Eats batteries - had to return it

This was our third Canon digital camera. The other two were fantastic; one just plain wore out after years of use, and the other is going strong. With our success with Canons, we didn't even shop around, just got this one that was on sale at OfficeMax.

We used fully charged rechargeable AA batteries - we have about 4 sets of them, and use them in the other Canon camera. We put them in the A550, and took a few pictures. Several days later, we picked up the camera and the low battery indicator was on! We put in a different set of batteries - got about 4-6 shots, and then the low battery message came on. Then we tried the brand-new alkaline batteries that had come with it - same problem, about 4-6 pictures, and a low battery message. We went through this a few more times with rechargeables and also brand-new alkaline batteries, then gave up and returned the camera.

We will get another Canon, but not this model!