|
Battery type |
Pros |
Cons |
|
Nickel Cadmium (NiCd) |
- Inexpensive and widely available
- High number of recharges before battery wears out
- Fast recharges
|
- Low charge capacity
- Subject to memory-effect problems
- Contains toxic cadmium
|
|
Nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) |
- Up to 40 percent more charge
capacity than NiCd
- Fewer memory-effect problems
|
- Fewer recharges than NiCd
- Battery discharges quickly when
not in use
|
|
Lithium ion / Lithium polymer |
- Higher charge capacity than NiCd or NiMH
- No memory-effect problems
- Lithium polymer type comes in
many shapes
|
- More expensive than NiCd or NiMH
|
