NiMh AA batteries now come in 2100 mah. I get mine from either Sams Club or Wal-Mart. These are Eveready brand. Seems like the shelf life has also gotten better. I put a number sticker on each battery and have been checking their shelf life and now find a 2 week cycle is OK. Probably longer, but 2 weeks works for me.

I keep Lithium batteries in our back-up ham radios which we carry in our hiking packs. The weight reduction is significant. If we indend to use the radios, we change to NiMh, reserving the LIthium for emergency use only.

Just threw out a whole bunch of Radio Shack Batteries. They are expensive, low power and althought I have been charging them in only the high end microprocesor Radio Shack Charger, they all have developed leaks. I would recommend staying away from Radio Shack NiMh Batteries. I took a bunch into a store to see if there was any guarantee and was told that there was none. Junked over $100 worth of them.

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