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.
I was in the IKEA store in Ghent, Belgium and they only had (quite a lot) white AAA’s on discount (€4.99 instead of €6.99, so I bought quite a few haha). The white AA’s were gone. The new grey AA/AAA batteries I looked at were all made in Japan!
So just to confirm, the grey big capacity AA (2450mAh) is exactly the same as the old white AA?
The newest IKEA LADDA NiMH batteries with the "grayish-blue colored wraps" (that replace their older batteries with the white colored wraps) are in-stock at IKEA stores located in the US.
Great prices! There was evidence already posted they are made in Japan, so hopefully no surprises there.
I hope we are able to confirm the quality, but for that price I will go ahead and buy some 1900mAh and 750mAh regardless, since I need more AA and AAA rechargeables anyways.
Well, I just tried to order some & they said they could not deliver them. But I could pick them up at the store closest to me, which is Atlanta… about 2 hours away.
They would have to pay me to drive to Atlanta & get tangled up in that huge traffic jam to get a few packs of batteries.
With lion 1.5v AA you absolutely can tell nothing at all about the charge state other than 1.5v>>>>>>>0.0v, due to the circuitry.
You can tell “something” about NiMh. Not perfect, but it’s something.
Decent NiMh have more capacity, and far more current capability. They have less parasitic draw again due to the circuitry. LSD NiMh can retain voltage much longer, and cost WAY less.
Lion AA are expensive.
Eneloops are rated for over 2000 cycles. Thought lithium was less. Can keep them topped off ready to use. Lithium? Besides they are so useful for devices all around the home.
ChibiM, who runs the Eneloop101 site, and had the opportunity to interview Fujitsu (Eneloop parent) battery engineers, believes they are equivalent to 1st generation Eneloops:
I don’t know if he is still active in testing, but it will be great if AACycler is able to test a set. I would bet HKJ will do a test, but he mainly tests capacity and charging characteristics, not cycle life.