500 mah is not very much for AAs, my eneloops can do 5 amps. 500 mah is not even .25c.
You can start a car on Ni-Cads, just you try that on your eneloops, it’s just a matter of what your using your batteries for. Bragging that my batteries can do 5A is great, but just what are you using them for that and, more importantly, how long do they last at that drain. I bet the capacity will not be the same at 5A than 5mA or 500mA… If you have an item that only uses a drain current of 50mA, perhaps some of these other batteries will show greater capacity at this rate (this is expected behaviour).
I agree that in high drain devices, like cameras, the batteries you mention are King but these may be an expensive luxury for low drain devices.
I have some of those and with a 150 mah discharge it lasted around 3 hours. Eneloops can do 10 amp discharges with a very good capacity. (Around 1500 mah) Also nicads aren't LSD.
Thanks for the Imedion link, gadabout.
I went through the 60’s and 70’s, so what’s so bad about LSD 
So I just got myself one of them fancy battery chargers, a Triton Jr
Seems it can cycle batteries - discharge then recharge, and measure how much comes in/goes out.
Fascinating…. I’m looking forward to doing some tests on various rechargables I have!
Welcome to the gang, sar10538!
Our roads are like that here, I live in Christchurch, New Zealand.
And BTW +SAR+CHASM sort of fits if you look at my ID 
LSD is a good thing. It means low self discharge. I’m not sure of the exact figures for eneloops but perhaps someone else can chime in
LSD was always a good thing
Two nations divided by a common language…
Gudday from Palmerston North, mate!
Seems we’re getting a few kiwi’s on here
For an endangered species, it looks like kiwis are getting everywhere these days
All the best from Quakecity!
To be fair to eneloop competitors, the batteries tested in this thread are not a comparison to any decent NiMH. This thread is not saying buy eneloops!
Before you think that eneloops are the only cells worth buying you really need to try the following:
Turnigy
GP
Vapex Instant
I own Turnigy , GP , and Vapex ...
I have over a year now had several Turnigy AA "FAIL"
No Eneloop has failed as yet , neither have my GP , and my Vapex are very old and still going ..
I tried ordering more AA ( junk ) , hmmm , last attempt to get a sample batch = failure ...
Seller did not want to co operate ?
The ebay seller atleast did a nice job on re-wrapping those used recycle-bin batteries anyways. :party:
Yes - very attractive garbage !
Why should I gamble my money when I can buy a sure bet?
Gosh I dunno. That’s like saying I tried driving a Rolls Royce and it works so I’m not going to try anything else…