IF you do it properly, and IF you use a proper charger, and IF the batteries are really fully up to spec...
BUT you can only do it a couple of times safely, if you re-charge them too much they will start to leak, or will explode. But when you do recharge them, they do not last as long as a fresh battery.
I am sorry but that is too many IF's and BUT's for my comfort level.
Agreed. I was enthusiastic about recharging disposable batteries until I realized how poorly they perform. I bought the "correct" kind of charger and the instructions stated that to get an optimal charge you have to recharge the batteries when they are half depleted. I am not sure how I am supposed to tell when they are half depleted (since there is usually not a gauge on devices that use disposable batteries. But I can tell you that if you wait until they run out of juice then recharge them expect about 30% of the original run time. Second recharge is even worse. In defense of recharging disposable batteries, I never had one explode.
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But you can actually recharge duracells, if you do it properly that is.
IF you do it properly, and IF you use a proper charger, and IF the batteries are really fully up to spec...
BUT you can only do it a couple of times safely, if you re-charge them too much they will start to leak, or will explode. But when you do recharge them, they do not last as long as a fresh battery.
I am sorry but that is too many IF's and BUT's for my comfort level.
@TavisJohn
Agreed. I was enthusiastic about recharging disposable batteries until I realized how poorly they perform. I bought the "correct" kind of charger and the instructions stated that to get an optimal charge you have to recharge the batteries when they are half depleted. I am not sure how I am supposed to tell when they are half depleted (since there is usually not a gauge on devices that use disposable batteries. But I can tell you that if you wait until they run out of juice then recharge them expect about 30% of the original run time. Second recharge is even worse.
In defense of recharging disposable batteries, I never had one explode.