I've been using a set of Rayovac Renewal beginning
April 4, 1996 and the following is a list of dates
on which I changed my batteries. The number in the
"()" are how long each set of battery lasted before
they got thrown away or re-charged.
03/15/1996 MAIN INDUSTRIAL ALK (23)
04/08/1996 MAIN RENEWAL SET #1 (16)
04/22/1996 MAIN RENEWAL SET #2 (14)
05/06/1996 MAIN RENEWAL SET #1 (11)
05/17/1996 MAIN RENEWAL SET #2 (11)
05/28/1996 MAIN RENEWAL SET #1 (7)
06/04/1996 MAIN RENEWAL SET #2 (9)
06/13/1996 MAIN INDUSTRIAL (in use)
Where "INDUSTRIAL" are standard Rayovac Alkalines
supplied to me by my company and "RENEWAL SET #" are the
Renewal batteries. Note that I bought two sets of Renewal
(package of four) and how quickly they degrade in my system.
Once the duration became less than one week, they were
intolerable to me, and I have gone back to the old
throw-away batteries.
As I remember, a popular consumer magazine analyzed the
use of both the Renewal system and the other alkaline recharger;
they both performed similarly with the Renewal system slightly
better. Both resulted in the batteries degrading over recharge
cycles.
IMHO, one set of Renewal with recharging last only a little longer
than a set of "Industrial" alkaline. As a set of batteries
looses charge, my OmniGo slows down (degrades performance). Hence,
the two options are about the same to me. Now recharging the
"Industrial" alkalines may be better than throwing them away,
but I would expect them to degrade just as quickly if not quicker.
System set-up: Nothing special, HotSync about once every two/three
days.
Regards,
Phillip Kwong
Opinion are my own, not my company's.