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…
I've driven hundreds of other batteries over the last 20+ years ..I was trying to show some old sanyos I bought probably 20 years ago . 1200mah nimh AA dark green rebadged sanyo white tops for a company named bt&t controls I bought about 20 AA's and the next year at this electronics show all that could be had were sort of a lime green 1300mah cell I bought 50 of them AA and AAA's and everyone of those are dead , every energizer / rayovac kodak I've bought since then are all dead time and time again it's been sanyos that are still kicking .Some of these batteries don't last a year .Buying anything but eneloops or rebadged sanyos is just wasting your money . duraloops on sale were less than a buck .Thats not rolls royce prices . They are always on sale and worth stocking up on.
Thanks for the valuable test man. Much appreciated. Less than 3x capacity than claimed.
I have several non-sanyo cells that are still in A1 condition after 5 years. You seem to be talking about “lime green” 1300mAh cells vs old Sanyos - hardly a universally conclusive result in Sanyo’s favour… no offense but I think you need to take a little adventure and try some other brands, those 1300mAh days are long gone.
I have the same generic yellow cells but in AAA, and same generic cells but blue in AA.
Capacity is low but its more than enough for low power use : remotes,LED clocks and they are of-course the cheapest.
The PowerEx cells I got with my charger are rated at 2700 mAh and test at 2600. The Duraloops I got at Target were 1900. The black top Chinese Duracells tested a little higher at about 2000. I know with LSD cells you sacrifice some capacity, but I think the point is that there are other cells that can be good. The question is, do you want to stick with what you know, or take a chance?
heyho said:
I thought I should comment that my experience differs, and if I recall correctly, did not HKJ test the Recyko’s?
Anyway, I have had very good results from my GP AA and AAA Recyko batteries in both flash units and my SPark SD52 headlamp, as I also have Eneloops, I can say they are almost the same except the GP’s give me about 10% more run time.
If you are tempted to not consider GP due to heyho’s ad hoc comment, I’d suggest you do more research before you potentially talk yourself out of better value for your dollar.
Absolutely.