Are there vents around the base of the positive terminal? None of my eneloops have a ridged top or vents. My Chinese made Panasonic infiniums do have a ridged top and vented positive terminal. But I don’t have Eneloops with your code, I have three different codes not the latest.
Yes there are 4 vents at the positive terminal. Are they the 4th gen like mine? And what is the date code format?
Okay, your packet says made in China, so those are probably genuine, but not Japanese. The latter are the best, and made by FDK in Japan. The Chinese ones are inferior, and probably Panasonic Evolta under the skin. Evolta replaced Infinium, but might have been little more than a name change. They are a good battery, but do not last as many charge cycles as Japan made Eneloop.
Seems legit, but made in China (cells made in Japan are better).
Yup, I am aware that mine are the inferior chinese build. They are the best I can get from my local retailer. I dont mind using them, I just dont trust fake product. If they are fake, I will ask for a refund.
Ordered the new editions:
BK-4MCC/8TN
BK-3MCC/8TN
directly from Japan now. (I just wanted the newest). But they was not free…$6.5/battery when I order two 8 packages of AA and one packages of AAA.
Anybody that know the real price per package in Japan?
16.December 2015:
Prices in Japan go up and down almost daily. These are new, so probably around 20-25 usd, shipping would be another $4 per pack. PayPal eats $1,50 and they take a $1 exchange fee again when you withdraw the money in Japanese yen.
You can do the math. But 6,5usd per battery you paid is quite a lot.
It was from the first and then only seller in Japan I got them, now there is several sellers from Japan, and the price is down to around $3.75/battery. Still direct from Japan.
Can you read the circular picture on the package (from my picture in my last thread) and confirm/not confirm that this is the 10 years batteries as well? I can see the number 10 there, but don’t understand the rest.
No, that means it's a 10th anniversary edition.
ok.So only export batteries have 10 years shelf life?
Wonder why eneloops are not sold alongside the rayovac, energizer, durecell in most retailers? Or at least a rebranded 2000 mah version?
Might be because most people don't know about them, and therefore sellers are less likely to sell them. With this in mind, they are usually more expensive than other brands outside Japan, that it's difficult to sell them..
Don't know exactly but I thought this could be the case ;)
Yep, marked as spam. Just like your other post. No meaning of posting double, stuff everybody knows already.
Werd, flag away flag boy
All the talk about fakes has me worried about ordering online. What about a trusted source like walmart with their free store pick up like this Robot or human?
I thought the charger was actually a smart charger with individual charging.
Thanks for the explanation. What about just picking up duracells since they would not be fakes?
I have not used Eneloop for a very long time, but is the statement made in this thread (Reply #2) Fresh Eneloop BK-3MCCE/8BE AA / Nimh Review - Quality evaluation
My understanding of the 90% after one year, 70% after 5 years etc just say that if you buy a package and it’s one year old, the batteries has 90% capacity. If you charge the battery, it will have 100% capacity again. And you can recharge it to 100% 2100 times, or 1900 times or what it says on the package? Anything else will be bad practice, if a 5 year old battery, new out of the box, just can be charged to 70% max, all 2100 times.
No, that is not correct guys.
This can actually be found in this thread anyhow. Just read.
Please read again.