We hear about they have cycles up to or over 1,000. Many users including myself don't go thru that many cycles, do they after some years suddenly go bad?
I picked up 4 Eneloops and a bundled discounted charger, I went for the one that charges the cells individually and have colour lights. I found 8 AAs are all bad, 4 were bought in 2005 and the other 4 in 2009. They still charge up with my other charger though but it was good to know that they were in error. Maybe they are ok for low drain devices like remotes.
Cheers.