05-05-2020, 12:50 AM
Tody's rechargeables last nearly as long and save you $$$.
That's true for AAAs and AAs.
Not so much for Cs and Ds.
Not to mention rechargeable C and D cells are just AAs in C and D clothing.
And they may not be very cost effective, as there are situation where a good alkaline or possibly carbon-zinc is more cost effective, not to mention more beneficial for the .3V difference.
I've got a lantern that uses three D (I think) cells. It sold without batteries so I put three D Eveready Energizers in it in 2016. It's for power failure use, mainly, so it's not used very often.
But even now the light is still bright, and there's no signs of leakage (which generally occurs sometime after a battery dies). So even if I bought full fledged rechargeable C or Ds, I wouldn't have got any cost benefit from them.
That's true for AAAs and AAs.
Not so much for Cs and Ds.
Not to mention rechargeable C and D cells are just AAs in C and D clothing.
And they may not be very cost effective, as there are situation where a good alkaline or possibly carbon-zinc is more cost effective, not to mention more beneficial for the .3V difference.
I've got a lantern that uses three D (I think) cells. It sold without batteries so I put three D Eveready Energizers in it in 2016. It's for power failure use, mainly, so it's not used very often.
But even now the light is still bright, and there's no signs of leakage (which generally occurs sometime after a battery dies). So even if I bought full fledged rechargeable C or Ds, I wouldn't have got any cost benefit from them.