Thanks, that's a good idea. Might save a pile of money, over the years.
In my part of the world, there is a big price difference between the
name brands, and the off brands. I get coupons, now and again. But for
the most part, I do buy the off brands.

The Dollar Tree near me has two alkaline AA cells for a dollar, which is
OK. Often, I can do better price than that.

The leakers I'm sending back are C and D size. Which cost more like a
dollar and a half per cell. With those sizes, there's also other places
that sell them less cost. Harbor Freight, Advance Auto Parts, and so on.

I can't remember where I saw the article, on the web. Someone did test
various brands of battery in digital cameras. Found that there were some
brands that lasted a lot longer.

Most of my battery use is rechargables, now days. I've gotten some NiMH
cells for my digicam and mini mag. I use Powergenix for my computer
speaker.

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On 8/6/2013 12:17 AM, nestork wrote:
Stormin:

Here in Canada the CBC has a show called "Marketplace" where some
investigative reporters investigate marketing claims and report on
problems people are having with merchandise they've purchased.

In one show they investigated batteries, and the result they came up
with is that paying extra for Duracell or Energizer batteries was a
waste of money since all alkaline batteries use the same mature
technology, and since the size of the battery is fixed, they all contain
the same amount of energy.

So, instead of buying Duracell or Energizer, maybe just go to your local
dollar store and buy five AA no-name batteries for $1.

That way, if they leak on you, it's not worth the bother to try and get
them replaced under the manufacturer's warranty.