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Default Standard Alkaline Batteries vs "Premium" Alkaline Batteries

On Tue, 4 Dec 2018 08:10:25 -0500, Wade Garrett wrote:

On 12/3/18 3:50 PM, Wade Garrett wrote:
My supply of C and D alkaline batteries for various low use household
devices is about gone and needs to be replenished.

It's been a while since I've bought alkalines and I notice that battery
makers now offer several flavors of "premium" alkaline batteries at
increased cost with names thought up by the marketing guys- super,
premium, max, industrial, performance plus, etc.

Many of the standard alkalines now advertise a 10 year shelf life which
is a good feature for me as most of the devices like flashlights, etc.,
live largely unused and untended in desk drawers, tool boxes, glove
compartments, etc. Sometimes the batteries go dead- or leak and ruin the
device because I neglected to check it periodically.

I'm wondering if it's worth paying more for the "premium" alkalines or
just go with the lower priced standard alkalines?


OP he Gotta love this newsgroup!

Thanks for the interesting assortment of thoughts and opinions on most
every aspect of batterydom....

....but I guess no one has an answer to the original question I asked ;-)


Because you answered that yourself with "increased cost with names thought up by the
marketing guys- super, premium, max, industrial, performance plus, etc."
You might find some testing of the types by googling, so that might help.