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On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:33:33 -0000, krw wrote:

In article ,
says...
On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:17:35 -0000, William Sommerwerck wrote:

But the Duracells were lasting only 6 months.
They're cheap smoke alarms.

That's pretty bad. I've been using leftover Toshibas, and they last at least
a year.


I bought 6 smoke alarms at once, so I went for cheap ones. 99p on ebay I believe.


Oh, *that's* a smart move. Expected though.


I did of course test them. They detect smoke perfectly well.

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