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mAh is actually the capacity, not the current they can supply. You can potentially have something with a huge capacity, but it only trickles current or something with a tiny capacity that can release it all at once.

Oh, my bad, ok so do I have to worry about the capacity then, or can I just get the biggest ones I can find/afford?

@VIKINGS: Do not buy the batteries with the highest capacity!

Aaargh, please do not recommend a specific brand. At least not by also saying which model exactly, otherwise there might be good and bad ones, and people pick the one with the higher capacity(higher mAh), which are most likely the crappy ones.


There are really really crappy rechargeable batteries and good ones. If the batteries come precharged and/or they say they keep 80%+ of their charge after one year, there are the good ones. That's the "new" generation of NiMH batteries.

Almost all reported problems for rechargeable batteries comes from the old generation. Basically they lose all capacity if you leave them for 2 weeks in your cupboard and the voltage drops to really low levels, so that most devices think they are empty, while they are atually still half full(or more!).

Generally, the voltage drops for all kinds of batteries while discharging, but on the "new" rechargeable batteries that happens not as fast as with the old generation or non-rechargeable batteries. The result is that you can actually use the full or nearly the full charge of these batteries.

With my old battery eater digital camera it was like this:
- Regular (branded) batteries: 10-20 photos
- Regular (non branded) batteries: ~10 photos(depending on luck)
- old generation rechargeable batteries: if you were lucky the camera turned on at all and you could do 1-3 photos
- new generation rechargeable batteries: ~30-50 photos

Now the only downside of these batteries is the lower maximum capacity. It's only up to (i think) 2200 mAh, while the old generation manages 2800 mAh. But i don't know of any device that could actually get those 2800 mAh out of these crappy batteries, due to the ultra low voltage they provide when half empty.

Just go with Sanyo/Panasonic eneloop series. It's probably the best rechargeable batteries I ever used and they tend to last longer than higher mAh cells from other brands...

Thank you for the info mimimi.
Yeah, eneloop was/is on my list of choices Jhonn. If I end up going with them I'll probably get something like this, 1 pack charger and 4 batteries.

I still wish there was a way to just disable the low battery warning. Any chance an option like that could be added to Dolphin in the future? Is it hard to do, or what?

I think it's unlikely. When you use a real Wiimote, the emulated software is communicating directly with that Wiimote, this connection would need to be hijacked to implement something like that and probably wouldn't look good...

I see. Ok, thank you guys.