One year and one day: Duraloop AA 2000mAh LSD test:

Here's my one year LSD shootout using all new AA LSD batteries: white AA Gen. 2 Eneloops, GP ReCyKos and Imedions:

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...t-Eneloops-GP-ReCyKos-and-Imedions-it-s-done!

This test will be less elegant because I failed to get 'out of the pack' voltage readings on two of the three quads that I purchased from Target during their summer of '13 $3.78 blow-out sale! I also broke-in all twelve of these Duraloops at 1900mAh on my C-9000, whereas I did cycle twice, the Eneloops after charging them up and using them for one cycle. The GPs and Imedions were cycled three times and not broken in using the Maha, so there is that difference.

First quad 1-4:

Out of the pack, all four batteries read the same on my Rat Shack 22-805 DMM and I discharged them at 400mA, then I broke them in at 1900mAh, let them sit for a year and a day, discharged them at 100mA and then charged the first two quads up at 1A:

1: 1.325v..1385mAh..1960mAh..1.300v..1670mAh..(85.20%)..1894mAh

2. 1.325v..1391mAh..1960mAh..1.300v..1672mAh..(85.30%)..1929mAh

3. 1.325v..1376mAh..1960mAh..1.300v..1683mAh..(85.87%)..1984mAh

4. 1.325v..1384mAh..1960mAh..1.300v..1674mAh..(85.41%)..1986mAh

Second quad 5-8:

5. N/A.......1353mAh..1973mAh..1.299v..1691mAh..(85.71%)..1931mAh

6. N/A.......1362mAh..1972mAh..1.299v..1701mAh..(86.26%)..1964mAh

7. N/A.......1347mAh..1962mAh..1.300v..1699mAh..(86.60%)..2009mAh

8. N/A.......1350mAh..1977mAh..1.300v..1703mAh..(86.14%)..2019mAh

Third quad 9-12:

9. N/A.......1330mAh..1981mAh..1.299v..1700mAh..(85.81%)..1935mAh

10.N/A.......1347mAh..1995mAh..1.299v..1732mAh..(86.82%)..1984mAh

11.N/A.......1331mAh..1968mAh..1.299v..1710mAh..(86.89%)..2016mAh

12.N/A.......1328mAh..1952mAh..1.299v..1687mAh..(86.42%)..1994mAh

Final notes;

The second snd third quads seem to be a tad stronger, but not by much, over the first quad.



Chris

These tests are always interesting. Thanks for sharing the results with us.

Viking said:

These tests are always interesting. Thanks for sharing the results with us.

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I'm not using my stash all that much these days, so I have a bunch of batteries/cells that are just sitting here doing nothing, so I might as well put some of them to use, as long as my O.C.D. doesn't flare up!

I still have one more quad of the Gen. 2 Duraloops and I have one quad of the 2450mAh Duraloop/Iron Core/XX-Pro AAs that I'll discharge in December, just to see if they might, in fact, be Eneloop XX/Pros.

I didn't really add a 'conclusion' to the above post, but IIRC, my Eneloop Gen. 2s in my first 'year long' test, lost 13+% and the above Duraloops lost 14+% over the course of a year. The GP ReCyCos lost just over 17%, so I'm confident in saying that these eight batteries behaved in a very similar manner, to the branded Eneloops they're thought to be clones of.

Chris

yeah it sure looks like there are genuine eneloops beneath the labels.

Added numbers for the final quad of Duraloops.

Chris

awesome stuff, great work

thank u very much!!

I did a test on LSD before, the kool-aid was good but the walrus that served it to me was a jerk.