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minus-squareGiveOver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·21 hours agoThey’re rechargeable lithium batteries, they should last years. Not a week.
minus-squaregmtom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoTrue, if you could recharge them, but they don’t include ports to do so.
minus-squareGiveOver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·13 hours agoWhich is why it’s a waste of good lithium cells, as the guy you replied to was saying
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoSo why use rechargeable batteries at all?
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoSuicide drones use them too. Best energy density at the required power levels. (Zinc-air batteries are slightly better but you can’t extract the energy in minutes.)
They’re rechargeable lithium batteries, they should last years. Not a week.
True, if you could recharge them, but they don’t include ports to do so.
Which is why it’s a waste of good lithium cells, as the guy you replied to was saying
So why use rechargeable batteries at all?
Suicide drones use them too. Best energy density at the required power levels. (Zinc-air batteries are slightly better but you can’t extract the energy in minutes.)