I think the description should mention that the charger also works with sanyo eneloop AAA's; there's no need to get a second charger for them. As for the batteries, they are very good. I used to get about 15-20 pictures w/ flash at most out of new, brand name, alkaline batteries, with these I get at least twice that number (I haven't had to recharge yet, so the actual number of pictures may be much greater). This is definitely a nice system and a great value all around.