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I'm never buying Duracell batteries again!

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dustooff:
ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I present this...

tom66:
Seriously don't understand why people buy Duracell.

Conventional good quality alkaline cells are between 1/4 and 1/8th the cost of Duracell yet have comparable impedance and capacity figures.

As an example, we tested "pound-shop" Alkaline cells versus Duracell; at 200mA there was negligible difference in capacity, at 1000mA the Duracells usually won slightly (though a few non-Duracell did beat them) but by rarely more than 5-10%.  For the price difference, they are not worth it.

Of course, for devices that do support the lower terminal voltage, Ni-MH cells are very good indeed.  I've been using them in a Fluke 287, my label printer, and a few other miscellaneous devices, and they work remarkably well.

james_s:
Most people don't know any better. Duracell has great marketing and at one time they were very good quality batteries. Now they are coasting on reputation and they have a fair amount of inertia. Usually supermarkets have only a couple brands of batteries and the prices are often similar.

SiliconWizard:

--- Quote from: GLouie on November 19, 2021, 04:24:56 pm ---My experience is that all of the major alkaline batteries leak a lot more today than in years past. Almost every device I had alkalines in seem to have leaked. I moved to Eneloops.

--- End quote ---

Agreed.
I've even had 9V batteries from major brands leak while still in their packaging. Just stored a couple years. In a cool an dry place.

Yes, like in dustooff's picture.

Axtman:
I have found that 9v batteries do not leak as much as AA and AAA batteries. It might be that 9v batteries are comprised of 6 individual batteries, so they are in a sense double bagged.

I agree that Duracell used to be the best batteries but are now junk.

I once bought a Kroger (local grocery store) brand 9v alkaline battery and it tested weak while being brand new!

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