When charging Eneloops (or IKEA Ladda) AA and AAA batteries. Is it best to use the lowest setting, 300mAh, or can I charge them with higher current then that?
Got the test results now, Ikea Ladda AA 2000mAh gives from 2200-2270mAh and the AAA 750mAh gives from 770-801mAh. So seems like a good battery, like you say in your test. And they are cheap, just $4.6 for 4pcs of either AA or AAA.
Sorry for that I ordered Eneloop Pro batteries also from Ebay, they was expensive, and in terms of mAh not much higher.
But Ikea do not give any info about how long the charge hold on the batteries, like Eneloops, but most likely, 70%+ after a year.
Thanks for the tip, I just paid a little too much to buy two of the AA at Ebay after reading your post, but I wanted them for a nice solar light that I have. Now that I have those two, I will now shop for a few more, at better prices.
My understanding is that they are the ultimate battery for those AA solar yard lights.
Just finished charging my disney eneloops and after 20 and something circles the still rock so thought to say thank Chibim for supplying them, it is really pity you are not in Tokyo anymore so I could get another 8-pack
Today I charged 4 IKEA Ladda AA batteries (they are Eneloop? Since they are on the HKJ chart? Three charged fine on my Opus BT-C3100 v2.2 charger, and they stopped charging after a short time, since they are charged ready. But one battery was still taken @1A, and had charged over 1200mAh, and it was really hot.
Should I assume that battery is damaged, and just recycle it? Not take the risk? They are really cheap, $1.2/pcs when you buy them direct at IKEA here in Norway, and I got a bunch of them, since they had really good test results. So risk anything, doing more testing? or recycle?
@myhken, probably better open another topic..those Ikea are not eneloops, and definitely not Japanese eneloops.
I've basically stopped buying other batteries than eneloop for that exact reason for my flashlights.. Eneloops have (very close to) 100% satisfied users history. Yes, some other brands are okay, or even good, but nothing that comes close to eneloops 10 year history. They don't have that track record.
Put your mind to ease and go 100% eneloop.. stop being worried, and you don't need to keep testing cheap batteries to see if their cost ratio is better, because that takes a lot of time. Unless that's just something your really enjoy doing, or for sharing with others.
It really is a small extra investment, which makes your life much easier gives you more time, and don't worry about self discharge. Unless you have tens of flashlights that take AA or AAA batteries.