Getting the Most out of Lithium Batteries

The battery life is twice as long as that of the normal standard alkaline batteries and there is really no reason not to invest in some, especially if you use lots of portable electronic batteries. Imagine if these things existed back when standard game boys were popular.

Battery carriers would have lost millions of dollars in revenue because these Lithium batteries don’t want to die. They’d be playing on the same pair of batteries for a year. OK a year is a bit of an exaggeration, but in my experience it takes a long time for these batteries to run out of power. The funny thing is that they’re comparatively light weight in relation to their alkaline counterparts. When you pick one up it almost feels like there’s nothing there and thus people tend to lose faith in the ever popular lithium batteries because they just seem like they’d be less effective even if this could not be farther from the truth.

For one example of their power, the wii is a system this is notoriously known for battery seepage. This means that if batteries are left in the wii controller, whether the thing is on or not, it will continue sapping power from the batteries until there is almost nothing left. You don’t even have to be using the controller. Heck, the wii itself doesn’t even have to be on for the batteries to lose all their strength. In the standard channel changer, even for television addicts that are constantly punching buttons, batteries will last at least a year. I myself have had standard alkaline batteries in my channel changer for the past seven years without even the slightest sign of the device losing power.

In a standard wii controller, the life of even the most expensive batteries is somewhere around a month at most. Of course you could take the batteries out after each use, but the controller will be getting a lot of use while you are using it anyway since a controller for any game system requires constant attention or you would not be able to play the game. Well, you won’t have to ever worry about taking the batteries out if you invest in a couple of pairs of lithium batteries which could last you years upon years.

Lithium batteries really are the best option here because even if taking the batteries out of the controller isn’t that hard of a motion to do, people will forget children will play with the thing and forget to do it. The easiest thing to do is just to purchase some lithium batteries and all your problems in this area will be solved.

The best part is the wii is a very common household item and one that tends to suck up the most energy. Just typing in the words wii and battery into google and the pages will be flushed with complaints about batteries not lasting as long. So if it does the job for the wii, then imagine what lithium batteries can do for the rest of your household items. Other than a slightly heightened cost there are literally no drawbacks to the batteries, but because of how much energy you’ll be saving, in the end purchasing lithium batteries will only profit you in the long run. There is no reason not to buy them on your next outing (which will probably be soon if you’re using alkaline batteries since you’ll need to change them out frequently) so make sure to upgrade ASAP. You’ll thank me later.