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"Tony Meloche" wrote in message ... 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 |
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Well I had a set of Ralphs (Grocery Store) D-cells in a
Flashlight/Siren/Radio unit in the trunk of the car for probably 2 years and thought better check them -- deader than a door nail but no leakage Your leakage may vary (:-) -- el lector se guarda Amateur Radio is the best back-up communications system in the world, and that's the way it is. Walter Cronkite "Frank Dresser" wrote in message ... "Tony Meloche" wrote in message ... 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 |
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Where did you buy a pack of 16 alkaline batteries for $3.87?
Oh crap, do I have to admit this? I NEVER go to this place, but I was on the hunt in the middle of the night looking for a replacement bulb to my 6 Dcell mag-lite and my last stop of the four places I went to was "Wal-Mart." (FWIW-they didn't have it.) On the way out by the checkout line I saw a big display with those mentioned batteries. For the good of the country, don't go to Wal-Mart. ;-) ~^Monitoring The Spectrum^~ Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier Hammarlund HQ140X Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios) RCA Victor *Strato- World* RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain) 1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M Cathedral/ Ross#2311/Rhapsody-MultiBand DX100/394/*SUPER*398/399/402 OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451 Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+Howell ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft. 600ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated) 120ft. 12 AWG Sloper 2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas Radio Shack Amplified Antenna 30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap) * Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable* *21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~PancakeLoop* |
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GO BEARCATS wrote:
On the way out by the checkout line I saw a big display with those mentioned batteries. For the good of the country, don't go to Wal-Mart. ;-) On my last visit to a local Wal Mart I walked down to the central area, where the electronics stuff is displayed. Half way there, a young employee was coming the other way, pushing a cart with bags of snack/junk food on it. A container of doughnuts fell off the cart. Instead of picking it up, the kid started kicking it towards his destination, which was a display stand at the coner of the isles. I haven't been back since. mike |
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