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ENELOOP BATTERIES UPDATE
ENELOOP BATTERIES PRO
ENELOOP BATTERIES CODE

The short answer: the Eneloop Pro battery has a higher capacity than the regular Eneloop with 2500mAh vs. The newest product codes are now BK-3HCD (E) for the AA Eneloop PRO, and BK-4HCD(E) for the AAA Eneloop PRO. If you want to know more about how these kinds of capacity tests are done, check out the Advanced Charge section on this website. Japan already removed the Rated capacity many years ago, and only shows the Minimum capacity.

2015: 5th generation Eneloop PROįinally, the 5th generation Eneloops were being produced and now have a minimum capacity of 930mAh for the Eneloop PRO AAA and 2500mAh for the Eneloop PRO AA.Īs can be seen in the above picture the different markets use different ways of showing the capacity. The 4th generation AA PRO specifications and the 4th generation AAA PRO batteries. In Europe, they are called BK-3HCCE and BK-4HCCE, respectively. The product codes changed completely, and are called BK-3HCC for the AA batteries and BK-4HCC for the AAA batteries. The word Eneloop got replaced with Panasonic and in smaller font underneath that, Eneloop. In Japan, this resulted in a removal of the Eneloop branding to be replaced with Panasonic branding. In 2013 Panasonic announced the makeover of the Sanyo branded Eneloops. The Japanese market already called them Eneloop PRO from the beginning. And the product specifications of the AA PRO HR-3UWXB.īelow you can see the different packaging for Eneloop XX. Take a look at the Specification of the Eneloop AAA PRO, called HR-4UWXB.

ENELOOP BATTERIES UPDATE

The AA version also received an update and now powered a minimum of 2450mAh, with the same cycle life of 500. More info on charging can be found in our Ultimate Eneloop Charge Guide. This means that when the battery is fully charged, you can keep the battery untouched and the self-discharge rate would only be about 15% in 1 year. Explanation of 85% charge left after 1 year The same year Sanyo announced their first high capacity AAA Eneloop batteries, with a minimum of 900mAh and still rated for 500 cycles and an 85% charge left after one year. It looks like they were only available in China. It's interesting to note that these batteries had never been available in Japan with that product code. Although the additional letter A could have indicated a new design or product (as this was the standard way Sanyo reported a new generation), the specifications stayed the same.

ENELOOP BATTERIES CODE

These batteries received the product code HR-3UWXA. 2012: 2nd generation Eneloop PROĮneloop XX batteries sold in China in 2012 had a different product code, as can be seen in this Chinese Announcement. You can find the product specifications here. (At least not under the Eneloop branding.) The product code for the 1st Eneloop Pro was: HR-3UWX and claimed a maximum of 500 recharge cycles and a minimum of 2400mAh.

There were no AAA-sized Eneloop PRO batteries during their initial launch. The first generation Eneloop XX was only available in AA size as of 2011.

Even today, there are many sellers, selling fake Eneloop PRO batteries.

There are no C or D sized Eneloop PRO batteries.

No Eneloop PRO batteries were ever made in China, not now, nor in the past!.

Eneloop PRO batteries have always been made in Japan!.

However, when they became available to the Japanese market, they didn't name them Eneloop XX anymore, but Eneloop PRO. (The ones with the white wrappers).Įneloop XX batteries were first available to the North American and European markets. This was a welcome announcement because Eneloop has been on the market for nearly six years, and only included the standard Eneloops with 1900mAh. In 2011, Sanyo announced their first high-capacity battery, the Eneloop XX.

Are IKEA batteries the same as Eneloops?Ī brief history of the Eneloop PRO batteries:.

Eneloop PRO batteries in chronological order.