I looked in a Maplins store yesterday - and everything is grossly overpriced, apart from a few special offer items. I fail to see how they continue in business, when you can buy virtually everything cheaper elsewhere.

Let's hope that today's Eneloops are identical to ones made 10 years ago then.

In my experience - Eneloops have the best reliability and longevity. I've got 10 year old Sanyo Eneloops which still work perfectly. I've never had a dud. My intelligent charger is able to test internal resistance of NIMH cells - and they are consistently low - even after years of use. Capacity testing shows minimal degradation. But at the end of the day - you pay your money and make your choices. If Eneloops cost 2 or 3 times as much - yes, you may have a cost/benefit argument. But they aren't that much more expensive at all.

Yes you paid twice - but you only paid twice overall if they consistently fail twice as rapidly as Eneloops. In my experience, they certainly don't.

Where did I say that? If a battery fails on you, you have to buy another. You've paid twice.

I've had all manner of rechargeable over the past 15-20 years. Yes, you can get cheaper, higher capacity low-discharge NIMH batteries, but in my experience, over time, they fail. And they fail inconsistently. So that means when you have 6 batteries in series, and one fails - the whole pack fails. Cheap batteries are only worthwhile if your time is worth nothing.

I've seen no evidence that Eneloops are twice as good as their competitors.

Eneloop are the most reliable rechargable available. Buy cheap, pay twice. Just buy the right ones for your application. There are the regular white Eneloop, also Eneloop Light in blue, and Eneloop Pro in black. Light are good for very low current applications - like remote controls or cordless phones. They offer many more recharge cycles too. Pro is for high-drain, but far fewer recharge cycles.

These AAA's are 10.99 on Amazon also - prime delivery if you have it.

Prior to Duracell guaranteeing 300 charges, their supplier, was Sanyo, their highly rated white tops thus being relabelled Eneloops.
At that time I think the Eneloops had a cycle life of 1500 charges.

​I use the Amazon ones with good results

Well shall I be more constructive then? Making sweeping assumptions about particular products based on their brand's ranking is a very poor way to judge them.

Well "Get over yourself, LOL" what a great argument you put forward, who can argue with such a point well made.

And as for being trolled, you just made your first comment on this thread, how does that work then? Trolled by what exactly only you know. Utter nonsense. These unconstructive thread posts plague HUKD and really annoy me.

I'm sorry, but being a photographer, I use a lot of these for speedlights and they have NEVER let me down.

Since I first used eneloops I've never bought anything else similarly priced or anything non LSD. They're superior to everything else in their price range. The poundland and Lidl LSD rechargeables are great for the price though. Nothing wrong with Panasonic either. Just don't like how they moved eneloop manufacturing from Japan to China though. The Chinese eneloops don't perform as well as the Sanyo ones.

I like their yoghurts

No, Which are only really describing the price they paid and capacity, totally ignoring cycle longevity.

Get over yourself, LOL

hmm perhaps I've been trolled, if not 'what do you think of Onkyo :wink:

Ignorance is bliss...

Can anyone recommend a good charger?/

Then your a goat, pig, lama or whatever animal you choose to be with a more limited and lower quality TV & DVD. Sometimes (not always sure), but sometimes its just sensible and best all round to be one of the sheep. Baaaa :smiley:

According to which.co.uk, Duracell Recharge Ultra and Panasonic Enerloop Pro are the two best AA buys, which seems to be mostly based upon "High-Drain Lifetime", with 7 hours 49 min, and 7 hours 45 min respectively, all over metrics giving similar results to competing brands.

The Enerloop (non-pro) has a smaller capacity, 1900mAh v 2500mAh, takes a little less time to charge, and lasts 6 hours 3 min.

The AAA battery best buys were Duracell Recharge Ultra 82%, 7DAYSHOP 850 Good To Go 77%, Varta Rechargeable Accu 76%, GO ReCyko+ 76% and Duracell Recharge Plus 76%.

Vapextech, I use the AAA and AA for my wireless flash gun (DSLR).
I would suggest a decent charger though- (delta chargers etc which cost £10-15+) not your local Argos NiMH ones...

You don't know what you're talking about. Panasonic are highly regarded for TVs and other things. Eneloops are amongst the best rechargeable batteries on the market.

Apologies - thought they'd make more of a song and dance about it if they were!

Maybe for TVs etc, but they're definitely the best for rechargeable batteries since they bought out Sanyo and introduced the new generations of Eneloops. The old designs are still being made but by Fujitsu. The Pro versions are made in Japan, the rest in China. Hot.

I've still got quite a few ansmann's which are still working well after almost 5 years.

http://www.ansmann.de/en/products/rechargeable-primary-batteries

good thing im not a sheep. i generally look at panasonic tvs and dvds before the other 2 brands.

Panasonic is not an overly desirable brand, seen as an inbetweener. For instance, most would look to the likes of Samsung or Sony long before Panasonic if they were looking to buy a TV or DVD player.

They're pre-charged so I'd imagine they will be.

Here's a comparison of sorts http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?387711-Ikea-Ladda-(AA)-Accelerated-Cycle-Testing TLDR: "Overall, I recommend these cells! Considering their cheap price, I think that they're a much better choice than to continue using alkalines - it's possible to spend more on a pack of 4 name brand alkaline cells at the supermarket! For situations where longer cycle life or lower self discharge are important, I would still recommend Eneloops ahead of these."

These Panasonic Eneloop batteries are generally regarded as the best low self discharge rechargeable batteries available - not sure what you mean by "more reputable" brands.

Those aren't low self-discharge.

Without a doubt the best rechargable batteries.
Nothing comes close.
Heat.

Get the Ikea Ladda rechargeables. http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/90303880/

Get the Maplin leaflet each Month or check their website. Maplin prices in their sale come down to what they should be , or sometimes they might actually be a bargain. They also have a very good delivery service, off hand I cannot remember over what price is free.

Lidl occasionally do a rechargeable battery deal . If somebody wants to do a search I recall a previous deal on here attracted lots of comments and alternatives.

I looked in a Maplins store yesterday - and everything is grossly overpriced, apart from a few special offer items. I fail to see how they continue in business, when you can buy virtually everything cheaper elsewhere.

Super batteries. Survive flash after flash in my speedlight flashgun.

I always get my battery's from pound shop last ok charge ok and 2 for a pound good for me

Try this https://www.7dayshop.com/products/fujitsu-aaa-lr03-ni-mh-rechargeable-batteries-900mah-ready-to-use-4-pack-WH2-RECR03FUJ-950
Same as Eneloop at a better price in black version

Yes they are high drain devices especially the keyboard as it has backlit keys.

I have absolute loads of Eneloops. I've recently bought some Powerex for a Logitech Keyboard and mouse as they are higher capacity.

Take a look at the following:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Maha-Energy-2700mAh-Capacity-Rechargeable-Battery/dp/B00A9KTPY8/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Maha-Energy-MHRAAA4-Powerex-Lasting-Rechargeable/dp/B00A9LKHQW

I have these and there good batteries,also have Lidl,s Tronic batteries which are as good for £2.99 pack of 4 :smirk:

I've been using my original Sanyo ones for years. Great batteries.

Its not really anything considerably cheaper than more reputable good performance mainstream brands such as Energiser or Duracell.

Best rechargeable batts you could buy.

I like the pro's more tho :smiley:

I have had nothing but bad results with Eneloop

Same price on Amazon

I'm using 7dayshop "2150 Good To Go" AA's atm, seem OK but too fat to fit in my "Maglite Mini" torch!

tbh not really, I was hoping someone here can though