They sould have made the USB inlet in it’s butt, instead of on the side. Would look more logical and seem to have more capacity.

1. USB on a single cell is ridiculous. Almost nothing runs on just one cell. In fact, almost all run on two, with most of the remainder run on four. That’s your recharge set. The most useful rechargers are build for this set-type rotation.

2. Worst problem in implementing rechargables in one’s life is not knowing. That’s not knowing when they’re done charging (and ready), not knowing when they’re done (not worth recharging– usually after about a thousand recharges they loose their capacity to hold a charge), and not knowing whether the charger is even charging them. Fix these unknowns and everyone would use these things.

3. The biggest gripe I have is that there are no standards, aside from milliamp ratings, to know what you are buying. Fewer questions about standards exist these days, but every battery manufacturer should have to, if warranted, place a warning on their label: “We do not subscribe to anyone’s battery or charging standards but our own, so there.”

Lastly, let me say that the slight inconvenience of recharging my batteries will pay back the investment (if one even bothers to consider it that) in a matter of days, not to mention the warm fuzzies for not pitching such chemicals in a landfill on a weekly basis Those of you with kids who are buying disposables, you should be ashamed of yourselves.

To say that battery manufacturers are at not fault for creating this mindset in people (one that does not care about mindlessly buying disposable batteries) is the one of the great understatements of this millennia. No lie. I’ve saved my family easily hundreds of dollars on batteries for half a dozen devices. And imposed a lasting impression (we parents love doing this) on the next generation of users.

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