The best rechargeable AA batteries
Updated March 30, 2020
Disposable batteries are cheaper upfront, but investing a good set of rechargeable AA batteries that’ll provide years of service will save you money, in the long run. Lots of it.
After hours of testing, we chose the Energizer Recharge Universal (available at Amazon for $20.34) as our best rechargeable batteries. They provide the best balance of capacity and price, holding about 2200 mAh of charge and supporting up to 1000 charge cycles. Interestingly, Energizer lists the capacity of these batteries at 2000 mAh, but we found them to hold more in our real-world tests.
For a less expensive alternative, we recommend AmazonBasic Rechargeable Batteries (available at Amazon). Each individual cell holds about 1800 mAh of charge so your devices won’t run for as long as they would with the Energizers or other higher capacity batteries.
There are less expensive rechargeable AA batteries out there, but they come in packs of 12 at a minimum—this drives the price up and most people don’t need that many batteries, anyway.
These are the best AA rechargeable batteries that we tested, ranked in order:
- Energizer Recharge Universal
- Duracell Rechargeable
- EBL
- Eneloop Pro
- Powerex Pro
- Bonai Rechargeable High Capacity
- Tenergy Premium Rechargeable AA Batteries, High Capacity
- RayHom AA Rechargeable Batteries
- AmazonBasics AA Rechargeable Batteries
- Tenergy Rechargeable AA Batteries
- Rayovac Rechargeable
- PowerOwl High Capacity
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