e386: Xtar 1.5V Li-Ion AA & AAA Batteries

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@skydyverjym 23 дня назад

I've had the same 12 eneloop pro AA batteries for over ten years and they are still stronger and better than ANY other rechargeables I have bought since. Never a single failure and each and every one is still in everyday use

@AMPROEngineering 22 дня назад

Yeah I also love my eneloops. I will say this, every one of my eneloopPRO batteries died within a year of first charge....so weird. The normal ones are perfect. The main issue is that I have found a lot of applications now that need the 1.5V of an alkaline and these Xtar batteries are the best I have found on the market.

@Fagu01 8 месяцев назад

Don't mistake mAh with mWh. It's a very different value. Those NiZn are about 1700mAh or less

@AMPROEngineering 8 месяцев назад

Still awesome cells.

@kentpublic 7 месяцев назад

FANTASTIC review! Just what I wanted to see. I can now pull the trigger on the XTARs.

@AMPROEngineering 7 месяцев назад

These are a solid battery. I have been using them a long time now and they are still working great.

@kentpublic 7 месяцев назад

@@AMPROEngineering Great to hear they are still working great!

@user-df8ff3ed8u 3 месяца назад

The AA Xtra batteries you showed are 2700 milliwatt hours(mwh) NOT 2700 milliamp hours(mah).They are not the samre thing. Divide mwh by the voltage to get mah.In this case you get 1800mah.

@AMPROEngineering 3 месяца назад

Yup, noticed that later and many, MANY have commented it.

@qrisemrc Год назад

It seems to be very helpful in choosing AAA batteries. It's a wonderful video.

@AMPROEngineering Год назад

Thank you!

@michaeldorich4485 Год назад

This is a very thorough, useful and practical review. Thank you.

@AMPROEngineering Год назад

Glad you liked it!

@vinc.G.moucRC Год назад

Thanks for the review ! That's a very underated subject that is not enough discussed. In Europe I use rechargeable Duracell HR6 NiMH 1.2V / 2500mAh It gives me almost an hour of play when in my Tamiya quickdrive and has a pretty good shelf life. I might give this product you presented a trial. Thanks again !

@AMPROEngineering Год назад

I have seen these and versions from Energizer. The ones I have from Energizer lasted a couple years but I have eneloops over 10 years old that are still perfect.

@ShenRC Год назад

I like the Xtar batteries and chargers they always worked great for me.

@AMPROEngineering Год назад

I am glad to hear it. They have been really good and that was part of my concern, haha! I thought they were too good to be true.

@paulmcnamara2908 Год назад

Not heard of xtar but seeing as our household is a high user of batteries I will be checking them out!

@AMPROEngineering Год назад

I have a couple of times but largely ignored them. They have won me over so far.

@MaxxPainII Год назад

I bought the ISDT N8 8-Slot Speedy Smart Battery Fast Charger and that tells you the internal resistance of the battery. My wife uses AA & AAA batteries on LED candles nightly and kept burning through batteries, mixing good and bad batteies which just cause bad performance. Now that I showed her a bad battery IR rating, she seperates them and only uses good batteries. A bad IR would show over 1000 to 2000 ir. A good battery would show usually in the 200 to 300 ir. We typically use Amazon.

@AMPROEngineering Год назад

I have not seen this. Ill order one

@ValleyRC Год назад

Apparently these work well in old toy grade RCs and give the fresh battery feel for the whole run!

@AMPROEngineering Год назад

Yes, I have used them in a couple of my cars. They work great.

@Lee.gRC27 Год назад

Very interesting info, thank you for sharing this, It took me a while to actually notice that rechargeable batteries hold a lower voltage, and it took a while to find 1.5v ones and the price reflected it, but then I took notice in the difference in chemical compounds, where 1.2v are mainly Ni-Mh and the 1.5v where Li-ion

@AMPROEngineering Год назад

Yes in many applications, either work but if you get into the weeds, you can see the issues.

@IowaBudgetRCBashers Год назад

Great review. I use the HarborFreight ones and they’re great but only 1.2

@AMPROEngineering Год назад

These and the Eneloops are expensive but they work perfectly.

