Overview: All Eneloop batteries 2005-2024

That’s Why we have a friend from Tokio :stuck_out_tongue:

Yea but apparantly Kipperman doesn’t :open_mouth:

Hi Scott,

what picrthis said... they are (as far as I know) only available in Japan. Almost every store carries them, except for the D and C cells, which are not available everywhere.

Thanks for the quick replies.
So, I assume that noone is aware of a store (or website) in Japan that can ship these to a US address?
Thanks again
-Scott

Amazon Japan carries them.

Not that I know of, and if they do, price including shipping will be high.

Actually, I heard some shop at Rakuten.co.jp sends overseas.. but at a premium price.

Maybe ebay will help you out, Im sure there are no fake 4th generation eneloops yet... (because they dont sell them overseas)

Pretty sure they dont ship overseas.. you can give it a try though

They only ship to address’s in Japan but you can get use the forwarding service, that service will cost you $14 plus the Rakutens standard shipping rate. So if you break it down it would be around $6 -$7 a battery for 4 batteries with all the shipping fee’s added in; your gonna have to REALLY want these to pay that kind of Cash :open_mouth:

Thanks, I am replacing my entire battery solution. I have not yet calculated the quantity i will need but a house of 5 with heavy electronics use. Im thinking 32 AA 16AAA a charger and some c&d size plastic convertes.
I will look into these suggestions!
thanks

I sure hope with that many batteries your not going to simply buy “a charger” your going to want a few of them.

For the additional cost of using a buying service to import (you can bulk buy 3rd gen cheaper domestically), is it really worth for those extra 300 cycles? I suppose if you really prefer the big Panasonic logo and must have the latest in consumer technology.

Thanks Chloe,
thanks a good point
please provide link to purchase bulk 3rd gen. and i will work out whats best. I really want a reliable seller though. I dont want to risk fakes
-Scottt

You do know there is this thing called Google :bigsmile: spoon feeding went out years ago.

Thomas Distributing… 100% chance of never getting fakes. They don’t have the latest generation, but they have 100% real Eneloops.

Even on Amazon you have to be careful of who is actually shipping the batteries.
A good example: It’s very easy to get fake SD Cards if you’re buying them from an importer that is just using Amazon to list them.

What is wrong with Fasttech I have bought my Eneloops from there and they have been fine. Don't tell me they are fakes????

They’re not fakes. I have some 3rd gen AAAs from FastTech. I don’t think they sell 3rd gen AA though, only 2nd gen .

@ Kipperman

Define bulk?

so,
http://global.rakuten.com/en/
lets you place an order ship to the Us. they then will send you an email with the shipping cost and wait for you to confirm before sending. I placed a sample order and have the shipping costs here for anyone who may be curious.
looks like it’s close to $1 per battery shipping and consumption tax

from amazon I get
16 eneloop HR-3UTGB for 43.15 with free shipping = $2.70 each

from global.rakuten.com/en
12 Panasonic BK-3MCC for 32.11 = $2.68 each
http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/nakaden/item/10008788/

8 Panasonic BK-4MCC for 22.23 = $2.78 each
http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/nakaden/item/10008839/

shipping and tax = $1.00 each

so its about a tie before tax
the extra $1 gets you 4th gen (extra 300 cycles) and piece of mind knowing you dont have fakes.

thomas distributing had 16 for eneloop HR-3UTGB $47.97 + $4.97 shipping. = $3.32 each so that will get you piece of mind for $0.50 cents.

So for a mere extra $0.50 each you get 4th gen.

[Products]
Pack Panasonic BK-4MCC / 8 eneloop AAA eight (standard model)
http://item.rakuten.co.jp/nakaden/10008839/
(Yen) (excluding tax, postage extra) (yen) x 1 (piece) = 2070 price 2070
————————
Pack BK-3MCC/12 eneloop AA twelve Panasonic (standard model)
http://item.rakuten.co.jp/nakaden/10008788/
(Yen) (excluding tax, postage extra) (yen) x 2 (number) = 5980 price 2990


Destination number 1 (cases)
3 Total Number of Products (Pieces)
Commodity price total 8050 (yen)
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Subtotal 8050 (yen)
Consumption tax 404 (yen)
Free 2800 (yen)
————————————————————————— ———————
Total 11 254 (yen)
————————————————————————— ———————

I’m not sure where you are getting those prices, for example

http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/ida-online/item/bk-3mcc4/
packs of 4 @ US$19.64 x3

(Billed as ¥ 1,920 JPY)

US$58.92
(Billed as ¥ 5,760 JPY)

This is the net amount before shipping charges and freight forwarding fees.

But as I asked above……define BULK? that’s not even close to a bulk order.

@ picrthis
Thanks for your help with my questions.

here are links to best prices on rakuten. I think they are considerably better than what you have found. I hope these links help people get the best deal that I have found so far on 4th Gen eneloops.

http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/nakaden/item/10008788/
AA packs of 12 @ US$32.11(¥3,140)

http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/nakaden/item/10008839/
AAA packs of 8 @ US$22.23 (¥2,174)

Regarding the term bulk:
Please refer the Chloe’s post #237 in this thread. She mentions here that “you can bulk buy 3rd gen cheaper domestically” to which I respond requesting a link to a reliable merchant to make such a bulk purchase.

I have no idea how to define “bulk”. I was just wanting to know what deal she was referring to. Unless she just meant it as a general statement and had no specific “bulk” deal in mind.

To you, I would say that if the bulk deal you are referring to is that good and there are too many for me to use, I would attempt to put together a group order depending on the minimum quantity required to get the “bulk” deal that you are referring to.

Lastly, I would like to emphasise that everything after the word [Products] in my original post is a direct quote sent to me from rakuten with the exact shipping charges
Thanks again,
Scott