Duracell, Energizer, or Rayovac. Your thoughts.
After Helene and having no power for 5 days I used up a lot of batteries. It is time to restock after the stores have restocked.
I'm deciding which brand I'll be buying. I have always preferred Duracell but I have no reason for that preference. Have any of you ever seen any testing data between brands?? Your thoughts??
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To a greater or lesser extent........I've had leakage failures on all brands of alkaline batteries. Grocery store brands, Harbor Freight, Duracell, Eveready..…etc......seems to make no difference.
In the last couple of years I've switched to single-use lithium AA and AAA batteries for "important"(read:expensive) devices........especially those devices that are not used very often. More expensive?.......yes......BUT they do NOT leak.
As for cleaning corrosion covered terminals.......for small areas, isopropyl alcohol on a cotton swab and a hot water/baking soda mix on larger areas. I try to finish up by using a brass Dremel brush on low speed, for small terminals and springs.
Hope this helps.
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If you fly much, l-ion batteries are a problem, usually rejected. I use l-ion for cameras, and keep the batteries in my carry on.
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I have always been a Duracell man but I have had multiple good quality flashlights ruined when the Duracells leaked.
From the other comments it seems like I am not alone in having Duracells leaking.
Rocky, I wish I had known how to fix a couple of the good flashlights I threw out due to corrosion. I wrote down your treatment on a colored index card to make it easy to see and put it in with my emergency battery supplies. Thanks!!
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Project Farm, who does the best tests on YouTube, has tested batteries. I don't recall which ones were best, but there was a big difference in batteries. The store-name ones all rated near the bottom.
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I started some years ago trying to keep a stock of batteries on hand
For Flashlights kids toys .the TV remote heaven forbid they go dead
Any way I was looking for a odd ball battery To go in 12 volt test light it had a 3volt Luke a old camera battery style any way while searching thur the batteries
I found more than a few of the Duracell battery had leaked and corroded , I did not find any others even the cheep bargen basemet batteries my sons and wife had bought over time were stil ok
I try and take the batteries out of anything I know we're not going to be using, but sometimes forget, and yes, the Duracell have ruined electronics for me
I use them in the safes locks and smoke dectors , but their 9 volt and i have never had a issue with them . The aa aaa different story
but next change out will go with energizer brand
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have had to return the last two trail cameras for warranty, I was told both times they only honor the warranty if you use Energizer batteries, had a friend tell me this, only reason I use them……..
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I refuse to use Duracell or Energizer alkaline batteries. They BOTH leak and ruin devices. Heck the last energizer max batteries leaked inside the factory sealed container, way before the expiry date.
I use lithium when needed, they keep for YEARS, and do not leak.
For high use items, I use eneloop rechargeable batteries. They have been awesome so far, over a year.
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Oh no, you guys have me going now.
I have a Duracell in my Leupold Mark4 for years and it is currently out of reach.
If that thing leaked . . . .
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Oh no, you guys have me going now.
I have a Duracell in my Leupold Mark4 for years and it is currently out of reach.
If that thing leaked . . . .
Not an IF, but WHEN! At least for alkaline aa or aaa. Pancake batteries seem to fair better.
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If you fly much, l-ion batteries are a problem, usually rejected. I use l-ion for cameras, and keep the batteries in my carry on.
The difference between single-use(non-rechargeable) lithium batteries.......and rechargeable lithium-ion batteries should be recognized. Sorry about that.
Back in the early days.......I can recall computers (Samsung Galaxy??) catching fire on aircraft. Heck.......even the aircraft's own lithium-ion battery packs were smoking while charging. Then there's the cheap Segway machines going up in smoke while charging.
These days everyone's watch has a lithium cell(s)........and most of the space inside a cellphone is a lithium-ion battery.
Times sure do change.......
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Never had an Energizer leak “knock on wood” thus far.
Ray-O-Vac - multiple leakages ruining many of my toys
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Never had an Energizer leak “knock on wood” thus far.
Ray-O-Vac - multiple leakages ruining many of my toys
Slow learner, or simultaneous meltdown?
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