I’m interested in seeing the results.
Did you get any AA’s as well?
Received mine today, here are their voltages and weight out of the box and Im also including updated information regarding their capacity after one or two charge/discharge cycles:
AA:
Pack 1
1-1,29-1.30V, 25,3g
2-1,29V, 25,8g
3-1,29V, 26,1g
4-1,29V, 25,8g
Pack 2
1-1,29V, 26,0g
2-1,29V, 25,6g
3-1.30V, 25,3g
4-1,27V, 26,2g
AAA:
Pack 1
1-1,29V, 12,9g, 828mAh after first charge/discharge cycle
2-1,29V, 12,4g, 864mAh after first charge/discharge cycle
3-1,29V, 12,8g, 877mAh after first charge/discharge cycle
4-1,29V, 12,8g, 956mAh after first charge/discharge cycle
Pack 2
1-1,29V, 12,2g, 827mAh after first charge/discharge cycle
2-1,29V, 12,8g, 982mAh after first charge/discharge cycle
3-1,29V, 12,4g, 828mAh after first charge/discharge cycle
4-1,29V, 12,2g, 820mAh after charge/discharge/charge cycle odd thing about this that it didnt discharge below 426mAh on SPX936D and stopped while at 1.22v, I tried to continue discharge with C9000, but it showed the same results, it wouldnt discharge it any further than what SPX had already discharged. However, after simply putting this battery into C9000@200mA charge rate it charged up just fine. Im quite confident that I DID charge it before beginning discharge test on it just like with the rest of the batch! Perhaps I did miss something, who knows 
…
Pack 3
1-1,28V, 13,1g
2-1,20V, 12,2g
3-1,27V, 12,8g
4-0,00V, placed into C9000 showed 0,06V at first, charge rate was 125mA and voltage steadily climbing, at 7th minute it was already 1,33V and current charge rate at 197mA according to C9000, Im keeping in charger until its full.
Pack 4
1-1,29V, 12,2g
2-1,28V, 12,8g
3-1,30V, 12,3g
4-1,30V, 12,3g
Pack 5
1-1,29V, 12,8g
2-1,30V, 12,2g
3-1,29V, 12,9g
4-1,29V, 12,8g
Slight update:
Pack 3
4-0,00V, placed into C9000 showed 0,06V at first, charge rate was 125mA and voltage steadily climbing, at 7th minute it was already 1,33V and current charge rate at 197mA according to C9000, Im keeping in charger until its full.
…was removed from charger to put it into storage until I can start testing all the batteries and I discovered that it has leaked at the positive tip of it.
Should I throw it away? It was still charging fine and voltage was showing 1.36V when I pulled it.
if a battery has leaked or vented i always recycle it… just to be safe
Yeah, will do that next morning, still it seems odd that it leaked so easily.
AAA (set 1)
Discharge out of the packet at 200mAh
table(table#posts).
|#1|200|
|#2|199|
|#3|0|
|#4|272|
I’ll do a charge and discharge next before the break in cycle.
I bought two packs of AAs
Results of testing in post #155. I haven't had charger time to do a break-in on them yet as I'm working my way through my AAAs.
Received 8 AA’s today. all right around 1.28V, initial discharge was right around 1520mAh for all four. First charge in progress.
I didn’t get any AAA cells.
Here are some numbers from one of my sets.
1st discharge done right after charge - 2nd discharge today, after 2 weeks resting. (discharge test was done with Shan charger from FT)
1972 - 1953 = 19mA lost in 2 weeks
2018 - 2002 = 16mA lost in 2 weeks
1982 - 1971 = 11mA lost in 2 weeks
1943 - 1931 = 12mA lost in 2 weeks.
Very happy with that. :)
I noticed that WallBuys has the AAs on promo for about the same price as BIC had them. Anyone tried those?
I bought some Wallbuys one too. They are on par with BIC batteries.
I ordered a set from WB after doing my test. A friend needed batteries. If they perform as good as the ones I have, I have no complaints considering the price.
Hmm, AA’s look promising, Im too lazy to do some preliminary load tests on them and see if they are any good for flashlights :D!
Whos tested AAA’s LSD capability? Unlike AA sized ones AAA batteries didnt come with such tight capacity tolerances among them, no?
Now a little over 2 weeks later I put the four lowest performing cells into my GoalZero Guide 10 plus battery pack with USB output and used them to power my Xtar UL1 last night. The cells have been sitting since I did the refresh/analyse a fortnight ago.
Still some juice left this morning so I plugged my phone in to take the last of the charge. When the Guide 10 plus showed red and stopped charging the phone, I put the cells in my C9000 to see how much was left in them.
Cell 4 (the one which delivered only 11mAH out of the pack) was dead but the other 3 still gave me about 550mAH of capacity at 500mA discharge rate.
I've just started a break-in on these but as a heads-up to anyone with low "out of box" readings I am thinking that I've got a dud one that self-discharges rapidly.
Perhaps anyone else who had low initial readings might be wise to put those cells aside for self-discharge test rather than mixing them into the main rotation.
Just as well I have a few 3AA lights!
Aww, missed the AAAs at $3.04. They’re now at $4.74 with the 5% off coupon, still worth buying?
I don’t know the price in your country, but compared to the price here, it is worh. The capacity is ok, but I didn’t test the LSD capabilities. I’m going to buy some more I think
I would buy them for $4.74 over $10+ for 4 eneloops if cost was a factor for me, I’m not sire how much 4 packs of eneloops are going for but you could buy at least 2 or maybe 3 packets of these for the same price as 1 packet of eneloops.
I am an eneloop fan but don’t own any AAA eneloops, these are on par or higher capacity than AAA eneloops but I don’t know how good the LSD properties are. I think someone was doing a test but its probably not ready yet.
These recykos have 100-150 mah higher capacity than my 3G eneloops, according to my tests
I have ordered 3 packs at $3.04 and guess what happened?
They just refunded me instead of sending them.
When I asked why, they just replied that they are out of stock.
While it is on sale at $4.74.
That was probably me.
Mine have been sitting for almost 2 months since I charged them.
I may try a discharge test on a few of them soon, then perhaps another at 3 months.