Review on 20-Pack EBL AAA Rechargeable Solar Batteries 1.2V 500MAh For Outdoor Garden Lights Replacement. by Kenyatae Tillo

I bought them (AAA) Feb 2020 to use in solar garden lights. In April, I used a LaCrosse charger/conditioner in test mode and the majority of them showed 490+ MAh. The lights worked great, were bright and lasting until sunrise. In August 2020, a few were becoming dim. I presumed it was because my garden lights are old and hence the solar cell and charging circuit is old. I began slowly taking the batteries out of the dim lights and reconditioning them in a LaCrosse BT1000 (or knockoff generic equivalent). This worked briefly. It is now mid September and several are dim or no longer lighting. I used the LaCrosse and a Powerex MH C9000 to refresh them. Both set at a level of 200ma charge/discharge. First round of doing this in September had three dead cells that could not be revived and none which would hold more than a 300mAh charge. About half had below 200mAh charge and few in the low 100 range. I've put them through the cycle again and they are all coming up some but most are 250mAh or less. Between my old garden lights and approximately 600 charge/discharge cycles, I think they did fairly well I did have three cells which never went into a garden light. I've used them in small flashlights. Those are doing fine.I'm now using cells with 600mAh capacity (tested at just under 600mAh on the chargers mentioned above) and the lights are brighter and lasting longer. Different brand, just put them in.I would buy them again. I am new to the EBL brand. I have purchased some of this brand 1100mAh NiMH cells which seem to be holding up fine. I have a simple usb powered charger from them and it works well.Addendum:I took the three batteries that never went into the garden lights and put them in the charger in refresh/test mode and they would only charge to 300 to 360mAh which is not much higher than about a third of the cells that were in the garden lights. I would have thought that under gentle use and charging at a low charge current (200mA) that they would have been a little closer to the stated capacity of 500mAh02-08-2022 Addendum. I've purchased a set of the AAs. I have not checked the capacity as I did with the AAAs so I won't comment. I needed some NiCds for some power failure lights and these will work well. I found a nice other use. These batteries are slightly shorter in length than my disposable AAs and other NiMh cells. I use adapters which allow me to use 1,2, or 3 AAs in a D size slot. Being slightly shorter, these are easier to get in and out of the adapters. I'm using them in a two D cell flashlight and in a larger adapter in a 6v lantern and am very pleased. (I have had great luck with this brand's NiMh.)02-10-2022 I "tested" two of these in a charger (LaCrosse BC-9009 clone) and after about 18 hours of charge/discharge at 200mA, the 1100 mAh rated AAs showed 1011 mAh and 973 mAh capacity. I can't speak to the charger's accuracy but it usually reads very close to my LacCrose and Powerex chargers. The capacity is a little low (as with the AAAs) but good enough for my purposes.