NiMH batteries 2000 --> 2500 ok?

[Wyn42]

hi, my new Oregon 550t came with NiMH batteries rated 2000 mAH. Is it safe to use 2500 mAH NiMH batteries in it as well?

 

thanks!

[+GrnXnham]

Yes

[+g-o-cashers]

Definitely I'm using 2700mAh batteries in my OR550t and with the camera you'll want the highest capacity batteries you can find.

[Wyn42]

thanks

[+donbadabon]

Those 2000 mAH's worked much better than I expected.

 

I've been using 2900 mAH in my Colorado, and they last about 2 days.

 

The 2000 mAH's that came with the 550T lasted all day, and even took about 20 photos. And it is still about 75% of the bars.

[+Entropy512]

Sometimes the el cheapo high-capacity batteries don't live up to their full capacity.

 

Also, NiMHs are known for pretty high self-discharge, i.e. they will discharge even when sitting on their own not in a device. There are now "ultra low self discharge" NiMHs, but typically at lower capacities.

 

I haven't seen a 2000 mAh non-ULSD NiMH in AGES. At 2000 mAh capacity, by any chance are they ULSD (aka hybrid aka "pre-charged")?

 

Given a choice between 2000 mAh ULSDs and far higher capacity normals, I'll take the ULSDs for most situations to avoid needing frequent "topoffs" in low-use devices.

[Hertzog]

 

I haven't seen a 2000 mAh non-ULSD NiMH in AGES. At 2000 mAh capacity, by any chance are they ULSD (aka hybrid aka "pre-charged")?

 

Probably not. Mine measured only 322 mAh "out of the box"; typically you can expect to get 75-80% for the hybrids under those conditions (by comparison, 8 eneloops I recently checked averaged 1474 mAh out of the box). Before giving up on the Garmins, though, I'll check their long term self-discharge.