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GP meant price for alkaline batteries did not come down. Another point to consider is if you leave the alkaline battery in for too long will the chemical leak
by fspeech 5y ago
GP meant price for alkaline batteries did not come down.
Another point to consider is if you leave the alkaline battery in for too long will the chemical leak and ruin your device? The damage to your device from a broken battery could easily exceed the cost differential. I don't have solid evidence that brand names work better in this regard but I have definitely experienced repeatedly generic batteries having white corrosive crystaline stuff formed all around them.
- lostapathy 5y agoPeople should quit buying alkaline batteries anyway. NiMH batteries are great for just about every application you'd use a throway for, and you only have to recharge them about twice to "get your money back."
- Answerawake 5y agoThe starting voltage is lower and drops faster making them not ideal for some applications and just annoying for some others (ie. motors start slow and get slower quicker than Alkaline). Charge speeds also suck unless you get some of the fancy expensive chargers.
- lostapathy 5y agoYeah, there are some things they aren't great on but for most things they are fine. > Charge speeds also suck unless you get some of the fancy expensive chargers. This has been a total non-issue to me. I have 30 or 40 batteries running around total, keeping 4 spares on the charger is no big deal