sanyo eneloop

If i bought the sanyo eneloop do i need to use the eneloop charger? I wanna buy the cotsco one thats on sale but i dont have one close to me.

No need for their charger. In fact, there are many chargers that are much better, such as those made by Maha.

krb wrote in post #11324007
No need for their charger. In fact, there are many chargers that are much better, such as those made by Maha.

recommended model?

O ok i thought i would have to use there charger thx. Also same question as above for the maha

Also are these the ones i should buy?

http://www.thomasdistr​ibuting.com …d57l1ojlka1ah0b​cfl3psnb87

krb wrote in post #11324007
No need for their charger. In fact, there are many chargers that are much better, such as those made by Maha.

Interesting, I never knew that. Can you use a faster charger too?

I want the Eneloop Tones! But I don't know where to get them...

When I was looking around last year, I often saw the Maha mh-c801D charger recomended so I bought one along with several packs of Eneloops from Thomsas Distributing and I have been very happy with it. Handles 8 batteries at a time, is intelligent enough to not cook the batteries and it has a conditioning mode where it fully drains then recharges the batteries.

krb wrote in post #11324308
When I was looking around last year, I often saw the Maha mh-c801D charger recomended so I bought one along with several packs of Eneloops from Thomsas Distributing and I have been very happy with it. Handles 8 batteries at a time, is intelligent enough to not cook the batteries and it has a conditioning mode where it fully drains then recharges the batteries.

Looks good, £60 here in the UK.

http://www.mahaenergy.​co.uk …c801d-8-cell-fast-charger

I use the MHC9000 from Maha, great charger. You can charge/discharge/refre​sh/etc.. each battery individually at all sorts of different rates. Unlike most 4 battery chargers that simply charge 2 cells at a time at a specific rate.

Just remember that the slower the better. Quicker the charge, the more heat is generated and lowers the life of the battery. I always charge/discharge at the lowest rate if I don't need the batteries asap.

I have 2 of these and have used them with eneloops for quite a while now. I am very happy with them.

http://www.amazon.com …den&qid=1290434​816&sr=8-2

Maha C-9000 is pretty much the best charger on the market. I highly recommend it!

Slightly off topic: I dont know how quickly you want to get the Eneloops but if you can hold off until December Sanyo will be selling higher capacity/more charging cycle XX eneloops.

http://www.eneloop.inf​o …x-powered-by-eneloop.html

Skids wrote in post #11326965
Slightly off topic: I dont know how quickly you want to get the Eneloops but if you can hold off until December Sanyo will be selling higher capacity/more charging cycle XX eneloops.

http://www.eneloop.inf​o …x-powered-by-eneloop.html

fewer cycles for XX
old ones are(as I recall) 1000 cycles
new ones are 500 cycles
the Tones are the ones with 500 more cycles

if you were to charge those batteries twice a week, you'll be throwing them out in 5 years (as opposed to 10 with the old ones) - I doubt they'll really produce at top level for that time and you'll be replacing them long before that

Kinda off topic, But I work for sanyo solar and never realized how popular the enloops are. Maybe I should try some out from work cause they were giving a bunch of AA enloops away at work the other day.