Acculoop vs Accuevolution?

[sissontravis]

I just ordered several D, C, AA and AAA Accupower Acculoop LSD NiMH batteries from Amazon. After searching the forums, I've seen several reviews of the Accupower Evolution, but no one seems to have tried the Acculoop batteries. Is there any difference? The capacities seem to be the same so I assume it is just a new badge for the batteries, but I would be interested in hearing an expert opinion.

Thanks!

 

[TinderBox (UK)]

2300mah AA low discharge.

http://www.accushop.at/products/en/...op-AL2300-4-AA-Mignon-NiMH-battery-4-pcs.html

John.

 

[mccririck]

I'd like to try some of their 1200mAh AAA. Is that capacity for real?!

 

[VidPro]

I'd like to try some of their 1200mAh AAA. Is that capacity for real?!

if it was real, it would have ramifications, the highest AAA i have used was a claimed 1000mah it was about 900mah and it did not last many cycles, and did not stay charged well, and it was basically junk. The give and take, if they squeeze that much (or even close to that) stuff in they have to give up on something else, or make the battery slightly larger. so far there are no industries inventions (yet) to this type of cell that can do that magic without some ramification.
Because I buy a rechargable cell item to recharge it, and re-use it, the slightly lower capacity and mabey more robust is better for me. otherwise it is a lot of trouble and money for not much satisfaction.

Be sure to get it though so you can test it and report on it.

Corrected
I thought accuevolutions were accupower made, and the wrapper looks basically the same, the evos were a good way to get a C&D sized LSD cell, but the cell items were not as LSD as eneloops, they acted more like other "hybrid" type cell items, with less retention.

(still trying to figure out what really is happening) Bearwobble.com says Bearwobble has been advised by the producer and sole distributor for AccuEvolution that production of these batteries has been discontinued. The reason given was these batteries were too costly to produce, compared to other brands.

The website printed ON the evo battery itself http://www.accuevolution.com/index.html still taking orders?

and http://www.metaefficient.com/rechargeable-batteries/csize-rechargeable-batteries-2012.html says
Acculoop batteries are also rebranded as “AccuEvolution” — these are the same batteries marketed by a Michigan company in the USA with a partnership with Accupower in Austria. Or are they all the same to begin with even???


There are posts here on the CPF indicating that the cells that were branded accuevolution changed a bit , I always percieved the statement at bearwobble to be saying "making good stuff cost too dang much, and doesnt have enough profit, so were outta here " :-) As we all know making cheap junk and lying about it isnt a very good way to get free worldwide advertising either :-)

I have full sets of AA C&D original good quality accuevolutions, and they work good, not as good as the eneloops at all, but completly usable. The capacity claim of 2200 on the AA was overrated IMO, more like a 2100 at most.
But
as you can see here http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...D-Cells-quality-gone!&highlight=accuevolution
rumor abounds that the accuevolution (not the acculoop) changed some. mabey the distributor (evo) itself changed the parmeters , or the factory they were made in?

see also
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...tion-D-Size-LSD-Cells&highlight=accuevolution

 

[sissontravis]

The AAA I just received have a listed capacity of 950 mAh. I haven't seen the 1,200 mAh version - if I had, I would have ordered them for sure!

 

[Buck]

Don't believe everything you read in advertisements. :tired:

 

[TinderBox (UK)]

here`s some 1200mah AAA. now we need somebody to order them, and give them a test.

http://www.accushop.at/products/en/....html?XTCsid=d1a90bfc2f562d020ce5abf0ed58194d

John.

 

[mccririck]

I would if they were cheaper. To be honest I have a lot of repect for AccuPower because their IQ328 charger is great. But they're out of my budget.

 

[ChrisGarrett]

I'd like to try some of their 1200mAh AAA. Is that capacity for real?!

I got 8 of the AccuPower 1200 AAA HSDs last year with my Maha C9000 and they're anywhere from 975-1100mAh discharged on the Maha at 400mA.

A little more capacity than Eneloops, but without the LSD characteristic.

Chris

 

[mccririck]

I got 8 of the AccuPower 1200 AAA HSDs last year with my Maha C9000 and they're anywhere from 975-1100mAh discharged on the Maha at 400mA.

A little more capacity than Eneloops, but without the LSD characteristic.

Chris

If you could cherry pick all the 1100mAh ones it would be pretty good.

 

[VidPro]

I just maintanced the accuevolution (original) C-cells that sit parked in the car. The cells are years old at least 3-4?
They are a 4500ma claim cell , they sat in the car for about 1 year completly unused this time. The car reached temps of ~135*F max during this summer, and about 30*F min a few times in this winter, so that is about the temp variation they were stored. The car gets parked in a garage, so the huge variations in temps were not as common.
The 3xC light worked as bright as if it had been just charged. The light turns off fully (no drain).
I discharged them on the tenergy 250w, which shows lower total capacity usually, 2 of the cells came out with about 3270ma, Held the voltage well also, the third I discharged different (to save time).
So, loosly checking , they kicked butt just fine, for one more year again.

Really bad testing as usual, cause "it just worked great" and that is all i need it to do. In contrast when we stored regular cells in the cars (general) Mag lights, they were nothing but a frustrating dead battery when ever needed, or checked. That is why i dont care about the exact percentages of discharge and all, because this is always many times more usable than the alkalines or ni-cds or ni-mh used before them.

So you cant create a graph or facts out of that, just general they did the job just fine, and they always have so far.