high-capacity AAA NiMH batteries - who sells them?

Are you sure it's their capacity that's the issue and not their self-discharge rate? How long are you leaving the phone between charges?

Sylvia.

Try Jaycar.com.au.Caveat, not sure of exactly what they have.

Generally, I leave the phone on charger until it shows full charge. Leaving it there full time will reduce the battery life, as it is not a smart charger. Even when showing full charge, it only lasts 60 minutes (the trouble and strife can natter this long with any of her gossiping friends). When she was away for a week, the battery took about 5 days to go flat.

OK, so not a self-discharge issue. Sounds like a higher battery capacity would simply result in longer conversations though.

I looked around the net, as you have obviously done, but didn't find high capacity cells from reputable suppliers either. There's clearly a theoretical upper limit on the capacity of a cell of a given volume or mass, and 1300mAh may be pushing it for an AAA.

Maybe it's time to look at a new phone instead? I brief search revealed this page:

Sylvia.

Maybe it's not the phone that is the problem or needs replacing ?!!

geoff

Replacing the phone is bound to be cheaper than replacing the wife.

Sylvia.

Thailand & the Philipines have some inexpensive models.

I was more thinking of the ongoing costs of getting rid of the old one.

Sylvia.

I neglected legacy costs.

All this talk of recycling. Do the right thing here and you want to do the best in dumping your old CRT TV and they want to charge you $25 !

Getting rid of old junk just ain't so easy (or cheap) any more ....

geoff

Stay away from no-name batteries that are offered on eBay. Their ratings are pure fantasy. Some don't even have 20% of the nominal capacity! I have been testing a number of AA and AAA batteries over the last 3 month. Surprisingly, Woollies Essentials were pretty good value for money if it comes to capacity.