year.

[GR1]

I use the 2450 batteries and an intelligent charger with my Sennheiser G2. They last well but in a multiple operator environment everyone would need to be organised and disciplined with the use and charging regime.

[Nicktaylor]

Yous should talk to Eddie Stephens as we have been running rechargeables for some years!