Comment on xkcd #3214: Electric Vehicles

• BanMe@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Rechargeable AAs and AAAs have finally been perfected, I am kind of annoyed by things that have only internal batteries now, I don’t want them going to the landfill just because the cheap device died. Let me keep running the batteries for a decade in other shit.

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  • kalpol@lemmy.ca ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The internal batteries often aren’t that hard to replace. If you can get the device open the batteries are standard sizes you can order and often just plug in. Except phones, phone manufacturing relies on pure evil

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  • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    For decades we had battery packs that could be replaced. we have lifepo4 that’s super safe to handle, i don’t know why we don’t have replacable battery packs anymore :/

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• kalpol@lemmy.ca ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I have two sets of headphones, one older set that takes a AA and a new one that charges. I use the older ones constantly since when they die I just grab a NiMH AA out of the charger and pop it in, back in 10 seconds. New one…not so much

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  • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The headsets I’ve seen which take AA batteries were heavy af.

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    • kalpol@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      What, no. Audio-technica from about 2016, they are normal weight.

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      • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Well guess I just haven’t seen 'em then.

        I’m not saying light ones don’t exist. I just haven’t seen any.

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  • Test_Tickles@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I bought a set for work that comes with 2 rechargeable lithium packs and an external charger so you can just swap as needed.

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    • kalpol@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Sure but…we had that already

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