Electronics are a bigger part of the gift list every year. Unfortunateley that means batteries can be a bigger drain on your budget. But a new type of rechargeable battery has users amped up.

A bad battery on christmas morning can be a real emergency. Because they didn't come ready to use, some folks avoided rechargeables. The problems have been fixed.

 They've made some advancements, and with these, you have similar charge life as a non-rechargeable battery.  So the batteries come charged, and stay charged.  Go a year without use, and have about 85% of the available charge.  That expands the useful horizon for the batteries you can keep using and using, and using.

So there really is no application where th nickle metal hydride wouldn't be a viable option for you. And for some uses, they are the best option.  In certain devices, like digial cameras, an nicle metal hydride will out perform an alkaline by about five to seven times.

Use your old charger, or a new one  They'll work in a standard charger aswell as the hybrid charger.  And you'll save two things-- money, and the planet  One hybrid equals 1500 alkalines. You have to look at the cost in a long term view.  Rechargeable batteries can be recycled at many retail outlets, and a good rechargeable battery can really save the day in that favorite christmas toy.