Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I purchased a set of EBL High Capacity 2800mAh AA Ni-MH Pre-charged Rechargeable Batteries 4 months ago, just to check them out. Previously, the highest capacity Pre-charged (or low-self-discharge) NiMH batteries I have tested were the eneloop XX, which are only rated 2500mAh. Initial testing of those EBL high-capacity AA batteries, using my La Crosse BC1000 Battery Charger, looked very promising. After several Discharge/Recharge cycles, their average capacity reached 2720mAh, or 97% of the rated capacity. So the capacity rating claim seems to be accurate. Long term self-discharge rate, however, is another story. I measured the remaining charge for two sets of EBL batteries (4x AA and 4x AAA) after 100 days of storage. Here is what I observed: - The four AA cells showed remaining charge from 1800 to 2090mAh. This corresponds to 64-75% of the rated capacities. - The four AAA cells were even worse. One cell was completely dead (0mAh). The other three range from 695 to 848mAh, or 63-77% of rated capacity. EBL claims "Improved low self discharge makes it still maintain 75% of capacity after 3 year of non-use", the same rate as that of Sanyo eneloop Pre-Charged Rechargeable Batteries. This claim proves to be completely bogus. The self-discharge rates of those EBL batteries are close to that of ordinary NiMH batteries. They should never be advertised as 'Pre-Charged' or 'Low-Self-Discharge'. Similarly, I cannot trust the cycle-life claim for those EBL batteries. Notice that the title of this product says '1500 Cycles', while the product description says ""can be recharged up to 1200 times". It sounds like EBL marketing people simply pulled those numbers out of their you-know-where. I despise false advertisement. Therefore I cannot recommend those EBL rechargeable batteries. [Update on Jan 3, 2016] I noticed the Amazon product page has removed the word 'Pre-Charged' from its title. Now it reads "EBL High Capacity 2800mAh AA Ni-MH Rechargeable Batteries". However, the product description still claims "maintain 75% of capacity after 3 year of non-use", and on each cell it still says "low self-discharge" inside yellow bar. So I still consider it false advertisement.