Moixa USBCell batteries review

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• These USBCell's are a bit gimmicky and they have few real world advantages.
  
  With the built-in USB plug you lose significant capacity (notice how mAh ratings aren't stated on USBCell website or packaging?). These are expensive to purchase and are probably less eco-friendly to manufacture than your normal rechargeable batteries. Hence the eco credentials of the product are overrated.
  
  Charging via a standard USB socket (5V 500mAh) is also woefully slow and if the USB socket isn't already powered up/on, uneconomical
  
  What people should be buying are the newer generation of low self discharge (LSD) batteries like Sanyo Eneloop, Sony CycleEnergy, Uniross Hybrio, etc.
  
  Traditional rechargeable batteries would lose their charge relatively quickly and hence had to be recharged just before use and they where no good for low drain devices such as clocks. However LSD batteries can be recharged and stored as they are able to keep the majority of their charge for well over a year.
  
  LSD batteries therefore work just as well in a low drain remote controls to high drain digital cameras. Hence there's really no excuse not to replace all your household batteries with (LSD) rechargeable batteries and to get rid of single use, un-eco, alkaline batteries. LSD batteries saves you time, money and they do help the environment too.
  
  If you really really... really... need to recharge your batteries via a USB port then there are compact USB battery chargers on the marke you can buy (e.g. Eneloop do a nice compact 2 x AA/AAA USB travel charger)
  Posted by Henry, United Kingdom