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Probably not much of a coincidence, but I was researching smart chargers about twelve hours ago and ended up going for Panasonic's flagship (bc55). (As depress

by Jedd 7y ago

Probably not much of a coincidence, but I was researching smart chargers about twelve hours ago and ended up going for Panasonic's flagship (bc55). (As depressing as always, one bloke with a credit card can out-do any other organisation's economies of scale when importing anything into Australia.) I've re-embraced eneloops partly for cost (already covered by OP) but also because they perform better (last longer, fail less frequently) in cold weather. This bites me each winter with a bunch of residential grade irrigation computers that use 2 x AAA. Confidence / reliability also factors in - when those things die I might not notice for a couple of weeks, until some plants start to look unwell, but aggressively replacing all the alkalines every six months (they usually last 9-12 months) worries me more from the rampant waste perspective than cost.

fyfy18 7y ago
Supposedly IKEA LADDA batteries are rebranded Eneloops. It's not official, but the capacity and and discharge curves are the same: https://petapixel.com/2018/02/16/eneloop-pro-20-batteries-ikea-ladda-5-batteries/ https://petapixel.com/2018/02/16/eneloop-pro-20-batteries-ik...
- strictfp 7y ago
  Bought the IKEA charger because it was so slick and compact. Very happy with both charger and batteries, can recommend. Crazy low price as well, but to me that wasn't a factor. Charger review here: https://lygte-info.dk/review/Review%20Charger%20Ikea%20Ladda%20YH-990BF%20UK.html https://lygte-info.dk/review/Review%20Charger%20Ikea%20Ladda...
- Jedd 7y ago
  That's interesting. My first thought was it's probably another of those things that IKEA sells everywhere except Australia - but happily the LADDAs are available here. Though with one small caveat - the white LADDAs evidently come out of the same Japan factory that makes almost all the other good eneloops, but the brown LADDAs are known to come out of PRC, and don't exhibit the same quality.

by Jedd 7y ago

fyfy18 7y ago

Supposedly IKEA LADDA batteries are rebranded Eneloops. It's not official, but the capacity and and discharge curves are the same: https://petapixel.com/2018/02/16/eneloop-pro-20-batteries-ikea-ladda-5-batteries/ https://petapixel.com/2018/02/16/eneloop-pro-20-batteries-ik...

strictfp 7y ago
Bought the IKEA charger because it was so slick and compact. Very happy with both charger and batteries, can recommend. Crazy low price as well, but to me that wasn't a factor. Charger review here: https://lygte-info.dk/review/Review%20Charger%20Ikea%20Ladda%20YH-990BF%20UK.html https://lygte-info.dk/review/Review%20Charger%20Ikea%20Ladda...
Jedd 7y ago
That's interesting. My first thought was it's probably another of those things that IKEA sells everywhere except Australia - but happily the LADDAs are available here. Though with one small caveat - the white LADDAs evidently come out of the same Japan factory that makes almost all the other good eneloops, but the brown LADDAs are known to come out of PRC, and don't exhibit the same quality.