Back on sale again until midnight tonight (AEST)
$2.10 cheaper than last time
You also have the option for slightly lower capacity (black ones) 3000 mWh for $31.44 if you prefer that - link ($5.55 cheaper than previous post @ $36.99 + 10% off coupon)
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Charger is good. The battery, typically 1 out of the 8 might have issues due to overdischarging before being sold. Check out the Amazon comments, I experienced the 1 battery failure as well. But the charger is very nice. At this price, I would buy it (I did buy mine about 4 months ago).
These work in my high drain device where eneloop (even pros) failed. So I'm pretty happy with them!
What device wouldn’t even take eneloop pros?
Some older DSLRs work with 1.5V AA batteries (like these lithium ones), whereas eneloops can be hit or miss since the max voltage is only 1.2V
I'm using a smart lock which requires 4 x 1.5V AA, and the Eneloops just don't cut it. Freshly charged Eneloop pros and the lock will indicate 20% battery level before quickly dropping. These rechargable lithium AAs are able to get to 100%.
It's more the voltage required.
You'll find SLR cameras, and even camera flashes will work better with these, modded gameboys will last longer (their voltage cutoff is 1.1v, and 1.2v rechargeables get there quickly). Some VR controllers just don't work at all with 1.2v rechargeables but work great with these (and other lithium) 1.5v rechargeables.
Nice charger but I re-stocked Eneloop at the last Shopback+Everyday market 30% cashback after IKEA stopped restocking LADDA
do they come in AAA form as well ?
Ikea not stocking LADDA any more?! This is news to me. That sucks!
Lucky I have enough for now. Sad!
I just bought some LADDAs in store today
2450 mAh for $12 for 4 pack of AA NiMH
way better than Alkaline which just leaks stuff and damages equipment
Yeah they're on Amazon as well. 20% off coupon brings a set of 8 AAA 1300mAh to $38.39
Would anyone know if i can charge my stock-standard (IKEA, etc) NIMH batteries in these?
No, it won't. I have tried this particular model. There is supposedly another model of charger which does charge NiMH, but I'd rather use a proper dedicated NiMH charger.
Cool, thank you
loops $32 for 8 in GG deal.
This or loops?
I assume these can't be charged in a normal smart charger, as they expect Lithium to be 3v.
These use a buck converter. They charge on 5V (USB), which the internal 3V lithium battery takes. Then they output 1.5V, "regulated" by the buck converter.
All right since these are special and don't work in any of my existing chargers how do I test whether the ones I got are working within parameters? The comments above seem to say a small percentage are damaged on arrival. My charger test for capacity by charging it so I cannot use it in there.
And really I don't have anything that particularly needs 1.5 volts over 1.2 volts I was just getting these because it was on Ozbargain and some/many of my laddas had broken and I was looking at new loops.
What sort of meh does a regular alkaline Energiser or Duracell get?
Depends on the brand but usually around 2-2500mAh. Not the full story with alkalines though.
Due to high internal resistance, the effective amount of power you get from them will vary heavily depending on the load - much more so than lower internal resistance batteries such as NiMH or Li-ion
At very small loads the effective capacity is quite high (which is why alkalines do well in things such as clocks or efficient and dim LED flashlights), and at very high loads the effective capacity is very, very low (which is why they do poorly in very bright flashlights).
How does that work? Back in the day I remember alkalines were for high load things like flashlights and then whatever regular batteries (eveready reds) were called were for low draw things like clocks.
Are these any good?