Don't mistake mAh with mWh. It's a very different value. Those NiZn are about 1700mAh or less

@AMPROEngineering

9 ай бұрын

Still awesome cells.

I've had the same 12 eneloop pro AA batteries for over ten years and they are still stronger and better than ANY other rechargeables I have bought since. Never a single failure and each and every one is still in everyday use

@AMPROEngineering

Ай бұрын

Yeah I also love my eneloops. I will say this, every one of my eneloopPRO batteries died within a year of first charge....so weird. The normal ones are perfect. The main issue is that I have found a lot of applications now that need the 1.5V of an alkaline and these Xtar batteries are the best I have found on the market.

This is a very thorough, useful and practical review. Thank you.

@AMPROEngineering

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

It seems to be very helpful in choosing AAA batteries. It's a wonderful video.

@AMPROEngineering

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

FANTASTIC review! Just what I wanted to see. I can now pull the trigger on the XTARs.

@AMPROEngineering

7 ай бұрын

These are a solid battery. I have been using them a long time now and they are still working great.

@kentpublic

7 ай бұрын

​@@AMPROEngineering Great to hear they are still working great!

I like the Xtar batteries and chargers they always worked great for me.

@AMPROEngineering

Жыл бұрын

I am glad to hear it. They have been really good and that was part of my concern, haha! I thought they were too good to be true.

The AA Xtra batteries you showed are 2700 milliwatt hours(mwh) NOT 2700 milliamp hours(mah).They are not the samre thing. Divide mwh by the voltage to get mah.In this case you get 1800mah.

@AMPROEngineering

4 ай бұрын

Yup, noticed that later and many, MANY have commented it.

Thanks for the review ! That's a very underated subject that is not enough discussed. In Europe I use rechargeable Duracell HR6 NiMH 1.2V / 2500mAh It gives me almost an hour of play when in my Tamiya quickdrive and has a pretty good shelf life. I might give this product you presented a trial. Thanks again !

@AMPROEngineering

Жыл бұрын

I have seen these and versions from Energizer. The ones I have from Energizer lasted a couple years but I have eneloops over 10 years old that are still perfect.

Not heard of xtar but seeing as our household is a high user of batteries I will be checking them out!

@AMPROEngineering

Жыл бұрын

I have a couple of times but largely ignored them. They have won me over so far.

I bought the ISDT N8 8-Slot Speedy Smart Battery Fast Charger and that tells you the internal resistance of the battery. My wife uses AA & AAA batteries on LED candles nightly and kept burning through batteries, mixing good and bad batteies which just cause bad performance. Now that I showed her a bad battery IR rating, she seperates them and only uses good batteries. A bad IR would show over 1000 to 2000 ir. A good battery would show usually in the 200 to 300 ir. We typically use Amazon.

@AMPROEngineering

Жыл бұрын

I have not seen this. Ill order one

Apparently these work well in old toy grade RCs and give the fresh battery feel for the whole run!

@AMPROEngineering

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I have used them in a couple of my cars. They work great.

Very interesting info, thank you for sharing this, It took me a while to actually notice that rechargeable batteries hold a lower voltage, and it took a while to find 1.5v ones and the price reflected it, but then I took notice in the difference in chemical compounds, where 1.2v are mainly Ni-Mh and the 1.5v where Li-ion

@AMPROEngineering

Жыл бұрын

Yes in many applications, either work but if you get into the weeds, you can see the issues.

The paleblue batteries, like all other rechargeable Li-ion batteries are very different from a regular AA battery. they have a built in buck converter to get the 5v lithium down to 1.5V, that buck converter is always on and drawing a little bit of power hence the bad shelf life. but the reason you read 0V is not because they are dead like would be the case for any other AA battery, its because the buck converter has switched off to protect the actual lithium cell. they can be recharged and will be good to go

@AMPROEngineering

7 күн бұрын

Interesting. For me, they are just dead. They did not last more than 4 or 5 months of usage but I was not aware of the onboard circuity "shutting down" the cell when power is reduced.

Great review. I use the HarborFreight ones and they’re great but only 1.2

@AMPROEngineering

Жыл бұрын

These and the Eneloops are expensive but they work perfectly.

Im currently using the white/ blue 3300mwh AA xtar li-ions. So far they good.....and available.

@AMPROEngineering

Жыл бұрын

I saw those. Ill give them a go too.

