What batteries in your 580EXII

Hoppy1 wrote in post #12010931
Eneloops, with a spare set of alkalines in the bag just in case.

Tip - the moment you detect the recyling getting a bit too long, raise the ISO and/or lower the f/number. One stop of either of those settings halves the flash output, dramatically cutting the recycle time and extending battery life.

+ 1 for Eneloops, but with a spare set of ... Eneloops in the bag (why a spare set of alkalines? To me the whole thing is not to buy expensive alkalines any more).

GMHY wrote in post #12021647
To me the whole thing is not to buy expensive alkalines any more).

+1 I have 7 eneloop packs, in sets of 4 to fallback on

Last count 32 AA Eneloops for four flashes plus an eight battery power pack.. 12 AAA for three RF-602 receivers..

Eneloop for all my flashes.

Eneloop here as well

A whole box of Eneloops

Lenmar for me, but now I will have to try eneloops lol!

yogestee wrote in post #12021968
Last count 32 AA Eneloops for four flashes plus an eight battery power pack.. 12 AAA for three RF-602 receivers..

Where did you get the 8 battery power pack?

uhhh Energizer rechargeables. But sound like Eneloop gets the vote. Better get me some!

+1 for the Energizer NiMH rechargeable batteries. I have used them long before I got into photography in all of my remotes, flashlights, wireless keyboards/trackballs and all sorts of other things and have always been happy. I usually have a zip lock bag full of both AA and AAA rechargeable batteries ready to go in case some get low.

However looks like eneloops be getting a ton of votes so should be a good choice to go with!

4 eneloops in the flash, 8 eneloops in the flash zerba external pack and 4 eneloops spare in the bag....

Works like a dream.

Powerex and eneloops.

Sanyo Eneloops all the way!

Powerex batteries here...last almost forever..I can do a 5 hour wedding on one set with hardly any noticeable slowness..Of course I don't shoot 1000 images during a wedding either, I'm choosey on what I shoot, I don't shoot multiple images of one thing HOPING to get just the right image, I shoot 2 or 3 and get the right one every time.

I was told by another canon user that you must use lithium or high drain type of batteries such as 2700 mah, that is what I use all the time anyway so I dunno.