701

What's wrong with Amazon.com?
I received an email from a reader that the links on eneloop101.com to Amazon don't work anymore, and he was right! Almost all eneloops are gone from Amazon.com

I'm curious what happened.

I have my own theory though.. if anyone is interested.

A few months ago I noticed some limited Amazon eneloops on Amazon.co.jp (Japan). I don't know if they are photoshopped or if the regular eneloops really have black letters instead of blue. The listing shows that they are Amazon.co.jp limited editions...

https://www.amazon.co.jp/【Amazon-co-jp限定】パナソニック-単3形充電池-スタンダードモデル-BK-3MCC-4SA/dp/B07FR54TWY/

So maybe Amazon.com wants to have THEIR marketshare in Eneloops as well! OR they want to only promote Amazon NiMH batteries.. who knows.. would personally think its the former reason.

Discuss here: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/55150

702

Seems they changed the lineup but still plenty of eneloops. Don’t understand what you’re trying to say.

703

Somehow they are all back in stock again! Not sure why this happened... kind of odd

704

Noticed eBay has eneloop lites for reasonable prices shipped from lithuania. Think they are legit? I like the idea of lower capacity that’s why I use rayovac aaa instead of eneloop mostly.

705

Do you have a link?

706

Just type in eneloop lite in eBay and bunch will show up in the USA at least.

707

Link tp lites 4 x Panasonic eneloop LITE AA 950mAh batteries Ni-MH Rechargeable HR6 BK-3LCCE 5410853052739 | eBay
Also have aaa. Hope link works.

708

AAA are 550mah 6 Panasonic Eneloop Lite Rechargeable AAA Hr03 Batteries 3 BLISTER 1.2v 550mah for sale online | eBay

709

Yes, that looks like a legit seller from Lithuania. Premiumpleasure.

710

Hmmmm…. I wonder what kind of stuff they are selling the batteries for?

711

712

ordered some of the aaa lites. Now to see how long it takes to ship from Lithuania. After 3000 cycles will give my opinion of them in about 40 years.

713

LOL.

Will put it down in my calendar on February 5, 2059.

Talk to you then!

714

Got my order. That was pretty fast. Now to start testing.

715

Great.. Looking forward to some test results!

716

Does anyone know the expected lifespan of Eneloops when they’re only run through a few cycles per year? How are older cells holding up under these conditions?

717

Probably many many years.. I am pretty sure 10+ years....

From everything I have come across until now.

718

I’m getting great service from AA, AAA not so much. I think that form factor is less robust.

719

Yeah, we’re still figuring that one out. I have several Eneloops from the year they came out (2006), and they’re all still good. Maybe lost 5–10 of their capacity. They have somewhere between 100-200 cycles on them.

Out of over 300 Eneloops, I’ve only had 1 cell go bad on me for no reason. It’s from 2009. Still works, but has very high internal resistance and only 1300mAh capcity (at a low discharge rate). I’ve had 2 others go bad the same way, but that is from too many cycles (several hundred cycles).

Anyway, in general, you should easily expect 10 years out of your cells if you only cycle them 1 or 2 dozen times per year. I expect the real answer will be closer to 20 years, but I’ll have to wait another 7 years to see.

Once the cells go bad, they’re no good for high-drain applications (like flashlights), but they’re still fine for low-drain stuff, like remote controls.

720

That’s why i’m trying eneloop lites. Think lower capacity nimhs have all the advantages EXCEPT capacity.