I learned about the 1.2v issue when I bought some Energizer Nimh AA batteries for my Mini Maglite LED Pro. Fully charged, they were almost useless. I'd seen the Pale Earth batteries all over Facebook, and was "this close" to buying some. I'm so glad I didn't

@AMPROEngineering

Жыл бұрын

Same here....I still see them all over and can only think maybe the early ones are bad? No idea but I am still sore over it.

I was thinking how great a smoke detector battery (9 volt) would be. It would probably be the last one you ever need!

@AMPROEngineering

Ай бұрын

I use some tenergy 9V li-ion's and they are great.

... 6:10 was an indirect mention to nikko turbo panther, AKA battery eater 😂

@AMPROEngineering

3 ай бұрын

Oh that's the truth. I still have PTSD from that....

2:30 2800mWh under 1.6v (as listed) is 1750mAh

@AMPROEngineering

2 ай бұрын

YUP.

This video saved me from making a costly mistake as I had just ordered a set of 4 Paleblue AAAs, though mine seem to be rated higher at 750mAh. Yet, they look identical to be ones you have and I bet they've got the same problems. Looking at their website it seems they have a new design which is rated at 600mAh. Anyway, I cancelled the order for the Paleblue's and ordered the XTAR AAAs with the charger and an extra 4 batteries as backups.

@AMPROEngineering

9 ай бұрын

I was so mad when I started using those. These XTar batteries have proven to be excellent!

Those Xtra Are Nice Expensive Like A Car Battery

@AMPROEngineering

6 ай бұрын

Quality isn't cheap.

weird I just started buying enloop batteries for my wireless PS2 controllers lol.. good timing..although my controllers dont have issues with voltage variance.

@AMPROEngineering

Жыл бұрын

I use them for my WII. No issues there either.

The voltage stepdown circuitry will jam all AM reception. Don't use in radios.

@AMPROEngineering

Ай бұрын

Can you clarify "radio's"? This channel is RC Car-centric so when the term radio and AM is used, I think of RC car 27 and 75 band AM radios but you could also be referring to a normal "music" radio on AM band. I have to admit I do not have not tried on those but have them in my AM RC car radios with no problem.

@richardmerriam7044

Ай бұрын

@@AMPROEngineering AM 530 khz - 1710 khz aka medium wave.

I paired a normal 14500 lithium cell with a dummy battery in my electric sprayer and it works fine. 1.5V Xtar cells are too expensive.

@AMPROEngineering

2 ай бұрын

I find it hard to locate batteries that are no-name and reliable. These have been perfect and I cant afford dealing with cells that are unknown. Wasted too much time doing that.

@KorrakotK

2 ай бұрын

@@AMPROEngineering I recommend Vapcell H10/L10/F12 for you to test.

hey man..i use the 4 AA energizer rechargable batteries in my flysky gt5 transmitter and it came with a charger as well for roughly 17$ or so..and i love them..i had the gt3b transmitter and those 8 batteries after awhile was a headache..the gt5 i can use a 2slipo 1500mah and i have one...but to be honest the energizer AA rechargables are my go to batteries..its only been abount 5 months my worst fear is that after a year or 2 they start to shit the bed...if they do end up failing down the road what are some doubleAA options you recomend??if you have 2 option ..like budget wise one option?..and best bang for buck option??..thanks man

@AMPROEngineering

10 ай бұрын

I used to use those batteries for a while. I still think i have a few in the mix. My fave NiMh are Eneloops but if you need Alkaline voltage, then these are the best way to go.

I need 1.5v batteries for a microphone. Which one do you recommend?

I was going to buy the PaleBlue ones but not now

@AMPROEngineering

Жыл бұрын

I hate to ruin their sales as maybe the current ones are better? Mine were just awful and I wouldnt know since they never replied to my emails.

I m curious if this XStar has the same 3.7v based cell and then uses a voltage regulator or something to always have a 1.5 V. Does it have a low voltage protection ?What happens when is to low, does it cuts out ? can you drain it down to 0? what real capacity did you find out they have ...How fast can you discharge them? My charger stores li-ion and lipo around 3.85 V ... what is the storage voltage for this one ? I think that just leaving them for 4 months and find that they still keep voltage doesn t say to much about them ... but Yes, a stable 1.5v AA or AAA rechargable battery is something I m very interested . Let s hope they are as good as the panasonic or sony nimh ones .

