clifto wrote:
James Sweet wrote:
Years ago Consumer Reports did a test of many different brands of batteries
and Energizer consistently came out lower, Duracell was one of the better
ones as I recall, but many store brands did as well or nearly so for much
lower cost.

Every few years I buy a few Duracells, to remind me why I don't buy Duracells.
I have never gotten as long life out of any Duracell as I get out of the
cheapest no-name battery.


You must be buying chinese knockoffs!

I`ve seen what look exactly like Duracell goldtop PP3`s which on
dismantling are stack of flat cells and not made up of cylindrical cells
as in a real duracell.

I use a lot of PP3 and AA cells for radio microphone work, and Procells
outlast all other makes with the possible exception of Varta Industrial
(Blue) PP3`s which are much cheaper and last last just as long as a
Duracell PP3.
The downside is that I`ve had a few early failures with Vartas

Ron(UK)