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These are the protected ones. Another $3.00 for the pair.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2-X-PROTECTED-26650-Keeppower-5200-mAh-rechargeable-Lithium-ion-batteries-PCM-/271563046990?pt=AU_Electronics_Batteries_Chargers&hash=item3f3a6b404e

I saw those awhile ago and they are indeed a great price

They sent me two by mistake.

I'll take the extra packet to get rid of them for you.

I think the Dick Smith pick-n-pack workers are a bit tired of sending out batteries and just ramming them into envelopes randomly.

I’d love to see more Aussie group buys, especially with drivers. We could bulk buy from the RMM then just post stuff in padded envelopes. I think the postage on batteries would make it prohibitive though. You would have to buy 10+ batteries just to justify the price of Australia post.

AA Eneloops from Dick Smith. Home delivery only. If someone knows how to use the postage estimator please let us know.

http://www.dicksmith.com.au/eneloop-aa-chocolat-8pk-web-dsau-s4493web?utm_source=Exact_Target&utm_medium=email&utm_content=S4493WEB&utm_campaign=AU_WK7_Tues

The postcode box you can see does not work :~
Scroll down a bit and select “delevery” from the four options, then enter your post code and choose suberb/area from the pop up selector.

Cheers David

Thanks. Free delivery to me.

The post code box - type postcode and wait for a drop-down list to appear then select suburb. Don’t just enter postcode and hit GO that doesn’t work.

Gen 4 Eneloop chocolate tones 8 x AAA $19.95 with free delivery.

Code: CSHIP4FREE (at checkout for free shipping).

From OzB: 8x AAA Eneloop Batteries $19.98 Delivered @ Dick Smith eBay - OzBargain

Did anyone get around to measuring the China-made eneloops and comparing them to the Japan-made ones? There are plenty of rumours of them being different, having different specs on the packaging, being rebadged Panasonic Evoltas, etc, but nothing substantiated as far as I know.

Its actually the first I’ve seen of them but if they are Evoltas I wouldn’t mind at all.

I have 30+ AA Panasonic Evoltas (mostly still in packets) and they get used more than my eneloops, the capacity of them after dozens of charges over about 2 years are the same as they were when they were new.

I was tempted to buy these (I was in the middle of the checkout process) but I have enough already, I really just wanted them because they look pretty and the packet would never get opened.

I thought the Evoltas were Sanyo Eneloops anyway, and Sanyo was owned by Panasonic before Panasonic bought themselves out or something like that.

To answer the question that wasnt asked in that thread, Panasonic even as a parent company of Sanyo can not take Sanyo proprietary assets as their own. They are owned by the subsidiary and people own shares in Sanyo, but not necessarily Panasonic. If Panasonic could just do as it pleased with Sanyo assets, they would be stealing from Sanyo share holders. But they are unlikely to create duplicate costs like plant when they have a subsidiary to supply them at close to cost. Despite any cosmetic changes, they are likely to be (never guaranteed) Eneloops inside.

All of my Evoltas are made in China, all my eneloops are made in Japan. I think that from memory Fuji or Fujitsu made the eneloops for Panasonic, I don’t know if they still do.

Not sure if the eneloops and Evoltas are exactly the same, the cells (not the wrapping) are different but I guess it depends if they use exactly the same process and quality of component in both factories in different countries.

Evoltas were around before Sanyo was bought by Panasonic, they would have had to have changed the manufacturing plant to make them the same as eneloops or if they could have just keep pumping out the same ones that were good anyway.

I’m on my phone ATM but I’ll try to see what other info I can dig up on the new batteries, I might send a few emails as well and see what info I can get back.

From what Ive read, Panasonic has been involved in Sanyo Eneloops since 2005, which is when Sanyo released the first ones. I cant be sure of how reliable this is but …

http://panasonic.net/ec/company/history.html near the bottom, right hand side.

Interesting about your Evoltas being all made in China though. Are they all recent made, or some older ones?

My new ones (Rainbow Evoltas) were sent to me from Japan and they are also made in China.

My old ones were made in 2010 so I guess they aren’t really old but they are also made in China, I actually thought they were a lot older than that.

Although my Sanyo Harmolattice 2500mAh batteries (relabeled eneloop pro/XX) are made in Japan which is odd because they were marketed at poorer Asian countries so you would think they would have been made in China too.

Copied straight from an email from DS. It worked fine for me.

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Thanks MRsDNF! Just scored 2 x 8 packs of the new chocolat eneloops for just $34.98 delivered :) Bargain.

We’re all ozbargain enthusiasts i see haha. Very good deal on those batteries. If only I had some AA devices to use them in.