@AMPROEngineering

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it has a 3.7 LiIon in there. It does have low voltage cut off. As for the discharge, they behave just like a standard Alkaline and should not be in overly high discharge scenarios.

All my batteries are like your orange and green ones. None hold a charge and after maybe 3 times they don’t charge anymore. I just bought pale blue and thought they would fix my problem since they were lithium. I’m going back to disposable batteries. Cheaper. Better.

@AMPROEngineering

7 күн бұрын

The eneloop ones? Wow I have some with over a thousand charges. I will never use disposable batteries given how often they leak and how bad they are for the environment. Eneloop and Xtar only. Save you a fortune too.

@TheBooban

7 күн бұрын

@@AMPROEngineering no not eneloop. Never heard of that brand. But I bought many others as I thought they might be better. But I hear Ikea are eneloop and will buy those. But first, buy a charger that can “refresh” dead batteries. Costs like $50. But honestly, so much money spent. Cheaper to buy Alkaline batteries for normal household use.

Im so confused.. So which batteries you recommend for a vintage rc car Nikko turbo panther that takes 8AA's batteries? Im tired of buying alkalines from the shop

@AMPROEngineering

5 ай бұрын

If you want the performance of an Alkaline, get these Xtar Batteries. They are 1.5V nominal like an Alkaline battery cell but can be recharged hundreds of times. Eneloop's are great too and will be able to be charged many more times but the voltage is a lot lower at 1.15V per cell.

So, would you say Xtar 1.5V Li-ion cells are excellent cells? If so, I think I am going to buy some. Do they just immediately die, or do they drop in power for a few minutes before dying?

@AMPROEngineering

6 ай бұрын

I have been using these for well over a year. They are rock solid (unlike pale blue earth) and have excellent shelf life and run time.

My main issue with these 1.5v AA lithiums has always been their low amperage output current compared to alkaline and nimh. Put 8 of them in a vintage tyco turbo hopper/nikko turbo panther RC and it's slow as balls due to their low amperage output current. Are these any different in that respect?

@Lee.gRC27

Жыл бұрын

Strange as in my experience the lithium batteries have performed better

@AMPROEngineering

Жыл бұрын

No these perform much better. I have not actually noticed a discharge issue with any of my lithium's but perhaps it is a result of trying them on low current cars like the Nikko Panther and Rhino? Perhaps yours are higher draw?

@Alexpicardo

5 ай бұрын

I have turbo panther '87. I normally use alkaline batteries from the shop. Which rechargeable AA batteries you recommend? Thanks

A battery of information about batteries. Ampro sure was taking charge with this subject,amping it right the way up to 2300!! 😂 Sorry. So as a lowly Australian I was intrigued by the cases these batteries are stored in. Only rechargeable batteries I can get my hands on locally come in the same packaging as normal non rechargeable batteries. Makes sense. The ones I have that are not beibg used usually just lay around on my computer table. lol

@AMPROEngineering

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I do tend to go off on tangents! I cant stand bad rechargeable batteries....

@cycoholic

Жыл бұрын

@@AMPROEngineering You know just last night I recharged a pair of my batteries, and the recharger indicated that both batteries had failed. This leaves me with only a set of 4 remaining. Might have to look into these Xtar batteries. 👍

@cycoholic

Жыл бұрын

Ok done. 8 batteries with a 4 slot charger doodad. Was about $58 AUD. Think it said a 4 week delivery time.

@cycoholic

Жыл бұрын

My charger and 8 XTAR 1.5 2700mWh li-ion batteries arrived today. So a two week delivery time from China to Australia. Not bad. Both sets required a charge, but not a lot. One set is now in my cordless keyboard, the other on standby. 👍

@cycoholic

11 ай бұрын

So, the batteries lasted 2 nearly 3 months in my keyboard. Not too bad I'd say.

AND it shows unavailable... go figure lol

@AsurasWrath164

Жыл бұрын

Im using white/blue 3300mwh versions from xtar which are good also. These are available

@AMPROEngineering

Жыл бұрын

OF COURSE! Man I am glad my content is useful....hahah! There are others that vary by mWh.

milliamp HOURS. Don't drop your aitches.

@AMPROEngineering

3 ай бұрын

I SAW LATER.