Aren't the 1 hour Rapid chargers on the market now better than the slower 3 hour chargers?

Not necessarily. The best chargers on the market will balance speed with gentleness and completeness of charge. Speed is an important feature but the faster the charge rate the more internal wear on the battery which will shorten the battery's ultimate life. The ideal battery charger will charge fast but also provide a relatively gentle charge rate and a smart chip to protect the batteries from overcharge/overheat damage and at the same time provide a complete charge to maximize run times betwee ...

Could you explain the various rechargeable battery symbols and terminologies ?

"NiMH": Ni stands for Nickel, the M stands for Metal, and the H stands for Hydryde thus Nickel Metal Hydryde."mA": is the rate of charging as applied to rechargeable batteries. An amp is a coulomb of charge per second, a mA is one thousandth of that.""mAh": Stands for milli-ampere hours and is a measure of energy. In our case it measures the capacity or amount of energy that batteries will deliver. For example, a 1000mAh capacity means that the batteries will l ...

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