I wonder what is known about these batteries and chargers?
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Unless something changed very recently, they are believed to be rebranded Eneloops.
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Some saying that they are made in the same factory that makes Eneloop… !?
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I have had good results from the Ladda cells that I have. Equivalent to Eneloops. Many places online claim that they are rewrapped Eneloop cells. If you shop their sales they can be a quite a bit less expensive.
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Even that recent Project Farm showed that LADDAs have pretty much the same spex as eneloops.
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I have a couple of the colour changing LED stands for displaying quartz Selenite crystals and need some more AAA Eneloops as they last well, but I bought a couple of boxes of Ladda. Side by side runtimes are near enough the same.
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Not quite. They are made by Fujitsu. When Panasonic acquired Sanyo, original makers of the Eneloop, the Japanese antitrust authorities forced them to divest their Japanese battery factories, which were bought by Fujitsu. I don’t believe Panasonic has any Japanese factories making Eneloops any more.
At that time, Japanese Eneloops were slightly better than Chinese ones, but of course Panasonic and Fujitsu battery R&D has diverged since and it’s possible Eneloops have improved in unspecified ways while Fujitsu’s are stagnant.
I much prefer the LADDAs, the only drawback is they don’t make the Eneloops Pro equivalent in AAA, only in AA.
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What’s the difference between these and the regular Eneloops? Does it mean that Ikea sells 2 tiers of Laddas in AA size?
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Yes, AA LADDAs are available in 1900 and 2450 mAh capacities. The nondescript packaging is the same, you need to read the number on the box.
Eneloops Pro have higher capacity and higher current than regular Eneloops, but fewer charge/discharge cycles (500 vs. 2100). I always get the Pros.
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Thanks, I like the longevity of these cells.
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Grey IKEA LADDA AA 1900 and AAA 750 are equivalent to white Eneloops of the first generation, of in total 5 generations til today …
The 5 generations of white Eneloops mainly differ with regard to the number of cycles they can achieve and a little bit concerning the self discharge rate over years, while the capacity stayed the same for a long time :
Gen 1 : 1000 cycles
Gen 2 : 1500 cycles
Gen 3 : 1800 cycles
Gen 4 : 2100 cycles
Gen 5 : 2100 cycles, but “min. 2000 mAh” instead of before “min. 1900 mAh”
IKEA Ladda grey AA and AAA are marked with “1000 cycles”, that corresponds to the 1. generation of white Eneloops …
The cycles shown above result from the test according to the IEC standard of 2011, nowadays Panasonic additionally provides the number of cycles according to the IEC test of 2017, which is meant to be more realistic, for white Eneloops of the 4. and 5. generation that means “600 cycles” …
so the grey IKEA Ladda are not really equivalent to white Eneloops of today, in practice they have a shorter life, which was proven in a test, where the Ladda AA 1900 grey did not reach half of the cycles of a white Eneloop AA Gen 4 …
but of course you could call the Ladda a good value for the lower price compared to white Eneloops …
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I recently bought a pack of Ladda AAA. It seem the labels at the back was changed (but still made in Japan). The production date is 2024 week 21 so around May 2024.
I made a test with S4+ V3 charger
The result were
- 835 mAh
- 783 mAh
- 785 mAh
- 807 mAh
I use these cell for keychain light and will eventually replace a few clocks and remotes (that came with alkaleak)
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The Ikea Laddas are the best value for money NiMH batteries, and very high quality LSD chemistry.
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