Which AA Rechargeable Battery is Best after 1 Year? Let's find out! Eneloop, Duracell, Amazon, EBL
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- 10 brands of rechargeable batteries tested for nearly a year. Additional set of rechargeable batteries tested for shelf life (battery self-discharge) after nearly a year. Initial voltage, internal resistance, and milliamp hour capacity tested. Brands: Panasonic Eneloop, Amazon Basics Silver and Black, EBL, Rayovac, PowerEx, Harbor Freight Thunderbolt, IKEA LADDA, Duracell, and Energizer.
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Please let me know if you'd like to see a "2 year update" on the rechargeable batteries. Here are the links to the batteries tested. Thanks, Todd
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Hi Joe, Thank you very much for the question regarding affiliate links. I've received a lot of requests over the months to include affiliate links to allow viewers to help support the channel and to help viewers find the specific products I test. A Patreon contributor sent a very lengthy message explaining why it makes good sense to set up an affiliate account along with why affiliate links should not have any influence on objectivity. After all, I'd be providing all products tested, not a single brand. Subsequently, I reached out to several other friends with UA-cam channels asking them for their opinion. All of them suggested setting up an affiliate account and all agreed that it should not have any impact on objectivity of testing. They all agreed that an affiliate account is much different than accepting a sponsorship from a specific manufacturer and I agree. To this day, I have never accepted a single sponsorship offer and or a free product from a manufacturer and that's not going to change.
Regarding the constructive feedback on the testing, thank you very much!
Best regards,
Todd
@@ProjectFarm Thanks for the response Todd. I agree with your logic. I was just looking for clarification because I watched a video specifically mentioning not using these links and wondered if you changed your stance. Project Farm deserves any support people want to provide. I don't have anything against affiliate links because it allows people to contribute to the channel without Patreon.
I look forward to another battery video. Keep up the great work!
Joe, Thank you very much and great point about contributing without using Patreon. I've had a lot of viewers request other options. Thanks again and best regards, Todd
@@ProjectFarm I clicked on the link for the Amazon Basics. At that page, when I click on the "user manual" PDF, it indicates that the battery is made in China. However, you said it was made in Japan. Have they changed their production facility since you made the original video? Are they made in China or Japan?
Why is the Duracell not listed here in the links?
Your dedication to testing these products is just amazing. I'm so glad I found this channel!
Thank you for the feedback
Project Farm teaches a lot of the stuff we want to know, but don't have the patience, know-how, dedication and persistence to find out for ourselves. Priceless channel
Thank you very much!
Nor the tools. Excellent videos. To the point. I wonder if the presenter gentleman is military. He kind of talks as if he were.
And saves us so much money (and the environment!) in the process by showing us which products are unreliable.
@@pogtuber5146 great point about the environment.
But the conclusions are completely wrong. If you actually look at the data, the Chinese made EBLs is one of the best batteries because they still hold a seriously impressive 2392 mAh. On the other hand, the Energizer, Amazon, and Eneloop only retain about 1800-2000 mAh. So, same AA form factor, but much less usable capacity when charged and discharged over 300 times as compared to EBL.
You should have a lifetime federal grant. Your information and testing videos are like gold for all American consumers. Thank you sir.
You are welcome!
Lets not encourage the shitbag politicians to get involved in good work please! =)
If the government takes ownership of project farm reviews I would not trust the reports!!
Wouldn't he then be in the governments pocket and no longer independent.
I'm pretty sure working for the government would be a massive pay cut
Always top-tier videos, well-described testing methodology, and a pleasure to watch on so many different topics. Thanks for everything over the years! Keep it up.
Cheers,
Rob
Oh China :( I wouldn't mind seeing 18650 batteries tested. Merry Christmas!
Great suggestion! I'll do it if there are enough thumbs up to see if there's enough interest. If I test them, I'll try to test at least 10 brands. Merry Christmas!
Agreed! I've seen high variation between different 18650s, even with those of the same brand.
@@ProjectFarm easier to test 5 different brands. many 18650 brands are rewraps and fake batteries
Hear hear, this is one I'd REALLY like to see! Especially since they're becoming so much more common now in lights!
@@ProjectFarm You should also test the amps they can produce. For some aplicatins like vapes you need really expensive 18650s usually from samsung. Thanks!
