IKEA kills off LADDA NiMH made in Japan

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Are Laddas truly equivalent to a standard Eneloop?

(Or yer meaning that the other way.)

ChibiM, who runs the Eneloop101 site, and had the opportunity to interview Fujitsu (Eneloop parent) battery engineers, believes they are equivalent to 1st generation Eneloops:

IKEAloops 1000mAh/500mAh no longer made in Japan / New 06-2021 1900mAh+2450mAh IKEAloops

They are identified on the package label as made in Japan, but it’s not clear what to make of that. It could be: 1) Made by FDK, identical to Eneloops, but mandated by FDK to be sold with a lower cycle rating to preserve the value of the Eneloop brand name, or… 2) Made by FDK, but either to a lower quality spec, or binned to send batches that test lower quality to be badged for other brands, or… 3) Made by some other Japanese NiMH manufacturer we’re unaware of, or… 4) Fraudulently being labeled…

I don’t know if he is still active in testing, but it will be great if AACycler is able to test a set. I would bet HKJ will do a test, but he mainly tests capacity and charging characteristics, not cycle life.