I’m getting in several orders of Eneloops batteries, all got from Ebay. The fist packages I got was direct from Japan. They seems legit, they have all the legit stuff on them, the date code on the batteries matches the date code on the package.
I then got two packages Eneloop Pro from a seller in Hong Kong. They was legit. Order two more, this time, normal white AAA batteries, and this time, I got a package without any date on it, and it says that the batteries is produced in Japan, but packaged in China.
On the batteries, there is a date code, its 14 01 RK (so from January 2014). But the first capacity test 0.5A gave me only around 630 average on 4 of the batteries. (is this normal, since it's 1.8 years since they was produced, so maybe several tests will increase the capacity? I always use a charge - discharge - charge test, so they got fully charged before discharging. Using C3100 v2.2 and Lii500) Now running a new test
0.3A to see if there is any difference. But what do you think, did he sell me legit batteries the first time, then false the second time?
The front
The back, no date, and it says that they are produced in Japan, but packaged in China. Fake or real?
The one to the left is from a seller in Japan, and the item was sent from Japan. The one to the right was from the same Hong Kong seller that sold me the white Eneloops over.