Duracell batteries - BEWARE
OT, but I gotta vent - Duracell batteries have ruined another flashlight for me. Leaked and corroded the barrel, and they had only been in it a couple weeks. Still making light, but weaker. I tried to get the battery pack out to replace them and it was corroded in place.
I quit buying Duracell batteries years ago because I was tired of replacing stuff that they had leaked in and corroded up, but my wife bought some a few weeks back, not knowing they were verboten here. Like an idiot, instead of just throwing them in the trash like I should have done, I tried to use them. Won't make that mistake again.
I have no idea why Duracells leak acid so quickly. Energizers rarely leak unless they are LONG dead, and I can't recall a Rayovac battery ever leaking.
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Catoosa,
2012-01-31, 21:27
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- Duracell batteries - BEWARE -
Alfred John,
2012-01-31, 21:37
- Duracell batteries - BEWARE - Catoosa, 2012-01-31, 22:08
- I've had the same prob and don't buy them anymore - bj, 2012-02-01, 00:21
- Duracell batteries - BEWARE - anachronism, 2012-02-01, 18:10
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Rob Leahy,
2012-02-01, 20:54
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bj,
2012-02-02, 11:01
- these rechargables are a step foreward and the same size 123 - Rob Leahy, 2012-02-02, 11:54
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2012-02-02, 11:01
- Duracell batteries - BEWARE -
Alfred John,
2012-01-31, 21:37