Was at IKEA in West Sacramento, CA on Friday 5/28 to buy dishware and it found the white LADDA AA & AAA (made in Japan) endcap was fully stocked.
$6.99 for a 4pack AA
$6.99 for a 4pack AAA
Very glad to see 1900mAh and made in Japan confirmed. I hope HKJ or another thorough tester is able to review a set soon.
I’m surprised to see Ikea offering both 1900mAh and 2450mAh. I assumed we would only see a single variety. The packaging seems to indicate 1,000 cycle and 500 cycle ratings respectively.
I could use some more NiMH cells in both AA and AAA, and want standard capacity, so this is looking like good timing.
Good to know that the new Laddas are still made in Japan. I have now received my delivery and it was still the well-known white ones.
Can you actually see somewhere on the package or on the battery the date of manufacture?
The Date Code for the "white LADDAs" is very lightly embossed on the battery wrapper and hard to see with a format similar to "2044-HW" which would indicate a manufacturing date of week "44" of year "2020". I don't know what the letters following the dash indicate.
my 2450s and 900s are supposed to be delivered end of this week, we’ll see.
for the 1900s, 1000 cycles points to them using less pure (= cheaper) metals for the electrodes, so these should behave more similar to gen1 eneloops than gen4. anyways, ~13 years MTBF is still a lot and internal resistance should stay low for many recharges due to ratio of anode and cathode.
only testing will show.
No, the user community has never been sure with any of the batteries believed to be rebadged Eneloops.
However, if I remember correctly, for the time when AmazonBasics NiMH batteries were made in Japan, they were also marked as good for 1,000 cycles.
It is possible that they are rebadged Eneloops, but come from batches that don’t test as well as those distributed under the Eneloop brand, or that Fujitsu does not allow businesses selling their batteries under other names to claim the same cycle life as Eneloops in order to preserve brand value.
Edit - and, of course, it is also possible that they are not Eneloops at all.
For me they come for sure out of the same factory because of the "puncturing" on the bottom.
This doesn't mean they are Eneloops of course and just tells me that they are from FDK.
But we already know that FDK is the only NiMh manufacturer in Japan so my information is basically useless. :D
Just wanted to share my observation with you.
Note to Canadians, the old ones are on sale for CAD$3.99 for either the AA or AAA 4-packs until June 30th. That’s down from the regular $9.99 and $8.99, respectively.
They can also adjust the price from previous purchases, but they give the credit on a gift card. To get refunded, it can be returned within 365 days as long as it’s unopened.