They are 19 grams each, so you can work out how much it will cost for delivery:
International Air Mail($40 limit) 0 - 100gr $2.99
International (Registered) Air Mail 101-200g $5.99
International (Registered) Air Mail 201-300g $6.99
International (Registered) Air Mail 301-500g $9.99
International (Registered) Air Mail 501-750g $14.99
International (Registered) Air Mail 751g - 1kg $17.95
International (Registered) Air Mail 1.5kg $23.59
So there have been others waiting for these as well! Guess I better jump on ordering because when something is posted on BLF the stock is depleted fast!
Just received my order of 8 AAA's and 4 AA's - ordered 9/4/2012, received 9/19/1012, not bad. The tracking was tough to follow. I found out the package went from Honk Kong on Swiss Air to Zurich, through customs there, and then to the US. Last tracking update was still showing ISC New York. Oh well they're here now. Should I run a capacity test? Anyone curious to know capacities?
Doesnt work for me, even tho I bought bunch of their previous generation AA&AAA batteries using buddy codes and saving quite alot, it worked on all of my batteries, not just couple of them
Ok, here is the test on the 4 2400mAh AA's I got. Didn't cycle them or anything, just threw them on my Accupower IQ-328 and ran a discharge test (1000mA charge to full, then 500mA discharge - highest I can choose to discharge at). All cells came measuring 1.31v.
3 out of 4 came in higher than their 2400mAh rating. That 4th one may need some cycling. One thing interesting to note is that the cell 2nd from the left with the highest capacity was showing the lowest voltage during discharge (I think it was 1.19v versus the two to the right of it showing about 1.25v).
Will test some AAA's and report on those another day.
Do they even stock them in their US Warehouse? How can you tell if/when they are in the US Warehouse? Even with the shipping, I paid a lot less than I could get 4AA & 8 AAA Eneloops so I felt it was still a decent buy.
They don’t stock them in the US warehouse as of yesterday.
If you’re signed in with the US Warehouse checked, they’ll let you get all the way through creating an order
then inform you they’re not available from the US and suggest changing your setting over to the HK warehouse
and recalculating your shipping.
Then it’s back to the old “how many grams can I squeeze in before ….”
and once you’re sure you’ve got it right,
try to finalize the order and they change the shipping cost before you commit.
I’m sure they’re doing the best they can. Probably for most of their model-building customers batteries are just filler extra stuff.
I can confirm that these are VERY good cells. I bought tens of them for me and my friends and all of us are confident that these are the best cells money can buy at the moment. My personal opinion is that these are better than Eneloops. I tested some in my Maha 9000 charger and all of them were above manufacturer specifications (2200mAh for AA’s and 800 mAh for AAA’s - old versions). Also, these hold their charges very well in time.
Ok, First set of AAA's test is done. All cells started at 1.34v. I fully charged them at 700mA rate, then unplugged the charger to reset it and chose the 1000mA charge/500mA discharge test. I had some trouble with the charger that I think was caused by overheating (it was charging them again at 1000mA for a few minutes before going to discharge and the cells were getting really hot). I unplugged the charger, grabbed a small fan to set near it, cooled things down and restarted - no problems. Cells voltages stayed very very consistent throughout the discharge test.
Here are the results:
I'm very happy with these results! This was without any cycling or anything - just straight out of the shipping carton. I have another 4 to do after these charge back up.
I wonder how these increased capacities will impact battery life time, both their LSD and their cycle count numbers?
Regular Eneloops can have up to 1800 cycles and up to 90(depending on which generation Eneloops you have) after year of storage and up to 80 after 3 years, while XX Eneloops can have only 500 cycles and their LSD is “only” 75% after year of storage.
I got a little lower than than for my 4 using my Maha C9000, but not by much. High 900’s. Impressive. It’s not all about capacity, but since that’s all we can test right now, it’s pretty good.
