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Looks to come to about £230 for charger and two official packs. I am definitely looking into the BA2015 battery packs and the charger. If you are using the belt packs daily it might work out cheaper to use rechargeables but the payback time over alkaline will be longer than you might think.Ĭheers for the suggestions, and everyone! I had also heard the Eneloop were good rechargables. Be aware that with the in belt pack charging you also need the Sennheiser charging cradle and power supplies for the same. However I don't think third party cells will charge in the belt pack as the BA2015 contains a sensor which reports temperature and battery status to the belt pack. I doubt Sennheiser's own pack is going to be any better than using decent quality third party NiMH AA cells and decent quality chargers. I have looked around for alternatives though and the new Shure unit is even more expensive, and the only other cheaper option I could see was a LD Systems MEI100 but that doesn't look like it has a strong build quality. Just as an aside, am I being a bit extravagant getting the Sennheiser IEM? It's quite expensive and all its going to be used for is to hear gallery talkback and some occasional music in a studio literally 10 feet away. Is their actual own rechargeable pack likely to last a long time though and make it a lot more convienent than going down the normal alkaline route? I guess maybe its a convienence thing as well that the presenter can just put their pack down direct onto the charging base. Interesting, I will look into the built in recharging/battery packs for the G3.

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We used to use rechargeable PP3 with the old G1 transmitters without any problems but as the G2s use the cheaper AAs plus the added faff of keeping them batteries charged we just buy the boxes of 500 AAs now. From memory the G3-100's contain all the features of the G2-300's, leaving remote config now the only obvious difference between the G3-100 and 300 series.

The charging contacts are also now fitted to the G3-100 series. These type of batteries tend not to be available in standard cell sizes because the risk of someone putting them in a unsuitable charger and causing an explosion is too high. Not sure if anyone has been brave enough to put a custom Lithium Ion or Lithium Polymer cell into a radio mic yet.

BEST AA BATTERIES FOR WIRELESS MICS SERIES

Sennheiser even sell the BA2015 NiMH rechargeable pack for use with these belt packs and provide charging contacts on bottom of the 300 and 500 series packs. Sennheiser G2's and G3's are designed for use with both alkaline cells, which start off at ~1.6 volts then drop steadily to ~1v though out their discharge profile, and NiMH cells which produce ~1.2 volts thought out then suddenly drop off. Word of warning about rechargables: They are only 1.2v as opposed the 1.5v (or 8.2v not 9v in the case of PP3) so you may suffer reduced running time if the unit detects voltage.Ī Sennheiser EW100 pack uses 2 x AA so expects 3v, whereas a pair of rechargeables will only give 2.4v

SpecificationsĪA Size (HR6, DX 1500) - NiMH 1.Since having a few dud Procell, I've started using Energizer Industrial, which is basically the same as Procell, and available from the same suppliers (usually). This huge leap forward in battery technology has been made possible by improvements in the purity of ingredients and upgrades to the construction of the battery cell meaning less power is lost when in storage. The high capacity of these batteries means they can be used in various devices such as digital cameras, hand held video games and wireless mice to name a few.ĭuracell's DURALOCK technology means these batteries are guaranteed to stay powered for up to 5 years* when not being used.

These batteries combine the convenience and power of an alkaline battery with the money saving and environmental benefits of a rechargeable battery. Duracell AA Duralock NiMH 2500mAh Pre-Charged rechargeable batteries are a great product for high drain devices and items that are in constant use.

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