Eneloopy, Sanyo's battery-checking mutt, to retail in Asia soon

Juniper Foo | Nov 27, 2009

(Credit: Sanyo)

It's a dog-eat-bot race, with Sanyo's Eneloopy mascot mutt giving Panasonic's Evolta mascot robot a run for its money. But whereas the latter risked battery life and limb to show off Panasonic's AA cells' endurance in a harrowing climb up the Grand Canyon, the Eneloopy doggie prefers to play cute and "nosey" with your AA- and AAA-sized rechargeables.

(Credit: Sanyo)

Battery flatlining? Press a switch on the chest, and Eneloopy's LED button nose will light up in red. Full charged? It'll blink green. For partially juiced-up cells, this battery-checking mutt will show an orange nose. Of course, if there's no light, your battery's playing dead.

(Credit: Sanyo)

To remove the cell being tested from its tummy, Sanyo's kept to the dog theme with a "Bone" that you insert into a side slot to help along the extraction. It's bitsy enough for butter-fingered digits to lose this faster than you can say "fetch!" And one whiff from your curious pet pooch means it'll never be retrieved. Fortunately, there's a backup Bone in the package.

While Evolta isn't for sale, the Snoopy-like Eneloopy is. If you're someone who collects kawaii, kitschy memorabilia, this doggie in the window comes with a premium sticker--S$25 inclusive two AA rechargeable Ni-MH batteries bundled in. Look for it in Singapore stores this end-December.

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