Jun 11, 2026, 12:14 AMAll of the 1.5 V regulated lithium-ion cells I have seen up to this point have had USB chargers built-in or are designed to be used with external chargers. It seems very odd to me that EBL and Philips, among others, would be advertising non-rechargeable lithium batteries, but I can't find any actual technical data sheets on them to confirm what chemistry they are using, unlike Energizer, who published their technical data sheets.
@gcvsa I wonder if we have reached a point in capitalistic collapse where a battery maker would make a "non-rechargable battery" out of a rechargable one just to circumvent another company's 'capture and control' patents?
Let's waste a valuable resource to compete in a "larger" market?
Jun 11, 2026, 12:43 AM@Urban_Hermit That, I am sure, is exactly what's going on here. Now, TBPH, I think Energizer's patents are probably invalid, at this point, since patents are onyl good for 20 years, and it has been much longer than that since they first sold lithium iron disulfide primary cells; I'm not sure how they even still have patents on them.
However, the only lithium AAs I know of that are the same as Energizers are the Rayovacs which recently hit the market, because the same company owns both.
Jun 11, 2026, 12:45 AM@Urban_Hermit But, I am really bothered by the idea that a company would take an inherently rechargeable lithium-ion chemistry and cripple it, just to sell more batteries to compete against the Energizer lithiums and alkaline batteries.
That's capitalism for you! We should have done something about that a long time ago.