Inspired by recently buying a cajon, and my husband immediately buying another for additional living room seating because he loved it.

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        That’s me. The problem is I need longevity. Most of my devices no longer use enough power to use up batteries but I want them To last as long as possible before I have to deal t with them again …… and that’s disposables

        At least we’re no longer doing that with game controllers: no battery lasted in those but my kids were unwilling or unable to manage rechargeable . We all went back to wired controllers so there are no longer batteries to die

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        Depends on the device, some really don’t like rechargeable ones. And for device that get changed so infrequently, like tv remote, use alkaline.

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          I disagree. Very few devices don’t work anymore, and for things like remotes rechargeables are a no brainer. One time cost and then charging them even once and you’ve made your money back. The only device I always choose alkaline is smoke detectors.

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            Well I have the enelope batteries the someone else suggested, and Amazon basic rechargeable. And devices like my Lazer thermometer, certain mice, certain flashlights tend to not operate fully or as long. Thought the device was just on it’s last leg until I popped a generic alkaline in it.

            I don’t have any super fancy high end rechargeable AA batteries, I’ve just noticed over the years they’re not 100% equal in every device. I use rechargeable when I can, but have disposable alkaline if the device sees limited functionality with rechargeable.

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          The brand of rechargeable batteries matters a surprising amount, if your device doesn’t play nice maybe try a better brand? My Quest 1 basically only accepts Panasonic Eneloop Pros, I get quite a bit of input lag when using random offbrand rechargeable batteries

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            If I had to take a guess, it’s probably from the voltage of the battery, if you have a volt meter/multimeter you can test out how the batteries work before putting them in