Man The Battery Life Is Crummy

[YakumoFuji]

amazon have a GOOD battery charger for cheap

La Crosse Technology BC-900
http://www.amazon.com/Crosse-Technology-BC...y/dp/B00077AA5Q

most chargers do fast charge and are shite, this thing can do full refreshes, discharges etc. use this and you'll get better charges and better life out of the batts.

 

[kevcal]

Of course the best things about rechargeable AAs is that they just keep getting higher mAh every few months. It wasn't long ago I thought 2300s were great, now we're on 3000s!? Of course the problem is they also seem to grow in length by fractions of a millimetre as well(!).

 

[Alex.]

Of course the problem is they also seem to grow in length by fractions of a millimetre as well(!).

That's worse than it seems, what with the springless battery container the GP2X has. I can't wait to get me greedy hands on some 3600mAh in a few years though

 

[Zeladin]

Of course the best things about rechargeable AAs is that they just keep getting higher mAh every few months. It wasn't long ago I thought 2300s were great, now we're on 3000s!? Of course the problem is they also seem to grow in length by fractions of a millimetre as well(!).

I don't know about that, I think they must've changed the tolerances on the Gp2x for that last batch (Either that or they were just all tighter due to some meander of the process). I bought a Gp2x last August and the batteries were positively loose. I got a further three Gp2xes (Don't ask why) early this year - and the same batteries were a much tighter fit. Of course the batteries are maybe getting bigger as well...

 

[kevcal]

Just did a quick check (no vernier at home), but some look to be about a millimetre shorter than others - maybe it's difference between alkaline & rechargeables (then again it's 5,20 am here so I could still be asleep dreaming ).

 

[pongplaya]

I usually hit about the four hour mark. Did you charge them first out of curiosity - also can psp/ds really last a three day road trip without charging? According to wikipedia the ds lite has 5-8hrs on the highest brightness setting...(And if you can charge a psp/ds then you can charge AA's). Three sets of two gives you about 12hrs depending on what you're doing on the Gp2x...

It's not brilliant, but not bad enough that I would start a thread about it. Of course not being a hard core marathon gamer, poor battery life wouldn't affect me as much - poor standby/storage time would be more of a problem...

same results here too...... around 2,5h at 250 mhz with the 2500's that came with the gp2x with speakers on
but since i got the new "wonder" charger (incl car adpter) with 2 special 2300's that charge in 15 mins... (the 2500's take 45 mins) its not really an issue anymore

 

[Goity]

My red light doesn't work properly either.