@emory442 Год назад

I learned about the 1.2v issue when I bought some Energizer Nimh AA batteries for my Mini Maglite LED Pro. Fully charged, they were almost useless. I'd seen the Pale Earth batteries all over Facebook, and was "this close" to buying some. I'm so glad I didn't

@AMPROEngineering Год назад

Same here....I still see them all over and can only think maybe the early ones are bad? No idea but I am still sore over it.

@TheBooban День назад

All my batteries are like your orange and green ones. None hold a charge and after maybe 3 times they don’t charge anymore. I just bought pale blue and thought they would fix my problem since they were lithium. I’m going back to disposable batteries. Cheaper. Better.

@Myself-yh9rr Месяц назад

I was thinking how great a smoke detector battery (9 volt) would be. It would probably be the last one you ever need!

@AMPROEngineering Месяц назад

I use some tenergy 9V li-ion's and they are great.

@AsurasWrath164 Год назад

Im currently using the white/ blue 3300mwh AA xtar li-ions. So far they good.....and available.

@AMPROEngineering Год назад

I saw those. Ill give them a go too.

@user-od1yi5iq1k 9 месяцев назад

This video saved me from making a costly mistake as I had just ordered a set of 4 Paleblue AAAs, though mine seem to be rated higher at 750mAh. Yet, they look identical to be ones you have and I bet they've got the same problems. Looking at their website it seems they have a new design which is rated at 600mAh. Anyway, I cancelled the order for the Paleblue's and ordered the XTAR AAAs with the charger and an extra 4 batteries as backups.

@AMPROEngineering 9 месяцев назад

I was so mad when I started using those. These XTar batteries have proven to be excellent!

@Alexpicardo 3 месяца назад

... 6:10 was an indirect mention to nikko turbo panther, AKA battery eater 😂

@AMPROEngineering 3 месяца назад

Oh that's the truth. I still have PTSD from that....

@hawjiang5349 2 месяца назад

2:30 2800mWh under 1.6v (as listed) is 1750mAh

@AMPROEngineering 2 месяца назад

YUP.

@multishit6664 Год назад

weird I just started buying enloop batteries for my wireless PS2 controllers lol.. good timing..although my controllers dont have issues with voltage variance.

@AMPROEngineering Год назад

I use them for my WII. No issues there either.

@josecanseca8979 10 месяцев назад

hey man..i use the 4 AA energizer rechargable batteries in my flysky gt5 transmitter and it came with a charger as well for roughly 17$ or so..and i love them..i had the gt3b transmitter and those 8 batteries after awhile was a headache..the gt5 i can use a 2slipo 1500mah and i have one...but to be honest the energizer AA rechargables are my go to batteries..its only been abount 5 months my worst fear is that after a year or 2 they start to shit the bed...if they do end up failing down the road what are some doubleAA options you recomend??if you have 2 option ..like budget wise one option?..and best bang for buck option??..thanks man

@AMPROEngineering 10 месяцев назад

I used to use those batteries for a while. I still think i have a few in the mix. My fave NiMh are Eneloops but if you need Alkaline voltage, then these are the best way to go.

@myoption100 5 месяцев назад

Those Xtra Are Nice Expensive Like A Car Battery

@AMPROEngineering 5 месяцев назад

Quality isn't cheap.

@richardmerriam7044 Месяц назад

The voltage stepdown circuitry will jam all AM reception. Don't use in radios.

@AMPROEngineering Месяц назад

Can you clarify "radio's"? This channel is RC Car-centric so when the term radio and AM is used, I think of RC car 27 and 75 band AM radios but you could also be referring to a normal "music" radio on AM band. I have to admit I do not have not tried on those but have them in my AM RC car radios with no problem.

@richardmerriam7044 Месяц назад

@@AMPROEngineering AM 530 khz - 1710 khz aka medium wave.

@MrGuzzy1 Год назад

I m curious if this XStar has the same 3.7v based cell and then uses a voltage regulator or something to always have a 1.5 V. Does it have a low voltage protection ?What happens when is to low, does it cuts out ? can you drain it down to 0? what real capacity did you find out they have ...How fast can you discharge them? My charger stores li-ion and lipo around 3.85 V ... what is the storage voltage for this one ? I think that just leaving them for 4 months and find that they still keep voltage doesn t say to much about them ... but Yes, a stable 1.5v AA or AAA rechargable battery is something I m very interested . Let s hope they are as good as the panasonic or sony nimh ones .

