http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/ Engadget Comments for Energizer to debut new, longer-lived Zinc Air Prismatic battery at CES 2009 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/
Anyways, it's the woman's problem, not mine.]]>Dec 8th 2008 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/"Now, we must all fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men."]]>Dec 8th 2008 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 24th 2008 4:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/
Stupid non rechargeable fanboys.]]>Dec 8th 2008 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/
I prefer to use rechargables. They are more enviromentally friendly than this stuff.]]>Dec 8th 2008 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/I'd rather pay for a battery that'll last a month than get one I have to replace every day for free.]]>Dec 8th 2008 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/
They actually sound amazing on paper and work great in practice. Here's to hoping the battery companies don't plan to rip us off that much.]]>Dec 8th 2008 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/If that's what Energizer is dropping then it'll be really exciting, but yeah it's less exciting if it's just disposable batteries. Although, I have had to buy non-rechargeable batteries once for my digicam when it ran out of power on vacation.]]>Dec 9th 2008 12:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/You heard it HERE first]]>Dec 8th 2008 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/
"It says it on the damn battery!"]]>Dec 8th 2008 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 13th 2008 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/
PS: I came up with those two items after looking around my room for like 10 minutes]]>Dec 8th 2008 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/
PS: ENGADGET where the DUCK (see what I did there? xD) is our EDIT feature?]]>Dec 8th 2008 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/
Great precedent to set Engadget, now everybody trying to peddle their latest vaporware will have some crazy ass mascot just so you take them at their word.]]>Dec 8th 2008 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/
Thats the problem with all of the E2 and other high energy batteries. They aren't worth the extra cost. If the zinc air batteries last longer and cost the same then they might be worth it.

Rechargeables have really been hurting the bottom line. So have car batteries that last a lot longer. For a long time it was great knowing that everyone had to rebuy batteries every few days to run thier stuff.

Remember when you needed 4 D cells and two 9 volts to run nearly any electronic toy.
]]>Dec 8th 2008 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/
It's worth buying lithium for your emergency flashlight and weather radio (even low self-discharge NiMH still discharge in storage)

If these new cells are cheaper, have better energy density, as good a shelf life as lithium, and don't leak like alkalines, great!]]>Dec 8th 2008 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 8th 2008 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/Dec 9th 2008 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/energizer-to-debut-new-longer-lived-zinc-air-prismatic-battery/I've quit buying disposable batteries for everything but the smoke alarms. I still have a stash of them, but as they become depleted I've been buying Eneloop rechargeable batteries and have never been happier. Dead batteries? Just go pop them in the LaCross charger and a few hours later they're ready go go. Fast charge if you need them in a hurry but I usually do the slow charge as it's easier on the batteries. Yeah they're a bit spendy, but many of mine have already paid for themselves.

I suppose I can think of one good use for these new zinc air cells, flashlights that I keep in my cars. Rarely used, and seems like more often than not the batteries are not only dead, but leaking all over the place when I need the flashlight most. Like another poster, I've had several nice MagLites ruined by leaking alkalines, one so badly that I can't get the batteries out to find out what brand they are to get the light replaced. Zinc air shouldn't ever leak.

BTW, I tried some Tenergy NiMH batteries that claimed to be low self discharge, got a batch because they were a lot cheaper than the Eneloops. They are *junk*, save your money and buy one of the reputable brands. The Tenergy cells self discharge faster than the old conventional NiMH cells I have, they get warm charging at only 200mA, the capacity when new is about 70% of rated and drops rapidly with light use. Furthermore they will pay you to post favorable reviews. Resist the temptation. JUNK.]]>Dec 9th 2008 4:37PM