Ikea ladda ready to use

Thank you for testing and sharing these date Johnydoe. It is highly valued.

I have some user experience with these.

A year ago I bought the first 8 AA ladda batteries. I've since bought more. Of the total of 16 batteries 3 have died.

I do not know if it is because I use them in my BLF group buy starry lights in medium or high a lot, if it is because I use my Intellicharger I4 and a high powered fast charger (that has build in cooling fans) or if it is because they have quality issues but the fact remains that these batteries die off at an alarming rate in my household.

I have other brand lsd batteries that lived and still live a lot longer. Just a heads up and a shout out to anyone who might have an idea of why my batteries die.

Could you clarify what you mean by capacity, is it the LSD result, or were they recharged and tested? Any refresh cycles if so?

Thanks for your work.

This is the LSD result.
Last battery I tested was charged a year ago and hasn’t been touched since then.

@LEDSMOKE: That’s not so great to hear. I’ve had not one fail on me yet. Keep us informed if more die.

I have noticed that LADDA batteries that have been stored fully discharged for a long time (weeks) seems to have lost a lot of capacity the first time it is recharged. Perhaps as much as a third or half. But after 1-2 more cycles they are back at full/good capacity. So it is sort of a "short-term" memory effect. It's been the same with some other LSD-batteries as well, but it seems more noticeable with the LADDA batteries. But that may be because I have more of them...

I suspected that they were about to die, but I was wrong. So far I haven't had any LSD-batteries die for me, they have always been possible to refresh. And I use a lot of them. So it might be good to have a charger that can discharge to run refresh cycles. And to make sure to fully charge the LADDA batteries before storing them.

I typically use a MAHA MH-C9000 or a MAHA MH-C808M to refresh/charge.

Thanks, makes for easy priority, rarely used like glovebox lights get Eneloops, everything on a normal recharge cycle can use Ladda, and the frequently cycled get whatever is handy.

I wonder if the IKEA Ladda batteries are the same as the Amazon Basics Black batteries? The AAAs have the same 3 vent holes, the positive terminal has the same small cut in them and they both have a notch/groove on the body near the top. The AAs have the same 4 vent holes and notch/groove as well.

Its possible they both came form the same factory, however i like simplicity and reliability so i just buy eneloop and they always perform flawlessly

I like adventure so I try new things and look for bargains, have a pile of Ladda and Eneloops, still using ancient Maha etc til they totally die.

So cool! I went to IKEA today and spotted those batteries, I inspected them and was attracted by ready-to-use label (LSD yeah!) and low price point (1cent short of 4 Euros) so I picked 2pcs 4packs of AAs and 2pcs 4packs of AAAs not to waste Eneloop’s and Fujitsu’s in kids’ toys. First thig I did once home was query-ing BLF for info on them, and it is great to read those cells are good performers! I’m happy!! :smiley:

Very unlikely to have a company putting; "made in China"on a product when they are actually made in Japan. So no, they aren't the same unless the amazon cells are also made in China.

The black wrapped Amazon cells like the ones in the picture are made in China, the white wrapped and the high capacity ones are made in Japan.

Manufacturers have many ways of circumventing the law. If the battery is made in China and the packaging printed in Japan is more expensive then they can put made in Japan on it and it would perfectly legal. BMW, Audi, VW, Swiss watch brands and tons of other companies have been doing that for ages !

I recently bought some IKEA LADDA "ready to use" NiMHs. The local price was 4.99 and 6.99 euros per pack of 4(AAA and AA respectively) which I find reasonable in comparison. Still quite expensive and a huge mark up. But that's how the market is. There must be like 3 or 4 people in a small country such as Finland who know what a "LSD NiMH" is, and such a product's selling point is just "being ready for use". The typical battery shelf in a humongous hypermarket will have a couple of overpriced packs of CR123's and primary lithium AA's hidden somewhere between about 2 tons of expensive Duracell alkaleaks.

It's always sad when it actually makes sense to buy something from IKEA. The batteries had very consistent voltage in initial check, within a few millivolts from each other. I don't have an analyzing charger, but will take the word(including HKJ test data) for these being good batteries.

True. If that's the criteria in, say, Canada and U.S, someone like Amazon just might be selling the same Chinese batteries as Japanese. IKEA has to declare "made in China" as such fraud would be very illegal in many countries that have stricter rules for consumer protection. They buy in very massive bulk after all, and sell pretty much the same stuff globally. That's kinda their trademark.

Yes, that is the rule in North America and some European countries, but Chinese companies have now caught on too so they are now setting up shops in Europe making products with Chinese materials and workers and put the Made in Italy and Made in Switzerland so they can charge more for their finished goods. If you drink apple juice or take Vitamin B, it is 99% sure it is made in China, but the bottle will say made in your country ! …LoL

isn’t this a swedish copy of a fiat?

They own Volvo too and made it better ! …LoL

Ha, clever. The product name actually has a very negative tone to it unless one first associates it with the Swedish verb.

Are they making these anymore? Seems like the stock in my local Ikea is still from 2013.

I suspect they make them in huge batches, when needed. And if they still have plenty of old stock, no need to make more in a hurry.

I got these recently:

The left pack is made 2013-08-12 and the right pack is made 2014-12-02.

I bought three packs and two of them were made in 2014.