We bought the Duracell ones after the last video, happy to report they are still going strong and have not noticed any decline in performance, glad to see the new video agrees!
This is great information! Thank you
Two years ago I bought Amazon silver AAA batteries, they were made in Japan. A year later I purchased more Amazon silver AAA batteries and they were made in China even though the photographs in the description still showed batteries as 'made in Japan'. I also have some Duracell AA rechargeable batteries purchased 2-3 years ago, they are labeled as 'made in Japan'. On Amazon, the photographs in the description show them as 'made in china'. Caveat emptor.
I used to joke that companies who do well should put "rated very impressive" and the PF seal on their products. I'm not joking anymore. Thank you very much to PF for what you do!
Thank you very much!!
Yeah you know where about to see a " project farm approved " on boxes .
I'd have loved to seen that (the video, ranking, and seal!) last summer before I bought my EBL batteries based off reviews =(
as always, we all appreciate you taking one for the team and doing all these tests, someone has to do these to hold manufacturing companies accountable lol i'm glad i get all the important information from this channel. and yes i'm a patreon supporter so no i am not a freeloader lol. thank you again!!!
You are welcome! Thanks for your part as a Patreon! Really appreciate it.
Thank you for this test! It's important to consider cost in this equation as the Eneloops, for example, cost double what the IKEA Ladda batteries do. So even if the Eneloops output 20mAh more or 1% of rated more, it's nowhere near worth it. Kinda the same story with the EBL. Though they were the worst at % of rating, they still output nearly 2400mAh and are very affordable.
Thanks for the feedback.
Yeah usable mAh per dollar after the year in the solar lights is the main thing I would care about. But he does provide the data for me to figure that out which is good.
Funnily enough, I am fairly certain that Ladda is in fact a rebranded Eneloop (there is a fair bit of evidence for that), and I think Amazon Basic might be as well but I haven't had a chance to test that.
@@orientowitz1 a few people in the answers section on the amazon basics batterys have said they are rebranded eneloops.
I have a whole bunch of AA Eneloops that are still good to use even after over 10 years of use. Never had one fail yet!
Same here. Bought a couple of them approx 10yrs ago for my camera and using them currently for low voltage xmas lighting _ long life ftw
Exactly same for me , four eneloop with year of use with my camera , they are ok and stable
I just got some recently, I wonder if they've improved?
Same here, I have some that are 5-9 yrs old and still hold a good charge😆😆😆
Use them in my Apple "Magic Mouse", which eats regular batteries like TicTacs. Got 7 years out of them before they started to lose capacity - so I bought 4 more. Might give the LADDAs a try when 2027 rolls around. :-)
Thanks for this work. I’ve been using the same set of Eneloop batteries for years with no obvious signs of problems.
You are welcome! Thanks for sharing.
A test on 18650 batteries would be cool; they all look the same and cost roughly the same but there's a noticeable difference in them
Another vote for 18650s. Thank you!
@@ProjectFarm Keep up the good work!
Definitely! A lot of use use them for revitalising power tool batteries.
Project Farm Count my vote too. But if you do it, remember that the rating is usually grossly exaggerated unless it’s a reputable manufacturer. While exaggerated capacity is normally not a good thing, I bought some “Meco” brand 18650 rated for 4000 mAh (which is actually impossible with current technology) and they were all pretty good for the price, all having a nice capacity of about 2600 mAh, just like my Samsung ICR18650s which were twice as expensive. Then again, maybe they are rejects and the quality varies depending on the lot, so it’d be nice to test batteries in different lots.
YES!!!! I am about to try rebuilding one of my drill batteries and this would be quite helpful
this level of video content quality and the really deep test that strips the product naked is a first that I come across - impressive is an understatement. Respect from Bombay, India.
Thanks so much!
Man this video is SOOOOO damn helpful, thank you. I had my faith in the EBL 2800's and I kept wondering why my wall clock keeps stop working. Thanks a whole bunch; really man, thank you
Yeah, I was intrigued as well, but somehow just had a bad feeling about these.
