Energizer ''D'' Batteries.

I especially like (and agree with): "Mainstream consumers are remarkably gullible, and few understand any technical specs at all."

This "AA-stuffed-into-a-D-cylinder" cheat goes way back to the Olde NiCad days. I've also seen NiCad C cells stuffed into D cylinders, too.

Jonesy

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Trevor Wilson

Trevor Wilson

I've got a pair (each) of AA -- C, and AA - D adapters. You just slip the AA into the appropriate adapter...instant C or D cell. Of course, they only supply AA current and amp-hours, but for some apps they can be handy. They came with a set of Nimh 's and charger package I bought.

jak

Those batterys are made in one big place and get different covers put on them . They are all he same just different grades , they put out voltage into your ``toys``

Energizer and Mallory are both very good batteries. There is no big difference. There are only a few manufactures that make the chemicals that these batteries are made out of.

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JANA _____

I never have bought any Energizer batteries before,,, because I don't like that Energizer Bunny.I always buy Ray O Vac Alkaline Batteries.

Years ago Consumer Reports did a test of many different brands of batteries and Energizer consistently came out lower, Duracell was one of the better ones as I recall, but many store brands did as well or nearly so for much lower cost. There is, or was at the time, a measurable difference and it matched my personal experience, now that everything is made in China that may not be true anymore.

That said, I use NiMH rechareables almost exclusively now.

batteries

Their most-recent tests gave top value to Costco Kirkland, which are actually Toshiba.

Great for photoflashes, or any high-drain application. Not so good for remote controls or low-drain devices.

MAHA makes a great computer-controlled charger-conditioner.

The first Radio Shack D rechargeables I bought were the same construction. They also sell higher capacity units that are all battery.

Every few years I buy a few Duracells, to remind me why I don't buy Duracells. I have never gotten as long life out of any Duracell as I get out of the cheapest no-name battery.

Have you tried the new "low discharge" NiMH batteries yet? All the pluses of NiMH cells, without the problem of rapid self discharge. I've been running a pair in my cordless mouse for over a month now, and the software reports they still have a 98% charge. Never got more than a week or two from the old style NiMH cells. Only downside is that the maximum capacity is 2100 mAh for now.

The new "low discharge" NiMH cells will change your mind about that.

Love my MH-C401FS. It's been a workhorse for over a year...closer to two.

I haven't, I should pick some up for the flashlights though, the clocks and receiver remote can stick with alkalines, I'd get carbon zincs for those if I could find them anymore, they don't tend to leak.

I finally modified all my digital clocks with 9V batteries to use NiCds and charge them, all it takes is adding a resistor across the isolation diode. Those stupid things were dead every time I needed them until I did that. I added a warning label to the back just in case they end up in someone else's hands.

You must be buying chinese knockoffs!

I`ve seen what look exactly like Duracell goldtop PP3`s which on dismantling are stack of flat cells and not made up of cylindrical cells as in a real duracell.

I use a lot of PP3 and AA cells for radio microphone work, and Procells outlast all other makes with the possible exception of Varta Industrial (Blue) PP3`s which are much cheaper and last last just as long as a Duracell PP3. The downside is that I`ve had a few early failures with Vartas

Ron(UK)

I have a small LED flashlight that uses two AA batteries. My Kodak 2100 mAh low discharge NiMH cells last longer than Duracell or Energizer AA cells. They charge fine in my MH-C401FS as well.

Nope. This ranges as far back as I can recall Duracell being around, long before Chinese knockoffs were widespread.

I have, too. But the brand name is different enough that it catches my attention.

One typical incident I remember was in the very early eighties, when we were on a little outing about 50 miles from home. I forgot batteries for my boom box, which we were depending on for picnic music, so when we all stopped at a hardware store out that way, I picked up the only D cells they had, Duracells. The boom box would reliably run for four hours at high volume on eight D cells from Eveready or RayOVac, and I could get two hours out of it on cheapo batteries like Walgreen's house brand or that ilk. The Duracells lasted almost a whole hour.

I`ve seen Duracell ripoffs that are absolutely indistinguishable from the real thing until you take them apart. They even come in packaging that`s exactly like the real thing! If there`s one thing the Chinese are good at it`s cosmetic copying.

I`m not doubting you, and I have little experience with Duracell D cells, but you never know how long those Duracells have been sitting on a shelf and in what conditions they were stored. Don't get me wrong, I`m not championing Duracell for any other reason than that they serve us well when used in radio microphones, where a failure can be very very embarrassing. Some wireless kit is very fussy about what you feed it. Our Sennheiser mikes for example refuse to work for more than a few minutes on brand new Panasonic heavy duty PP3`s but run for at least eight hours on a single Procell. That might be an impedance thing, I don't know.

When I was a kid, maybe 9 or 10, my dad bought me a Heathkit Jr electronics workshop for Christmas, Included in the box were four C sized red and yellow RayOVac cells. Here in England, I'd never seen that make of batteries before, and those four cells lasted for years, whatever they made them from, they should reintroduce it!

Ron(UK)

I remember when I grabbed what I thought was a great deal, a brick of AA's copper tops. I didn't look close enough.., it's amazing how the eye can get fooled while not thinking of getting a screwing.. They turned out to be Duraking not Duracell. They were no more than carbon cells at best in a cardboard tube that didn't last long at all.

RayOVac is my main brand these days. I find the quality to be as high as any other battery, and the price is attractive.

I remember them way back when, too, with a cat and a lightning bolt on the package.

They are not available here in Israel. I miss them and their rechargable alkeline batteries. What ever happened to them? 10 years ago I found they were unreliable for many handheld devices because they could not produce the current required. However since then the amperage needed for most portable devices has dropped so they would be perfect.

As for Energizer and Duarcell, we get the "offical name brand" batteries here, but they are made in Singapore and have far less capacity than the U.S. versions.

We get batteries made in Hong Kong from a company called GPT that are as good as the Singapore batteries for less money. Office Depot (Israel) imported some real junk as their house brand, they would swell up and leak after about 3 months on the shelf. They now rebrand GPT batteries.

Thanks for bringing this up, people occasionaly ask me if it is worth bringing batteries from the U.S. and I'll tell them to bring the Ray-O-Vac ones.

Geoff.