My gen 1 Eneloops (bought in 2006) are labelled 85% for 6 months, 75% for 1 year. I don’t think I ever measured it to see what it really was, but I think that was close.
BTW, they’re still in somewhat regular use, and still performing great. I use them in 2amp discharge applications, and they still have about 90% of the capacity compared to gen 4 (or 5?). Not bad for cells that are over 10 years old.
Yesterday - May 22 2017 I bought the ten pack of AA Eneloops for $16.99 at the Waterbury Costco, the original price is $19.99.
An instant coupon for $3.00 brings the price down to $16.99
I have been watching for a price drop since December 2016.
The AAA’s twelve pack is also $16.99 with the instant coupon.
I saw them on sale at one of our local San Francisco Costco’s before Christmas for $19.99. But to be honest I think it’s a bad deal unless one needs both the charger and AAA batteries.
Saw them this past weekend. I passed on them after reading warnings on back. Especially water/air tight flashlights. I was going to get 2 packs of these. But then I read warnings and passed. Also, I have the Energizer charger and 4 pack x 2 of batteries I got at Walmart for $10. Regular retail was $20.
BTW, I like the AAA to C Cell AA to D cell converters. But this set FAILS.
AAA Converters to C on E bay use 2- 3 AAA cells to convert
AA Converters to D on E bay use 3 AA cells to convert.
I don’t think you’re going to find a safer battery than Eneloops. If they’re putting standard warnings on Eneloops, I can’t imagine the horrific warnings they must put on anything that uses lithium-ion batteries!
Edit: Found it on a pack I recently bought from Costco:
IMO, that is just a standard legal warning they put on to make sure they’re covered. I’m surprised they also don’t include a warning about “may contain peanuts” on it, too.
Yep, that is the warning. All of my lights that use AA are all water and air tight with O rings. Pricing is OK. If there converters accepted more than 1 cell each I might have bought 2 sets to take chances.
I think all NiMH can vent gas (hydrogen?) if they get hot enough. That was the problem for some NiteCore EA4 owners, who got their lights super hot, which vented gas and caused the rubber switch boots to blow up like a balloon!
Any of the FDK sourced batteries are what you seek.
You’re more likely to have a piano fall on your head, than you are to have your flashlight blow up while using NiMH batteries.