High capacity usually comes at the cost of higher self-discharge rate and 2800 mah has gotta be the highest capacity AA ever, if that number wasn't exaggerated.
the ikea ladda batteries are actually the cheapest when you buy them directly from the ikea store, 7 dollars for a 4 pack, i use them more than my eneloops now
Cant go wrong with IKEA Ladda. I Never use enything ells. they are made in Japan at the Panasonic factory.
Aren't they basically eneloops? Google search suggests so
I am curious which Eneloop was tested? BK-3MCC?
I had been a bit critical of your first AA battery videos but these are now extremely comprehensive, really amazing work, thanks. I'm surprised your 1yr Eneloop had self-discharged so much, mine are around 1.26v after sitting a year. But it did have the least amount of internal resistance change of any of them after 1 year in the garden lights. I think your tests are showing they aren't the cheapest or highest capacity, but longevity should be good which is certainly my experience (10 yrs). I've been ecstatic with mine but for some uses I'll definitely consider the cheaper or higher capacity cells now. About to watch your lithium AA video.
Thanks for watching!
For 5+ years I have had a set of Ikea rechargeable AAs that I use for musical instruments. I have rotated several sets, but over 5 years, the Ikea Ladda are the only ones that still work great. The others gave up a couple of years back, not able to hold a charge for very long. I originally picked the IKEA Ladda up because they were so cheap, and I thought I would use them until I bought a real brand... well IKEA rechargeables are amazing! As always, I love your videos. The only thing I wonder about is voltage fluctuation and consistency. Maybe it is not a concern. I have no idea, but I do have IKEA.
Thanks for sharing.
and now they are 10$ per pack of 4 , wish they had bulk pkging
Since you're doing rechargeable batteries, 18650 button or flat top batteries would be interesting to see too! I've been buying brown samsung 18650's religiously but I've noticed that the green LG 18650's are near identical, it would be really interesting to see the differences between the two
The best 18650 batteries are made from Panasonic actually
Thank you for the video idea!
Battery mooch on UA-cam does this
@@psirvent8 how do you know ? , and what's to say you are not buying fake Panasonic?
@@ProjectFarm I'd love to also see the true capacity of some of those generics on ebay and amazon claiming 4000mAh and higher which is obviously false.
I recently got a bunch of EBL, and agree that their self-discharge is uncomfortably high; however in terms of raw capacity, while their overrating is typical of many [Chinese] brands, their absolute capacity is quite good; i.e. if they were more truthfully marketed as having 2300 mAH capacity (typical for AA), they look a LOT better. I'm probably going to switch to Amazon Basics for things that might sit (flashlights), but will use the EBL in things that get used (like solar lamps).
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for explaining!
You have a knack to understand customer use cases! This is exactly how I would've tested the data. I would like to see charge/discharge rates over the course of the year. Thanks for your hard work! Thank you!
Thanks and you are welcome!
There are rumors:
"the amazon japan made batteries are made by panasonic and FDK, which is the former known sanyo. sanyo splited, the eneloop brand wass sold to panasonic and the factory(namely FDK) was sold to Fujitsu.
FDK is also the maker behind a lots of well-known made in Japan brands rechargeable batteries and they have serveral grades. (for example, the Amazon Basic are FDK made if they are made in Japan, also the apple ones for their old wireless keyboards/touchpads. the chinese made one were rumored made by BYD, a chinese car and battery manufacture)
FDK is not the manufacture of Eneloop anymore but Panasonic is, in another word, Eneloop is now a rebranded Panasonic evolta."
These rumors have stormed some forums for some years.
Please atleast check the Fujitsu one to see whether they are true
Love your videos
Eneloops are the go-to battle tested batteries of professional photographers, besides the large lithium ion batteries of Godox and other big battery packs of more recent flashes.
I still have about 30 Eneloop batteries that are still working for about 20 years.
Thank you Project Farm for such a time consuming test. Thank you for including so many brands especially Harbor Freight because those are pretty much everywhere and you can pick up an item the same day instead of having to wait for shipping. Too bad the HF batteries didn't do well in your tests.
Thanks and you are welcome!
FYI, 14 months ago I purchased Amazon silver basic AAA batteries and they were from Japan. Six months I made an identical purchase of AAA silver basics from Amazon and they were from China even though the photograph in the listing shows Japan on the wrapper. Buyer beware.
