How about sticking them in a rear light for a bike and seeing how long they last from fully charged...?
Have you read the OP?
Simply knowing that they won't power my lights for very long has limited value.. hooking them up to a load of known value to ascertain total capacity for comparison to the quoted value is much more telling. If I had the ability to lash up such a setup..
Not sure if any use. But I just weighted my Eneloop Pro 930mah AAA.
2 batteries comes to 25 grams on the kitchen scales.
Thanks - not sure how significant this is, but a pair of my "950mAh Eneloop Pros" come in at 21.4g; potentially suggesting they contain significantly less magic than yours; if mass can be taken as an indicator of capacity..
Does the current spell of icy weather have any influence on your run time?
I don't what the save the planet effect is compared to rechargeables but I have a CherryBomd which I run in dayt time on disposables from Aldi. I get at least 100 hours in flashing mode.
I'd imagine it does from my minimal knowledge of battery chemistry, however it certainly shouldn't cause the difference between what I'm seeing (3hrs) and the quoted runtime (46hrs).
I assume you are using Flashing mode. None flashing would be a massive power drain. Also, reviews have mixed quality control and thus might hint of a power leak.
Nope, always on.. the quoted runtime for this being 60-odd hours, but I'm lucky if I see four.
Tempted to go to flashing as this will extend battery life, and while this mode arguably has additional benefits, I don't much like being exposed to it myself..
So.... I have a multimeter, some batteries and assorted wires with crocodile clips courtesy of my late father, however am yet to find a way of reliably connecting it to a load of some description to do a capacity test.
In any case I bought the batteries over a year ago (although they've not seen a lot of use), so I potentially have very little sway with the seller.. although if I do end up testing them and getting suspect numbers I can threaten to report them to
ebay I guess; for what that's worth...