I agree; no mention of Ikea who are thought to build their NiMHs in the Eneloop factory (same capacity at 2.450 mAh for AAs, made in Japan) but much cheaper.
The price in the US seems to be $7, for a pack of four.
The chatter on slickdeals.net forums (yes, Someone on the Internet Told Me...) is that Ikea has switched to a lower-quality Chinese supplier, and theirs are not white-labeled Eneloop anymore.
Ikea used to sell two different versions of the Ladda battery.
The brown versions with lower capacity / higher cycle life did switch from Japan to China, but they've discontinued those(or at least no longer stock them @ my local store) for some years now.
The white Eneloop Pro comparable ones were and still are made in Japan.
Okay, hadn't seen that (I'm not really that far into battery geekdom). That's kind of depressing, I thought it was a fun fact (or assumption, perhaps) about their batteries that made me a bit more happy to buy them. :)
No way to tell country of origin from their web, and obviously I don't visit their stores all that often right now.
I guess I will have to include some the next time we order stuff for safe pick-up and have a look at the packaging. :)
I didn't know about IKEA batteries. I'll add this to my to-do list. I list stuff and link out whether there's an affiliate program or not. As I say on the Advertising page of my Easy Vegas site:
"I'm going to steer you to a lesser-quality site in an effort to make more money. For example, I'd get paid if I steered you to Travelocity for airfare booking, because Travelocity would pay me, but instead for I steer you to Skiplagged, even though they wouldn't pay me a thin dime. I link to Skiplagged because they're the best site for finding airfare, and at Easy Vegas the reader always comes first."
The price in the US seems to be $7, for a pack of four.