Great information! Thank you
Not trying to defend Chinese made crap but their crap is made to our specifications.
Same here in Europe, Black Amazon Basic AA batteries bought march 2019 were made in japan, same article, bought again in july 2019 were made in china. Picture was the same and article text said made in japan :(.
@@jeffstanley4593 I highly doubt there is a guy or gal running batch experiments for Quality Assurance in the same manner that PF just did on these batteries.
So yea, "Made to specification." just means; The plastic label wrap is straight, not peeling or smeared. We sourced the chemicals from our dealers, but mixed according to recipe provided, and they hold current. Boxed up and ready to ship.
Needless to say, the chemicals inside, mean a lot as far as what the battery will withstand.
China will get some things right, but sometimes, they just won't hold a candle.
@@th3R0b0t Well a lot of the time the specs would read something like; Basic battery shape, able to hold a charge when fresh from the factory, nice looking label and cheap, real cheap, Kina cheap.
Jesus! This man has it all! Keep ‘em coming! Every time I have a question on products I can trust I go here!
Thanks, will do!
Never would have thought of doing a test like this but it is greatly appreciated!! I always bought Energizers but will switch to duracell! Thank you so much!
Thank you
I went to youtube looking for the best rechargeable battery and once again, I wound up on Project Farm. No surprise there.
Thanks for watching!
Yesterday my neighbor came by: "hey can I borrow your lawn mower?"
All I could do was think of my man from this channel and I was like "ummmm. Yeah I don't like lending my stuff out"
lol. Great choice!
Babayega X just like never lend baby out.
@Rene' D Around here we got the older, crappy tools still laying around just in case. Those are the ones if the good stuff breaks, or if someone asks to borrow a tool. You are still the nice guy that lent the tool and your good ones stay good.
Before I buy anything, I always check your videos so I get the most bang for my buck. Thank you
You are welcome!
I believe that the IKEA 2450 cells are significantly cheaper than the Duracell 2450, so probably a (much) better deal. Cdn$8.99 for a package of four, at IKEA obviously.
Cant go wrong wiith IKEA Ladda. Never use enything ells.
$6.99 US! They rock!
Would love to know which Eneloop was tested? BK-3MCC?
@@tomeng9520
Someone ells might
I love your reviews, thanks for doing them! (I do realize this is a 12mo. old video 😁) I was re-watching this one again to refresh my memory on the results and thought it would be awesome if you could do a similar test with these new lithium ion rechargeable AA and AAA that are now starting to come out. These batteries are claimed to be a true 1.5v (vs. 1.2v). There's at least a ton of import brands out there now like Kentli, PaleBlue, safeloop, Pownergy (what a cringe worthy name 🤦♂️), many others that seem to be the same designs at least so might be challenging to pick 6 brands or so that are actually using different cells.
Thanks for the video idea.
Good thing ikea came the past year to my country, Chile. Im gonna buy them!
Thanks for sharing.
something ive always wondered, and contemplated doing myself, is seeing how accurate the gas pumps are for getting what you paid for. Over 1000's of liters a year, how much does the gas station skim off the top. Ambient temp also plays a factor.
Great video idea! Thank you
In Connecticut U.S., the state has surprise inspections at gas stations and check volume of each pump carefully. Any tampering would mean big fine and imprisonment.
@@ohger1 And you trust the people doing the inspections? Honest people get weeded out of many positions like that.
@@truthhurts2149 Wow. People with that much distrust of everything must live miserable lives.
Great, rare long-term tests! Thumbs up and subscribed. While I believe in your test results much more than any others', I kept wondering how much variability there is between batches (the specific Duracell, Mobil1, etc. you tested vs. the one I end up buying), how much the test result will be affected by your local climate (temperature & humidity), your particular engine, and other such factors. I understand not every type of products has standardized tests to control for these factors, but I think a big industry like motor oil should have. I'm no expert and haven't looked deeper, so just curious if you have looked at how correlated your test results are with published standardized tests.
Great point! Thank you for the feedback.
@@ProjectFarm So are they well correlated?
I can see how brainy and competent you are mate...Love from Australia !!!
Thanks!
Great video and test. I'd love to see leak tests and shelf discharge tests to see what batteries leak most when left in a toy, etc... and which go dead sitting on the shelf. Thanks! Love your work!
