Initial impression
I have gotten this set of 16 plus a spare set of 4 after getting a charger with a set of these same batteries. The "new" ones look like the ones that come with the charger. They all register about 1.35 volts when they arrive; takes about 3.5 to 4 hours to fully charge from the initial arrival state to apparent maximum of 1.5 volts. I will update about usage later: this is for a gift to a family using lots of aa batteries.<br /><br />Note that the charger literature that comes with the 2000ah batteries says it will also charge the new XX type that are supposed to have 2500ah: I mention this since the XX charger is more expensive and also out of stock.<br /><br />My main concern is that the batteries will be robust enough since NEW alkaline batteries are charged up to 1.64 initially.  I plan to use these for an electronic chess game gift.
Rating: 3 stars