# NiMH or NiCD batteries?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nimh-or-nicd-batteries/497413>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 23, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nimh-or-nicd-batteries/497413 "2009-05-23T19:04:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nimh-or-nicd-batteries/497413/21 "2009-05-27T15:33:59Z")

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> [@beowulff](#):
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> OK, then what do Boyscouts have to do with NiMHs?

NiMH batteries have many good qualities and are admired by the public.

Boyscouts have many good qualities and are admired by the public.

It was a joke.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nimh-or-nicd-batteries/497413/22 "2009-05-27T16:17:56Z")

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> [@Telemark](#):
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> NiMH batteries have many good qualities and are admired by the public.
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> Boyscouts have many good qualities and are admired by the public.
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> It was a joke.

I get it.

I was just looking too deeply - I was thinking that there was some pun on NiMH, or that it meant something other than the obvious.

Geek humor.

_sigh_

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nimh-or-nicd-batteries/497413/23 "2009-05-27T16:27:22Z")

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> [@Tengu](#):
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> The big difference, far as I can tell is NiCDs don’t have a secret.

Or rats.

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**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nimh-or-nicd-batteries/497413/24 "2009-05-27T17:03:38Z")

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Yeah, but rats don’t stand up very long against Li-Ions.

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