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Is there still any use where disposable alkalines batteries are better than rechargeable?

I bought a pack of rechargeable AAs (Eneloop in the Sanyo days) in 2009 and I've been using them happily ever since, and some AAA (Eneloop post-Panasonic acquisition) sometime after that.

They take up a lot less space to store as most are in a device at any given time, they're easy to charge. Apparently the ecological costs break even by about fifty charges. Why are disposable batteries still a thing?

in reply to cwicseolfor

@cwicseolfor Yes. Rechargeable have a lower voltage and some stuff may profoundly dislike that.