@AMPROEngineering Год назад

Yes, it has a 3.7 LiIon in there. It does have low voltage cut off. As for the discharge, they behave just like a standard Alkaline and should not be in overly high discharge scenarios.

@AlcoveShadow 5 месяцев назад

So, would you say Xtar 1.5V Li-ion cells are excellent cells? If so, I think I am going to buy some. Do they just immediately die, or do they drop in power for a few minutes before dying?

@AMPROEngineering 5 месяцев назад

I have been using these for well over a year. They are rock solid (unlike pale blue earth) and have excellent shelf life and run time.

@Alexpicardo 5 месяцев назад

Im so confused.. So which batteries you recommend for a vintage rc car Nikko turbo panther that takes 8AA's batteries? Im tired of buying alkalines from the shop

@AMPROEngineering 4 месяца назад

If you want the performance of an Alkaline, get these Xtar Batteries. They are 1.5V nominal like an Alkaline battery cell but can be recharged hundreds of times. Eneloop's are great too and will be able to be charged many more times but the voltage is a lot lower at 1.15V per cell.

@KorrakotK Месяц назад

I paired a normal 14500 lithium cell with a dummy battery in my electric sprayer and it works fine. 1.5V Xtar cells are too expensive.

@AMPROEngineering Месяц назад

I find it hard to locate batteries that are no-name and reliable. These have been perfect and I cant afford dealing with cells that are unknown. Wasted too much time doing that.

@KorrakotK Месяц назад

@@AMPROEngineering I recommend Vapcell H10/L10/F12 for you to test.

@cubbyrulez Год назад

My main issue with these 1.5v AA lithiums has always been their low amperage output current compared to alkaline and nimh. Put 8 of them in a vintage tyco turbo hopper/nikko turbo panther RC and it's slow as balls due to their low amperage output current. Are these any different in that respect?

@Lee.gRC27 Год назад

Strange as in my experience the lithium batteries have performed better

@AMPROEngineering Год назад

No these perform much better. I have not actually noticed a discharge issue with any of my lithium's but perhaps it is a result of trying them on low current cars like the Nikko Panther and Rhino? Perhaps yours are higher draw?

@Alexpicardo 5 месяцев назад

I have turbo panther '87. I normally use alkaline batteries from the shop. Which rechargeable AA batteries you recommend? Thanks

@chrishorst6993 Год назад

I was going to buy the PaleBlue ones but not now

@AMPROEngineering Год назад

I hate to ruin their sales as maybe the current ones are better? Mine were just awful and I wouldnt know since they never replied to my emails.

@cycoholic Год назад

A battery of information about batteries. Ampro sure was taking charge with this subject,amping it right the way up to 2300!! 😂 Sorry. So as a lowly Australian I was intrigued by the cases these batteries are stored in. Only rechargeable batteries I can get my hands on locally come in the same packaging as normal non rechargeable batteries. Makes sense. The ones I have that are not beibg used usually just lay around on my computer table. lol

@AMPROEngineering Год назад

Yeah I do tend to go off on tangents! I cant stand bad rechargeable batteries....

@cycoholic Год назад

@@AMPROEngineering You know just last night I recharged a pair of my batteries, and the recharger indicated that both batteries had failed. This leaves me with only a set of 4 remaining. Might have to look into these Xtar batteries. 👍

@cycoholic Год назад

Ok done. 8 batteries with a 4 slot charger doodad. Was about $58 AUD. Think it said a 4 week delivery time.

@cycoholic Год назад

My charger and 8 XTAR 1.5 2700mWh li-ion batteries arrived today. So a two week delivery time from China to Australia. Not bad. Both sets required a charge, but not a lot. One set is now in my cordless keyboard, the other on standby. 👍

@cycoholic 10 месяцев назад

So, the batteries lasted 2 nearly 3 months in my keyboard. Not too bad I'd say.