On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:19:02 -0000, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:

Peter Hucker wrote:
There are Lithium AAs.

There are 1.5 volt lithium batteries, such as AA's. They are rare, and
have extremely long shelf life, but I have never seen specs for
discharge rate, etc.

The only ones I have ever seen were packed with a fan powered gas mask,
but I think you can get them if you shop around.

http://www.farnell.co.uk

Search for lithium aa

There are loads of name brands.

Considering the shelf life of alkeline batteries sold here is less than
a year, even the "name brands". It's almost a moot point. We no longer
get any batteries from west of us, they all come from Korea, "China"
(inside the PRC), Singapore or Hong Kong.

LESS THAN A YEAR?!?!?! I have Duracells with a use by date of about 4 or 5 years in the future.

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