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According to web search, these batteries, sold by "Honest Wangbing" were likely counterfeit eneloops. They are missing the manufacturing embossed date stamp, which is supposedly the clincher. I noticed, when looking under a magnifying glass, that the sheen of the battery is shinier than real eneloops, which have a nicer matte or semi-gloss white sheen - hard to notice, but the difference is there under close inspection. I've bought at least 4 batches of eneloops over at least 10 years and only these, which I bought in 2016 are failing, even though all are used for the same, flashlight applications. In the photo, I wrote with a sharpie. The embossed date should be above the polarity symbols area. For the battery to the right, you can see the embossed/stamped date of 2015. The counterfeit to the left has no stamped date (though hard to see from the picture without direct light shining on it).