Thanks and you are welcome! Thanks for the suggestion.
For different projects and stuff I do, i've come back to this video for reference many times. So sorry if i've already commented :D. But great video. You channel is like an encyclopedia!
Thanks!
I have no idea how I got here, but I can not bring myself to leave. Great video!
Thank you!!
Companies really out here trying to sell us stuff that hasn’t been tested by PF. Smh...
Thank you for the feedback
I’ve started using some rechargeable lithium AA batteries recently, and they seem to perform really well, especially in a wireless keyboard and mouse. I’ve found 2 brands so far making them. Might be an interesting comparison...
Thanks for the video idea.
This is my favorite UA-cam Channel!
Thanks!
Over 900k views! I gotta watch again! Thumbs up and subscribed!
Thanks for watching and subscribing!
could you test lithium-ion batteries like AA which put out a 1.5V unlike nimh which is 1.2V. The Li-ion 1.5v AA or AAA usually have a usb charging port on the battery itself and you can charge them via any standard 5v usb Charger. Thanks.
Thank you for the video idea!
@Cerus98 I am talking about lithium-ion batteries that use some sort of circuit to give a more or less constant 1.5v output even though they are 3.7v normal and 4.2v when charged. They are packaged as normal AA or AAA size and have a charging port on the battery itself which uses a normal 5v usb charger.
I haven't used them, but if I had to guess they will be depleted after less than a year for sure.
@You Wish the batteries he is referring to have a lithium ion cell and a voltage regulator in them. A divider is too simple to safely charge lithium and keep output at 1.5v under various current draw.
@You Wish you told him how to make one. He was interested in seeing a comparison of existing products.
I've been using EBL AAA batteries that were given to us and they die really quickly after a month's worth of use. I came here looking to see if there were better batteries and this confirmed what I was thinking. Thanks again Todd!
You are welcome!
Awesome work! It would be great if you could add additional batteries of the same brands to the test.
I'm concerned about the results being from a single sample of each brand. It would be great if you could add one or two more from each brand, or if budget and space is not a constraint, 4 or more of each, and we will be able to tell if the numbers are true across different batteries or batches of batteries from each manufacturer.
In fact, some statistical analyses could be done to see the variances in performance across cells from the same manufacturer. If their variances are high, that could mean the same battery brand I buy might perform very differently from yours.
Thanks again for the great work!
Thanks for the video idea.
@@ProjectFarm welcome and thanks! It will be best if each battery tested is from a different batch, but it is a little difficult to engineer that other than perhaps to buy them at different times.
Other commenters have also remarked that ordering the same battery SKU sometimes results in Chinese-made variants. It might also be an interesting thing to see how the manufacturers mix their supply chain, since that will invariably affect what consumers like us get when we order batteries online. However, that could digress from the main topic.
I was thinking the same thing when I watched these videos.
9-volts would be a great test. Guitarists would really love the information.
Just go for the same brands that did good in this review.
Thank you so much for the review❣️ Shopping for these little batteries can be super overwhelming.
You are welcome!
I purchased two dozen of the DURACELLS after watching this review. after one week they have lost an average 20% self discharge and are made from China NOT Japan as stated in this review. Buyers beware.
Thanks for the feedback. The ones I bought over a year ago are made in Japan. Apparently, Duracell decided to have their batteries made in China. That's unfortunate. Thanks for alerting everyone!
This is vitally important information. Thank you for posting.
Yup same here. I just got received 4 from Amazon AA's and they had 2500 mAh, made in china printed on them. Package said copyright 2018. Initially I ran the refresh cycle from my LaCrosse BC-9009 charger on them and they reported ~2000-2200 mAh. After several refresh cycles they increased to 2480, 2490, 2530 and 3010 mAh.
The Energizer Power Plus 2300 mah batteries I bought a couple months ago are made in Japan. I have some of those that I've been using for over 10 years now, and they still work great - I just needed more!
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Loved this video and all the scientific testing. I did school science experiment like this in high school years ago but before the age of rechargeable batteries. Thanks for your time and effort in testing and video editing!
Thanks and you are welcome! Thanks for sharing.
