i got mine from amazon.de at a total of 17.80€ (was FREE shipping anyway afaik). since i use only 14500's in my 1xAA lights, my Eneloop AA's get exclusive use in the 2xAA light of mine: the cletus P2A.
Dont buy now. prices have increased for some reason. in my order history when i click on the link i am transferred to an amazon webpage which states 21.59€ as current price and my original seller (amazon marketplace "led-licht1", with FREE national shipping) doesnt have any offering anymore for Eneloop Glitter on amazon marketplace.
in fact, i just called them up. the seller doesnt have any Eneloops in stock at the moment and the Glitter arent produced anymore, they *were being* produced in 2010. They are old cells.
they surely look nice and i like mine .. but since the 3rd gen Eneloops are out yet (Chocolat edition), i would look for the Chocolats (which were being produced last year).
I am not ina hurryto buy but that price (about 20€-22€ or $25,95 from B&H) isquite OK since (in my country) I can (ONLY) order classical ones, Limited edition, 8-pack colored but not glitter and it cost about 35€ (notice the date on the package -> 2010-02!!! ) :
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Iunderstoodthat they only loos initial charge with time ("Holds 75% Charge for Up To 3 Years") and capacity remainsthe same, abuot 2000mAh (min 1900mAh) you just need to recharge them?
This Disney editionalsolooksvery nice, chockolate is ~OK but it's particularlydifficult to findthem, couldbuy disney instead of glitter :)
but whenI asked (by phone) theguysfrom the storefor a dateof manufacture for glitter version, since they didn'tfindthis informationanywhereon the packaging they told me that "rechargeablebatteriesdo not havethe manufacturing dateon them" ??? Is that true?
In the picture above, eneloop tones clearlyhave thedateprinted on the package!!!
Package for eneloop glitter that they sell is same like in my first post...
justyesterday Iread thattopic :D and the only thingI can conclude is that, as you say: "according to handbook: "For reference the “Manufacturing Date” is printed on the package."" but thepackage thatyouboughtdidn't have aprinteddate!!! All images ofpackagethat I foundon the Internetalsohad no date stamp!
Sothere's only onethingto clarify, if they "Retain 75% of the capacity after 3 years" does that mean:
if I open a new-unused package of these batteries on 3-hrd year after manufacturing and discharge them for the first time their capacitywill be ~1750mAh (2000mAh would be 100%) but when I charge them for the first time
1. they will charge to the full capacity of 2000mAh
or
2. they will charge only to ~1750mAh because they permanentlylost 25% of their capacitydue to long disuse time?
Sirius, they usually don`t ship them fully charged as Im aware of. But after you recharge them (discharge and charge) you should get at least 75% after 3 years ;)
they don`t permanently loose 25% capacity after 3 years.. Its just that there is 75% left of the full charge. If you charge them again, it should be 100% (or very close to).
Was just checking, but the Disney ones dropped in price quite a bit. First they went for 3000yen, now they are down to 2000yen.
The usual eneloops go for about 1700yen.. so thats pretty close.
the glitter ones are hard to get. And they are usually more expensive.
unfortunately the Yen is pretty high,so it will make it more expensive to pay in $.
Limited supply until out of stock. Shoppers from non-EU countries can buy the VAT-free products (ru.nkon.nl). If you want to add lights from that site, pm me which ones and i could help with personalized BLF coupon code.
But I will not do anything with them though… I have 3 AA nimh I use in my mouse and a flashlight, using them one after another. I need to find a usage for it…
My sister bought these for her EOS400D and speedlite flash because of my recommendation. She is very happy with them and I was very excited of them, too. These were the first eneloops that I had in my hands and definitely not the last, they perform really well… But back to the limited edition - there is another limited glitter edition in my country now - eneloop glitter