Sanyo 277265 Eneloop Power Pack with Battery Charger, 8 AA & 2 AAA Batteries Plus 4 C & 4 D Size Adapter (CostCo Kit #2)
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Customer Review: The Best Rechargeables Out is the Market....
Summary: 5 Stars
I was always pro to buying rechargeable batteries since I have 5 years old and these days most toys are electrics that require AA or AAA batteries. I've been researching to buy another at least 8 AA rechargeable or more since our family just bought Nintendo wii as family christmas gift and heard that those wii remote and fit board is battery drainer. I came across eneloops in amazon and thought that they are nice set especially with the C and D adapters but the price was a little steep. Just a week ago, received the monthly coupon book from Costco and saw the same kit for [...] less that amazon and with coupon it's actually [...]. I practically ran to my parents house to grab another coupon that they had and bought two sets and am very happy. So far it's only been a week, so I don't really know the difference but since they do have the best reviews (not so much with the set but with just AA 4 count or 8 count), I expect good experience.
I like the fact that Sanyo batteries retain more energy than any other competing ones. As for the fact that results were tested less than 20 degree celcius makes sence in higher heat the electron in the batteries alignment becomes disholved in higher temperature.
Here is a tip for your dying rechargeable batteries:
One of my friend works for Samsung mobile phones and he told me that you could actually revive dying rechargeables up to 80~95% of it's capacity using this method.
If your rechargeable batteries dying after some use, tight wrap them several times with saran wrap so that there could be no moist could get is (this is actully very important part and if you don't wrapt them tightly, you could ruin the battery) and put them in the freezer for 24 hours and the electrons in the batteries align back so that they do should work batter. I haven't tested them with the rechargeable AA or AAA but I did with cell phone and camera rechargeable batteries and got great results.
If anyone has costco coupons use them right now. I think they are good until Dec 4 or 5, 2008 and the price is unbeatalbe for eneloops or other brand of rechargeable batteries.
March 10, 2009
Afer using 4 months of using these batteries, I could say that I'm very satisfied with them. It does what is says and they don't retain 100% of the power but it does 80~90% since I recharge them right after they get drained from usage and maybe put them back to use a month or two afterwards and the power readers indicate that there is around 90% of energy.
Customer Review: A Great Rechargeable Battery Kit for anyone to own
Summary: 5 Stars
I've always been a fan of rechargeable batteries... every since I was a kid. It just seemed like a great idea which saves money, waste, and time. Old rechargeable battery technology suffered from a myriad of problems including the "memory effect", few recharge cycles, and fast battery depletion (even while not in use). The great thing is that all of these issues have since been addressed. I'm not saying that they're 100 percent fixed... but rather that they are no longer big issues. These new Eneloop batteries use "hybrid" rechargeable technology, which means that they will not drain like older rechargeable batteries do. The regular Nimh batteries drain quickly... even when they are just sitting around in a drawer. These Eneloop batteries have a very slow drain rate, so that even if they're sitting around within a whole year, they're still about 80% to 90% charged. Here are some pros and cons about this battery bundle:
Pros:
-Great Value for this amount of batteries, adapters, and charger.
-These batteries are among the best modern rechargeable batteries money can buy... quality wise.
-Charger takes AA and AAA batteries.
Cons:
-The charger will only charge batteries in pairs. Some chargers let you charge single individual batteries.
Conclusion:
This is a great kit to have for anybody who uses lots of batteries. The Battery Charger will charge any type of Nimh rechargeable battery , including batteries from other brands. Using rechargeable batteries is a great way to start "Going Green", and each battery can be recharged about a 1000 times. Just imagine how much less waste there would be if everyone used rechargeables instead of disposable one-time use batteries.
Customer Review: Best Battery as of 02/2010
Summary: 5 Stars
I've watched batteries go from Carbon to HD Carbon to Alkaline to NI-Cad to MiMH to Eneloops & Li-ions...
Each step better than the last, Alkilines gave us more power but were one time use, Ni-Cads gave us power and multi-use but had memory problems, NiMH gave us power, multi-use, no memry problems but lost power while being stored... then came the Eneloop & Litium Ion batteries... power, multi-use, no memory and shelf life!!!
The hybrid Enloop NiMH is the winner until the cost of Lithiums come down (try to find Lithium AAA, AA, C & D batteries), one advantage Lithium Ions have over the Enloop is there is no "Fade" towards the end of discharge which means you get full power up till the end at that point the cell is "dead" until you recharge.
As far as people complaning about the spacers not being "real" batteries or "WARNING- No C or D batteries included!"... like most of them own up to, it's their fault, not Sanyo or the seller. If they don't take the time to read the details, common sense should have told them you are not going to get 18 Enloop batteries for $32.99 especially if that includes 8 C & D cells. (When 4 single Enelopp AAs are currently being sold for $9 to $15)
I'm not trying to be rude, but buy your stuff at a brick & mortar to see it in person if you are not going to do a little comparison research before hitting the "Submit Order" Button.
Eneloops are the current best value... period.
Customer Review: Fantastic batteries..
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought the silver and orange Sony rechargeable batteries and charger from Amazon for my Fuji A350 last year, but never could depend on them. Even after sitting and charging overnight I never could take more than 12 to 18 pictures before the batteries died. And, after two days or so, just sitting and not being used at all, they died completely. I even bought a new Sony charger, but that didn't change anything.
I burned up many standard AA alkaline batteries while owning over $65.00 worth of rechargeable crap that didn't work.
I bought my wife a Canon Powershot S5 IS camera for her birthday last September, along with the Canon Battery and Charger Kit (CBK4-300), and several lenses. But even those batteries were not reliable, and my wife takes a lot of pictures and video. So, I came across the reviews on the Sanyo Eneloop Power Pack and Charger Kit, and purchased that in mid-October of last year.
Tonight, for the first time, I had to put four new, unused Sanyo Eneloop batteries into her camera while I'm charging the first four that went into her camera almost three months, 500+ pictures, and about two hours worth of video ago. Fantastic, amazing, incredible, etc....Pick your choice of words. They really work, and keep on working after all other rechargeable batteries that I've tried fail miserably.
Customer Review: Best Rechargeable AA Batteries Available
Summary: 5 Stars
With a dozen digital cameras and loads of kids toys to power, we have hundreds of rechargeable batteries. These perform as good as Japanese 2650mah Duracells. Even in cameras that don't like rechargeable batteries, these read full power and last 2X longer than a quality alkaline. The batteries I received were Japanese AA 2000mah dated 2009 and AAA 800mah dated 2008. They arrived charged and ready to go! They appear to be the exact same battery as the Duracell. The charger requires you charge them in pairs. This is a generic Chinese charger sold under several brand names. The contacts are a bit flimsy, but I never had one break. Charge time is roughly 7 hours, and they read about 1.4VDC when fully charged and 1.1VDC when exhausted. They have no problem with my 1 hour fast chargers from Duracell, Energizer and Kodak.
The C & D cell adapters work fine. Of course, a AA just can't deliver the power of the larger battery and they die about 3X faster than the appropriate alkaline. Still, they come in very handy! You get 8 AA and 2 AAA batteries... no C & D batteries at this low price! The batteries and adapters are a smidge bigger than alkaline batteries, so you may have trouble inserting them in some products (Mini Maglite for instance).