Here's an idea.......an EV car battery shootout, with Tesla 2170 vs. LG Chem (found in Porshe Taycan, Jag I-Pace, etc.) vs. BMW pouch batteries.
Edit: love your channel.
Thank you for the video idea!
Pricey test, might be more a thing for the Rich Rebuilds channel.
I'd say that should happen somewhere right around the 100 million subscribers mark
Would love to see if there are currently ANY batteries you tested that is currently being manufactured in Japan as stated here. I can confirm the Duracell and Amazon Black is made in China.
Once again, another great video! Thank you so much for sharing the information! Definitely have made my decision with your thorough research!!!!
Awesome! Thank you!
This is like...the most thorough yet concise video I've ever seen. He's even more efficient than these batteries.
Thanks!
The Florida pool pump motor bearing repair guy When Service Calls Longwood approved ! that was good info Farm man
Thanks so much!
The FDA needs to place you in charge. At least we'd get honest evaluations, of the Drugs and Additives, being foisted upon us. Love your work.
Dude you are amazing!!! I always enjoy watching your videos.
I appreciate that! Thanks!
You persuaded me on throwing down some hard earned cash for 6 energizers and a charger! I always appreciate going to make a purchase of a product that has performed well on your tests, while knowing which products to avoid. Keep up the good work!
Thanks, will do!
Great work, sir! My household churns through a lot of batteries. Seeing these results will definitely help us save some money in the long run. Thank you!
You are welcome!
IKEA IS ENELOOP PRO
Thank you for the feedback
Its so hard to pick from so many rechargables this makes it much easier
Thank you very much!
If you read the forums, especially the flashlight ones the consensus is that they are. In fact most of the posters call them duraloops.
Just avoid chinese batteries I know from experience that they are way overrated capacity and leak, best to stick to japanese cells
Amazing work! So thorough! I wish I had seen this before I had bought EBL a few years ago. My experience with them corresponds well with your testing.
Thanks! Thanks for sharing.
You won't read my message, but THANK YOU for your colossal work in this project. This info will be great for a lot of us for a lot of years.
You are welcome! Glad to hear!
@@ProjectFarm This is UA-cam creator at is best, really. Just take care of your mental health to not be overburden with all this work.
Don't pressure yourself with the next release date. We will be there whenever you have a next video to share (in one week or in one year doesn't matter as long as quality is there).
Love from Montréal
Not shocked by those EBL findings, i have always find mine lose quite a bit
Thanks for the feedback.
Duraloop ftw.
lol. Great point!
man you are good i`ve got 10 year old enloop batteries still going strong mainly used in remotes and torches.
Thanks for sharing.
The ikea batteries are extremely well priced here in Australia, I've picked up a bunch of them now and they are super good price to performance
Thanks for the feedback.
The Amazon basics are rebranded Eneloops. The Amazon Silver and Ikea are rebranded Eneloop blacks (all rated at 2450mAh). Hence the almost identical results.
awesome video. i really appreciate how thoroughly you tested these batteries
Thanks and you are welcome!
This is so incredible useful. Excellent testing, thorough, clear, and very complete. Thank you sir!!
You are welcome!
Great video but it is very strange that you did not test the Eneloop Pro which many people suspect to be the same as the Ikea Lada which is almost 3 times cheaper. I hope this video is unbiased.
Thanks! Thanks for the suggestion.
Very interesting, the intense vocalization style of the researchers presentation is a bit offputting, but the knowledge and wisdom shared is worth practicing patience to listen to the whole video. That being said, the narrator mentioned something about, “ Setting aside the issue of price”, but I immediately thought that when it comes to batteries, price is one of the primary values that consumers are concerned about. it seems that when one drills down this deep to look at the different features and values of a battery that a summary would be a good idea for the narrator to consider in future videos. He slightly touched on this topic when he talked about batteries that were good for camera flashes. Those batteries might be very good for camera flashes but not so good for other uses. I have followed battery and energy storage for the past 30 years and find it fascinating. This is a really great video and I know that the narrator has the international capacity to draw some conclusions for us. After a while, at least for this viewer, all the numbers and percentages are hard to follow. All that being said it looks like Amazon batteries are a great deal… Depending on price!
Thanks for the constructive feedback.
