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I have noticed that after 2013 the Duracell batteries cannot be trusted even in a flashlight,
of course that's when you really need it.

I literally have checked all my devices that had Duracell batteries in it without any problems and a week later, I would have battery leakage.
I have seen batteries leak in a new package, unopened, with a few years to go before expiration.
Needless to say Energizer is no better.
 And of course I'm speaking about alkaline batteries in general.

I've been buying the Rayovac alkaline batteries from big lots at less than half the price most of the time and have not had any leakage issues yet.
Just my two cents.

Mike Rosen

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> On Apr 24, 2020, at 1:44 PM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 4/24/20 7:45 AM, David Gesswein via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>>> On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 03:24:31AM -0400, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>>>  I buy batteries from refurbups.com, for about fifteen years now.  Don't buy the "Werker" batteries at Batteries Plus, they are garbage.
>>> 
>> Do you know if the Duracell SLA batteries they sell are any good? When the UPS
>> only needs one or two I have been getting them instead of ordering online.
>> Life seems a little shorter than expected but not enoough data points to draw 
>> a conclusion.
> 
>  I won't touch Duracell *anything* since the formula change fiasco and
> the resultant destruction of several things of mine.  They've proven
> that they can no longer be trusted.
> 
>  And all my life I've used Duracell batteries.  Sigh.  Damn suits.
> 
>            -Dave
> 
> -- 
> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA