Charge Up Your Life With Powerex

I have finally understood the difference between two types of rechargeable batteries that we sell. No, I don't mean charged vs flat - I've understood that for a long time and generally had my knowledge re-inforced whenever I was in the middle of an important shoot. Hence I always take a bag of spare batteries...

No, the difference with the Powerex batteries was explained to me by our service manager. He pointed out that there were two capacities - 2700 mAh and 2400 mAh. I had always assumed that this was just a division into more or less capacity.

So it is, but he explained that the 2700 version carried that extra electricity at the cost of a drop in potential over time - you find it if the battery is charged up full but untouched after that. A month later might see the charge down by 30%. And on and on.

The 2400 version, on the other hand, has a different construction inside and can be relied on to keep 90% of a full charge over six months.

So the question that we should be asking the customers is whether their battery usage will be heavy and constant or intermittent and long-spaced. Choose your weapon.

Note that the Powerex chargers also come in various types, from simple 4-cell ones to 8-cell structures that condition and analyse the batteries. There are also one-hour chargers.