It is no secret that the team here at Pale Blue Earth is passionate about displacing single-use alkaline batteries with rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. We don't want consumers buying them and all the packaging that they...

As rechargeable battery technology has improved, charging times have gone down, improving convenience for users and market adoption rates . We are now at a point where Pale Blue Earth USB-C rechargeable AAA batteries can...

Wireless mics are quite commonplace these days. We see them connected to cell phones for hands-free operation. We see them being used in business settings, museums, production studios and music performances. Of course, singers and...

Poking around the internet led us to a New York Times article published more than 30 years ago. Entitled 'Consumers World: Coping with a Blizzard of Batteries', the article discussed all the many different types...

Lithium-ion batteries, especially the USB-C rechargeable batteries sold by Pale Blue Earth, are ideal for portable electronics. They work extremely well to keep devices powered during the summer months, when so many of us are...

We talk a lot about battery form factors in our blog posts. Interestingly, one of the battery forms we rarely mention is the CR123. It is often referred to by other names, including CR123A, 123,...

Regular blog readers know we are big fans of recycling. We believe in it so much that we encourage people to stop buying alkaline batteries and replace them with rechargeable lithium-ion products. You can easily...

The USB port was pretty exciting when it was first introduced years ago. Ever since, the consortium behind the port has been improving the technology behind it. USB-C is the latest iteration, and we think...

Good luck going online and getting a hard and fast number relating to the length of time a camera battery should last. Manufacturers always avoid this question, and for good reason. They will gladly list...