I don't know that they will get much better. About the highest I've ever read is 2050. But none of them were below 1900. Your latest readings are right around the average for mine.
the highest i got was 2063mAh at my very first break-in (and i havent done any other break-in since!) and when you do refresh&analyze the number will stay about the same; typically it's a little less because you discharge with higher rates but sometimes it's higher lol.
what's the manufacture date of yours? (it's printed *on* the cell wrapper!!)
i would give them some good use from now on (flashlights!!), e.g. in the high-amperage draining cletus P1A or P2A. Eneloops seem to like it when they get some good use (high discharge rates, high recharge rates, frequent use), i think it's called conditioning. And then after 10 cycles do a refresh&analyze again.
take the following table as reference:
In other words ezarc, YES, please do a refresh&analyze right after you're done with the break-in :)
Its affil link. I have 10$ gift card from DD and this would seem like a tempting deal on getting 4 Eneloops for less than 6$. Even if thy are only 1st gen one.
What do you think?
EDIT: Judging by product pictures its 2nd gen. I guess Ill have to ask them to be sure.
Real? I think nobody knows. Unless someone actually bought them, who can say more. You might have to wait 6 weeks, and receive a gift card when they are fake.
Yeah, so far it has been flawless with DD for me, so Im not affraid of receiving fake ones and then losing my money, BUT still, they should be genuine if sold as such.
ezarc, not the charge speed (transfer rate) is important ---it doesnt matter very much if you charge fast or very slow; the transferred charge will be the same!--- but the discharge speed (transfer rate). one gets more (continuous) charge out of a cell if the cell is discharged very slowly. (this can also be seen from doing maths on the parametric discharge graphs of Liion cells).
your numbers sound sound .. because -0.5A is 0.25C, which is ..etc.. ;)
hi veer, i did some testing yes. charge rate is not a true factor in getting higher capacity reading from the C9000. you get (minimally!) higher capacity readings from the C9000 if the prior discharge was performed very slowly (either on the C9000 or with Moonlight mode of your light). that's also the reason why the break-in is the way it is: the break-in discharges at -0.1C afaik.
what are discharge numbers? you mean the number of cycles? i dont keep track of the latter anymore. years of use and abuse of Eneloops on cpf have shown that, as a rule of thumb, the cells are robust and "dont age", and that you can reset them to factory state with a break-in whenever you want to. in some cases, capacity can be increased. I, for example, did extensive overdischarging and overcharging of the cells, and capacity, according to C9000 readings, has increased since.
i check capacity mayber 1x per month. and it's not based on cycles. capacity remains constant. Eneloop wonder!!