People should quit buying alkaline batteries anyway. NiMH batteries are great for just about every application you'd use a throway for, and you only have to recharge them about twice to "get your money back."
Charge speeds also suck unless you get some of the fancy expensive chargers.
> Charge speeds also suck unless you get some of the fancy expensive chargers.
This has been a total non-issue to me. I have 30 or 40 batteries running around total, keeping 4 spares on the charger is no big deal