Comments on: AtoD Rechargeable Battery – One Size Fits All http://www.techfresh.net/atod-rechargeable-battery-one-size-fits-all/ A blog dedicated to the hottest consumer electronics, electronic gadgets, gizmos, and cutting-edge technology Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:59:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vlad http://www.techfresh.net/atod-rechargeable-battery-one-size-fits-all/#comment-53585 Vlad Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:00:08 +0000 http://www.techfresh.net/?p=33071#comment-53585 have the designer of this stupidity actually made a prototype, let alone tried to squeeze it in a typical 2xAA flashlight? What about the pressure of the springs, contact reliability, etc. There are about a dozen reasons why this is not practical, let alone the fact that are pretty good AAA/AA/C/D adapters out there. Yes, so you can use a AAA in a device designed for D and drain it in seconds. have the designer of this stupidity actually made a prototype, let alone tried to squeeze it in a typical 2xAA flashlight? What about the pressure of the springs, contact reliability, etc. There are about a dozen reasons why this is not practical, let alone the fact that are pretty good AAA/AA/C/D adapters out there. Yes, so you can use a AAA in a device designed for D and drain it in seconds.

]]> By: Anonymouse http://www.techfresh.net/atod-rechargeable-battery-one-size-fits-all/#comment-53554 Anonymouse Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:37:30 +0000 http://www.techfresh.net/?p=33071#comment-53554 As other commenter's have said, this is colossally stupid. In addition to the problems indicated above, memory foam ... it expands. So when you squish your battery down to size and slot it into the AA sized hole it'll expand and you'll never get that sucker out. I'm getting really tired of stupid designers wasting time and effort designing crap that will never, and can never work. As other commenter’s have said, this is colossally stupid. In addition to the problems indicated above, memory foam … it expands. So when you squish your battery down to size and slot it into the AA sized hole it’ll expand and you’ll never get that sucker out.

I’m getting really tired of stupid designers wasting time and effort designing crap that will never, and can never work.

]]> By: 24601 http://www.techfresh.net/atod-rechargeable-battery-one-size-fits-all/#comment-53474 24601 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 23:04:56 +0000 http://www.techfresh.net/?p=33071#comment-53474 Have you ever held a rechargeable battery just after removing it from its charger? It's warm, isn't it? Now imagine what would happen if you were to put a thick foam blanket around that battery then charge it. The internals would become dangerously hot, perhaps even hot enough to damage the foam on the outside, releasing toxic fumes, maybe even starting a fire. I hope this "concept" does not reach the market. Have you ever held a rechargeable battery just after removing it from its charger? It’s warm, isn’t it? Now imagine what would happen if you were to put a thick foam blanket around that battery then charge it. The internals would become dangerously hot, perhaps even hot enough to damage the foam on the outside, releasing toxic fumes, maybe even starting a fire.
I hope this “concept” does not reach the market.

]]> By: SuperSparky http://www.techfresh.net/atod-rechargeable-battery-one-size-fits-all/#comment-52487 SuperSparky Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:58:29 +0000 http://www.techfresh.net/?p=33071#comment-52487 This is colossally stupid. The engineers designed the particular need for a specific sized battery for an electronic item because of that battery's current output capacity. The description says it's equivalent to a AA battery in capacity. Guess what, when you put that sucker in a device that requires C or D sized batteries, be prepared for a very short term period of functionality, if any. Devices that take C or D sized cells require a lot of current capacity because they generally drain a lot of electricity in a short period of time. The size means you'll get a longer period of usefulness out of them because of their size. Just because it's rechargeable doesn't mean it's practical. Keep the AA rechargeables for AA devices and make higher capacity C and D size batteries for those devices and you won't be disappointed in their time between charges. Just because you can put a AA battery in a device that was designed for D batteries, doesn't mean you should. It's like sticking a VW Beetle motor in a bus. It MAY work, but not for long. This is colossally stupid. The engineers designed the particular need for a specific sized battery for an electronic item because of that battery’s current output capacity. The description says it’s equivalent to a AA battery in capacity. Guess what, when you put that sucker in a device that requires C or D sized batteries, be prepared for a very short term period of functionality, if any.

Devices that take C or D sized cells require a lot of current capacity because they generally drain a lot of electricity in a short period of time. The size means you’ll get a longer period of usefulness out of them because of their size.

Just because it’s rechargeable doesn’t mean it’s practical. Keep the AA rechargeables for AA devices and make higher capacity C and D size batteries for those devices and you won’t be disappointed in their time between charges.

Just because you can put a AA battery in a device that was designed for D batteries, doesn’t mean you should.

It’s like sticking a VW Beetle motor in a bus. It MAY work, but not for long.

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