The ikea, green made in Japan Duracell and Panasonic are all made by Eneloop but the 1900 eneloop is their nonpro type so why performance wasn’t on par with the other eneloops
"Wow, that's a lot of discharge!"
-that's what she said.
Sorry.
Lmao
Lmao
amazon bought the old version of the eneloops, thats why they performed well
I can call you the farm standards 😁
Thank you!
Do you test rechargeable AAA batteries by any chance? Your videos are so awesome.
Thanks! Thanks for the suggestion.
Awesome interesting, use as every day! Thumbs up and subscribed! Confused, is there a newer version of this video?
Thanks for watching and subscribing.
ua-cam.com/video/0A1GvQ40j0Q/v-deo.html Latest video in regard to AA recharageable batteries.
This is a great video!! Thank you for a straight forward representation of these cells’ Perfomance. 🙌🏽
Thanks!
This was cool. Thank you for all the information. I have been using Eneloop batteries I like them. Im glad to know that there decent batteries. Thank you man for testing all of them. This video was fun to watch.
You are welcome!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR EFFORTS!!!
Most of what I look for, research wise, you are spot on, regarding testies... ... ... :D
Thanks!
Thanx man, AWESOME tests!
You are welcome!
Remember when tools and other stuff from Japan was crap. Seems like China is the new Japan.
Great point
Innovation and improvement take lots of trial and error, and the heart of creating a better product.
Ill take Japan made stuff over china any day of the week . They have some great knife steel especially an razors ( feathers ) . jmho .......
Thank you for your video, I´m a sound engineer and use wireless microphones and looking for some good rechargeable batteries so your video was very useful. Now, I think that the batteries are important but the charger is also important, specially for extending the life of the batteries, a video about them would be useful. I´m interested in a charger for 8 or 16 batteries.
We appreciate your work.
Thanks!
Not sure about the Amazon Silver, but Amazon Blacks have been changed to a chinese battery. Just wanted to make sure everyone was aware.
This is great information! Thank you!
Yes checked couple days ago and send them back. That's problem with Amazon he changes manufacturer by price. but also its stated in description on website.
Yep, my silver's were made in China too. The ol bait and switch, I'm sure they aren't as good. I didn't get the same results I was expecting with mine.
Chance Rogers Wouldn’t that be interesting to compare Amazon Black China to Amazon Black Japanese.
Powerex isnt nearly the same quality as before either. With as expensive as they are, hard pass now.
This is such a good channel, it’s insane… you’ve overtaken Consumer Reports as a consumer info source. Thank you for the great analyses!
Thank you!
Consumer reports is corrupted just like our government paid off LOl
Imagine living at project farm. “Don’t touch those batteries!!” Honey they been sitting there for two years. “I know”
lol. Yes, I keep them in a very safe place away from the wife and kids
Hide them under your bed. She'll never find them there. Thanks man for all your testing.
Imagine the oil can which is much older :)
@@ProjectFarm
Hello mr. Tesla.
Keith Kuhn here, I have an h4n zoom recorder.
From your test results
Would I'd be good to purchase Eneloop ?
Thanks Keith Kuhn
Stuff them in your man purse
One of the only youtubers that actually follows up on products after initial testing. Really appreciate the hard work!
Thanks so much!
Echoing this. People sometimes see these videos years later. Seeing the follow-up really leaves an impression on viewers about how this channel approaches the service it's providing, and I think it's very much to the creators' credit. If all review channels were operating at this level I wouldn't have to spend a month figuring out which channels are offering the quality of unbiased information I need to feel like I'm making informed decisions rather than impulse buys based on whims, marketing, or simply price points.
@@ProjectFarm no thank you!!
IMO Japan has always made superior cells for some reason, maybe the chemistry or maybe just better Quality Control.
WP, you are right! Very impressed with their quality! Speaking of superior quality, your videos are amazing!
@@ProjectFarm thank you man, I just finished up the see-through catalytic converter video today I'm going to try to post it on Saturday it was pretty interesting.
Looking forward to seeing the see-through catalytic converter! That's awesome!
Superior quality and materials, no doubt.
@@TheAgentAssassin the same Chinese culture that became the factory of the world, carried the world economy for the past decade, and is making the leader in free trade turn protectionist?
