My Energizer NIMHs are very much like the bunny in my Nikon flash, they keep going and going. I popped them in my new Canon PowerShot and they would barely last ten shots. I got a La Crosse charger and now they work great in the Canon also!

Last night I put them in my La Crosse charger after running them through a discharge refresh. Charging them at 200 maH, 3 of them took a charge of 300 maH, the fourth up to 700 maH. These batteries are 2300 maH and were sitting around for 4 days. I put in a second set this morning, and two were reporting to still be full after their last charge two days ago.

What does this mean? Get quality batteries AND a quality charger. Batteries of the same batch will each perform differently, and a good charger will minimize those performance differences.