"Tony Meloche" wrote in message
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Consumer's Union tests alkaline batteries ever few years, and their
most recent tests say "buy by price" - they found no meaningful
differences in length of life from Duracell/Eveready all the way down
through "Rite-Aid" brand and the like. They seem to have become a
homogenized technology, like color TV - one is generally as good as
another (it was NOT that way 15 years ago with batteries, though). I
started taking a chance on "generics" again about 2 years ago, and have
been pleased with the length of life vis-a-vis Duracell or Eveready.
But the generics are probably made by one or the other of the "big
boys", anyway.

Tony

That makes sense. Alkaline batteries have been made for over 40 years, and
all the real important patents have probably run out. My biggest concern
with the bargain basement batteries is leakage. Some of them just don't
seem as well constructed.

Frank Dresser