Just anecdotal here, but I haven’t had a single eneloop fail me. Heck, I haven’t even had rebadged eneloops fail either.
NekoKoneko@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Rechargeable li-ion batteries are the game changer for me.
All the fancy expensive rechargeable including Eneloop would have a 30+% failure rate every recharge cycle and I wasted so much money. I have 16 li-ion AAs that I rotate including in my door locks and they have gone through multiple recharge cycles with no failures.
Gerudo@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
everett@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
30+% failure rate every recharge cycle
What is considered a “failure” in this context?
NekoKoneko@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The battery no longer recharges and is effectively trash.
everett@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
That’s just terrible to hear. My oldest Eneloops are going on a decade with no failures, but I also had fairly good luck when I used to buy cheaper rechargeables. The common thing might be only using slow chargers.
Nobody else has brought this up, but I’ve read that counterfeit Eneloops are a thing.
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
If your Eneloops are failing that much, they are either being over discharged or something is wrong with your charger.
All of my Eneloops have been much more reliable than lithium ion batteries.
NekoKoneko@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I may be the unluckiest person in the world, but I’ve bought expensive official Eneloops multiple times and used multiple chargers and just gave up. Sure, it may be because I’m doing something wrong, but I certainly couldn’t figure out what that may be.
scrion@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Where did you buy them though? First thing I thought of was fakes, which are sold pretty much everywhere online.
I know you said official, but did you actually check that?
NekoKoneko@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Amazon Eneloop official store/Panasonic listing, shipped and sold by Amazon.com.