I buy bulk AA alkaline batteries for seasonal decorations. I just dispose of them at the of the holiday season. I think we use about 30 AA batteries for candles in windows. Definitely not buying that many Eneloop batteries to handle those! 
As I said, I am probably overthinking it, but they all say they are good for X number of charging cycles. Seems like a headache to keep track of that.
I had thought of that, just buying a bunch of Amazon basics batteries. Some of them I have also put on eliminators on zooz Zen04 plugs.
I have never known anyone who tracked the number of charge cycles. When a rechargeable battery either won’t charge successfully, or when it doesn’t last very long in the device, that’s when I dispose it. The only NiMh batteries that have failed me were some very early ones, before the Low Self Discharge ones were released. Since then, I have only bought Eneloop batteries.
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You are overthinking the number of cycles. With relatively low drain applications li-ion batteries have at least 300 cycles in them, so if a battery lasts 6 months in a device you will need to live 150 years to use up the cycles. This is a little "tongue in cheek" for HA use but I hope it puts things in perspective.
The cycles probably matter when used in a high drain application where the battery may go through 3 cycles a day (thinking RC cars and planes).
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It does not matter the brand. I've had alkaline batteries of every brand I have tried leak eventually. Add Members Mark (Sam's Club) to the list of those that will eventually leak. I even had an Energizer Lithium battery leak once, something I thought was not possible.
For CR2 batteries, I've used Tenergy, Panasonic, and a number of other brands. Most recently I ordered some EEMB batteries from Amazon. The ratings seemed to be good, so I thought I would give them a try. I have one sensor that is to the point where I will change it very soon. After I use them, I will know how they rate in comparison with some of the others I have used.
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