Re: Duracell Batteries SUCK

On 7/16/2022 8:16 AM, volcko wrote:
> On Friday, July 15, 2022 at 10:11:34 PM UTC-4, Robert Wilson wrote:
>> On 7/14/2022 9:19 PM, Big Apple wrote:
>>> Duracell's were my "go to" batteries years ago. Since company changed hands a number of times since 2013 (now owned by Berkshire Hathaway) they are more or less GARBAGE!!
>>> The Duracell brand can no longer be trusted as a long lasting, non leaking battery.
>>> I am no longer a user of Duracell.
>>> That is what happens when prophet is put before quality!
>> I am finding more and more batteries from all the companies I've tried
>> are leaking these days. I've had several things (e.g. a digital clock)
>> ruined. I had problems with leaking batteries decades ago, then they got
>> much better. Now the problem seems to have come back. My "go to"
>> batteries have been Energizers for the last 15 years or so, but now I am
>> having problems with them too. I would blame companies cutting quality
>> except that it seems more like bad seals or improper assembly: Once you
>> have the production lines going it would appear not to save much to mess
>> with those.
>>
>> I do have to go along with Big Apple this way, though: I have always
>> found Duracell to be not very good. It is a shame that they seem to be
>> what Costco wants to push, e.g. with sale prices.
>>
>> I live near Madison, Wisconsin, USA, the original home of Rayovac, so I
>> want to like them, but I have had to avoid them now for at least 20
>> years: Not because of leakage (haven't been using them so don't know if
>> they have joined the crowd that leak) but just because they never did
>> produce power for very long.
>>
>> Bob W
> Most batteries, including Duracell, are made in China now.  Quality control is next to zero.
> 

Walmart pioneered the practice of having products made in China.

Since then it has become a race to the bottom.