This fairly recent entry into the rechargeable field
offers up to40% additional power capacity than the traditional
NiCd’s of equal size.

Also, from an environmental aspect, these batteries are
far more acceptable than NiCd’s, as they will breakdown with little
or no harmful effect on the environment.

Nickel Metal Hydride batteries are commonly found in
cell phone applications, laptop computers and camcorders.

They have about 20% more power than Ni-cad batteries
and weigh about 20% less.