Overview: All Eneloop batteries 2005-2024

TX, too expensive for me… I can´t afford it. I will continue using my Imax

veer, DD is *just a big* etailer and they are no specialists re the stuff they sell. i am sure that none of them has technical knowledge re flashlights, and for example ever disassembled a switch!! neither will they know how to discern fake cells from original cells. even *we* have a hard time telling, dont we? so here are general suggestions re buying from DD:

1) solve your case in repeated chat sessions with changing ottas. dont use their email system or other delayed communication form.

2) avoid buying batteries from them. even DX gets to sell batches of fake TF's. the only reason for me to buy batteries from them is if i have run out of ideas what to buy from them with my tens of 2$ or 3$ giftcards.

first chat bombarding. if no results, then open PP dispute. after that continue bombarding with chat requests. since you’re online now, do it now. their chat is (again) 24/7!!

Doesnt look like they are 24/7…

Picked these up from the post office yesterday.

Edit: Added some info at the beginning of this thread about the Sanyo Harmolattice.

@vëer and others:

I have started to test my FAKELoops from dino

These batts ARE NOT LSD. And no need to do a 6 months LSD test. Why?

I compared how much the voltage drops after charging…. I mean, I measured how much voltage drops on a LSD battery and on a non-LSD battery.

I have found that:

LSD battery: after charging, the voltage remains above 1.4volt even after several days

NON-LSD battery: after charging, the voltage drops from 1.4volt to 1.37 in less than 1 hour.

For me, no need to waste time and money doing a 6 months LSD test.

At least they have offered something. Of course, money refunded is way better than giftcards (giftcard = you must buy from them)

I have to think what I am going to tell them

I paid only 11$, the rest came from gift cards and they cant even start their offer with 45$ gift card.
I know what Im getting when I get my gift card tho :smiley:

Did you have to send photos? Did you linked to this thread? (to know what to do…)

I didnt link to this thread, no need to.
I uploaded images to DD both in CS messaging system and RMA request.

hmm Thanks I will try today

This really belongs in a DD thread at this point, not an Eneloop thread.

Cleaned my posts as much as I could without ruining asnwers to my posts, new thread started :wink:

I think I have received FAKE Gen1 Eneloops from Manafont, because they don't have the date code on the side. I can do a discharge test, but my question is, which voltage do I have to select to discharge? 0.9v is OK or it's too much? I would like to do a 4A discharge but don't know when to cutt off. Some pics of my cells from MF:





0.9V is fine, but if you’ll do discharge at 4A, you might even set it to 0.8V, as you’ll lose some voltage in leads between your discharge equipment and battery, springs (if you use cradle, etc.

Did you check out my recent thread?

Yours look exactly like mine, which I assume means that they are fake too :wink:
I guess none of those big Chinese DinoDirect-like retailers carry original Eneloops so everyone should avoid buying rechargeable brand name batteries from them or buy only if other members can confirm they have got the same item and they can confirm that its original.

Thanks, now I’m charging two of them, then I’ll begin with the discharge…

Yes, I saw your post, but on the entire thread I couldn’t find Manafont, so I though the problem was just DinoDirect.
I live outside the US, so I think I can’t get Eneloops (batteryjunction’s shipping is too much exaggerated, so I’ll never buy there).

Results:

Discharge to 0.8V @ 2Amps: 177mAh

Discharge to 0.8V @ 1Amp: 1703mAh

So… FAKE cells, but could be worse.
MF Manafont doesn’t sell genuine Sanyo Eneloops!!!

Make sure you re-post this information in my thread also, that way more people could be warned ;)!

Never seen these black “glitter” eneloops before! 2nd gen

They are sold at Nkon.nl, which is based in Holland!
Haven`t seen them anywhere else before.