Do you guys not buy the cheapest alkalines available?
I've been using GP alkaline batteries for years and never had a leak, but I'm interested to know if others have had any issues with them.
I had "GP Super" alkalines in my TI-82 for a few years until they ran out and they never leaked. Actually, after i changed them out i forgot to throw them away and i still have them.
And the dead batteries are still not leaking after sitting for another half a year.
Now i'm rocking some cheapo "Westrom" brand (generic brand basically) alkaline cells and they seem to be holding up just as well so far.
I've had one no-name AAA cell leak on me, but i did not buy that cell, rather i came with my cheap automatic welding mask and it lived through some tough conditions ranging from -15
oC to +30
oC.
Also that cell did not piss like a duracell, rather it was a slow leak. So slow, in fact, that i ignored it for a couple months and continued using the mask.
Eventually i changed it out, of course.
But really, what's the point of buying expensive cells these days?
More expensive = more better?
Well Duracells aren't.
Name brand = better?
Not Duracell.
Guaranteed to not leak?
Well you get the idea...
But what's to tell that other [insert brand] selling their [insert battery], and promising [insert claims] is not the same as Duracell?
So i buy the cheapest stuff (that doesn't look straight up dodgy of course), because they make no claims other than "this is a battery, it does battery things".