This video is more about the superior quality control and and advanced manufacturing in Japan than an indictment of Chinese manufacturing. Notice there's no other countries in the rankings. For the Chinese factories to churn out batteries at 80-85% quality of the world leaders in 10 years time is itself a wake up call to other developing countries.
I wonder if the Ikea and duracell are the same battery.
I believe you are right! They tested incredibly close to the same and both are made in Japan.
possibly. I do know the amazon batteries are made by enloop
I was thinking the same thing.
@@ProjectFarm Ikea Ladda and Panasonic Eneloop are made in the same factory in Japan.
What i know only one battery manufacturer for ready charged batteries left in Japan. 🤪
See, now this is produce testing that we can relate to. "I found these batteries in a drawer with a receipt from March, you think they're any good?"
"Where's the receipt from?"
"Harbor Freight."
"Todd says they're dead."
"Who?"
lol. Thank you!
Hilarious! Also accurate...
hehe 🙂
New Subscriber here: Great job on these battery tests. So helpful! Tons of work to make this I know. Thanks!!!
Thank you very much!
Thank you
Thanks
@@ProjectFarm no, thank you
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To summarize: make sure your rechargeables are made in Japan 😂
Great point!
They all seemed pretty good. Then you have to consider price. One was just rated to high at 2800 but still did good overall in complicity. Just lower than they claimed it should be. I mean if I can get a Chinese battery that is one to a few percent lower capacity but is 10-20 percent cheaper then the Chinese can be a better value.
@@VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM These are rechargeable batteries though, so your bang for your buck will also be in how long they last, and the Chinese battery's longevity is simply pathetic when considering it's degradation in these tests.
Losing nearly twice the capacity compared to the other batteries in the same amount of time is downright abysmal.
i bought those EBL batteries at the end of summer & noticed they had the worst discharge i EVER saw. seeing your tests of the EBL was no surprise to me.
the next worst batteries i ever tried were energizers from the mid 2000's. camera's would drain them in No time.after a yr they stopped hold a charge longer then 1 day doing Nothing.........i had probably a dozen of them & they ALL were like that.
or just try to never get anything made in china
I’d like to see the difference between the Enloop and Enloop Pros
The IKEA Laddas are just rebranded Eneloop Pros.
No difference they discharge the same disappointment
Since I've noticed that a couple other commenters have mentioned that Amazon has changed from japan to china I think we need a re-test just so we know who to trust.
Great point! The ones I tested have "made in Japan" on the battery. I would NOT buy them if they're now made in China.
@@ProjectFarm Truth spoken for the few but not so bluntly out loud so everyone can hear. I understand your conflict. We will have Chinese law & products only soon enough if people keep buying made in China.
@@ProjectFarm I wouldn't either but usually amazon tends to only use companies that make quality items so hopefully if they are switching it's not just because they found a cheaper deal. Maybe they know something we don't like whatever manufacturer they switch too had just upped their game. So it would be interesting to see the results of tests being done again.
@@mute8s Is this wishful thinking or purchase denial and cope?
@@illidur Why would you even ask that. What good would knowing that do you? But since you asked the reason I made my suggestion and comment is because I really appreciate and respect the work that Project Farm is doing and by giving suggestions and sharing my feelings about the subject in one way or another it will help him make better content. There's a reason he asks for suggestions and even if he doesn't do everything that suggested every little bit helps. So quit being cynical just enjoy the content that's provided.
Project Farm vs Google? What's better?
lol. Thanks for the positive comment. Google is hard to beat!
Project farm
@@ProjectFarm You're a LOT more consistent! LOTS!
Project Farm, then duckduckgo, screw google.
Google tends to recommend propaganda and advertisements lol
Another superb video. I hope people appreciate that you put a LOT of work into these.
Thank you very much for the positive feedback!
Guys, isn't the chage current used for final test using the Wizzard Charger too high? I thought that a correct charging current would be 10% of the capacity. 500mA for a 2000mA is 25%. Am I wrong?
You legitimately conduct better consumer studies than most labs do
Thank you for the feedback
If Duracell batteries go up in power every year, do we just wait and have infinite electricity?
Thank you for the feedback
Yes, and you can speed the process up by using a wire to jump the + side to the - side, thus charging the battery with itself.
On this YT channel, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!