Does anyone in the Asian eneloop market know anything about the Monochrome eneloops? Made in China I believe. Kinda confusing to have black basic eneloops compared to the eneloop pro.
Id like to get some more info, product codes, original product photo`s
To me, thatās weird enough to be suspicious of fakery. I donāt think Panasonic would be stoopit enough to ruin their own widely-known color coding pattern telling between regulars and Pros like this.
I dont think they are fake. They are (supposed to be) China-made eneloops. But it`s really hard to find more information. I`m unable to find it on the chinese eneloop website.
Chinese made eneloops used to show 65% capacity remaining after 5 years on their packagingā¦(about 2 years ago)
But now since the Japan-made eneloops show 70% remaining after 10 years, the Chinese made eneloops show 70% remaining after 5 yearsā¦
The 70% remaining after 5 years used to be for Japan-made loops.
I think that the coding BK-3MCCE is for the european market, the BK-3MCCA is mainly for the North American market (canada amazon). But the confusing thing is that the batteries sold in China are also called MCCA and seem to be made in Japan.
Japan stayed with 3MCC ....to keep it simple.
I`m currently working on my new website, and just finished my limited edition page http://eneloop101.com/batteries/eneloop-limited-edition/
Thanks guys. The front page still need to change, but at least itās a start. Just added product sheets in PDF for most batteries in the overview page.
I had no idea about the chinese monochrome and organic either up till like 2 weeks ago.
Update: March 18: Updated quite a bit of info and still have lots of pages to add. Also just started my facebook page, feel free to joinā¦
Yep, those are the ones made in China. They used to sell Japan-made eneloop Lite up till 2015-2016 when they changed to stock them from China. These are rated at 5000 cycles, while the Japanese ones are rated 3000 cycles. I actually bought some of the lite ones in Japan as well.
I have some Panasonic Eneloop Lite AAA for the Japan market (made 2015 Jun in Japan) that have the 5000 cycles rating on the packaging.
Have just ordered some new Panasonic Eneloop Lite AA and AAA. Will check whether the new ones are made in Japan or China. This ebay seller j-stop advertises them as Made in Japan. They have been trustworthy thus far.