> Thou shalt remove batteries when placing items in storage, or thou will surely go to hell with them
As a kid of the '80s, I swear this was a solved problem with batteries from about 2000 to about 2015.
Suddenly all my batteries are leaking again if I leave them for more than a couple months just like they did in the '90s. It's remarkably frustrating. I just want to yell "why is this happening, we fixed this!?'
Personal experience -- Duracell sucks now (I heard the chemistry changed when they were bought out) and have ruined more than a dozen of my devices, well before the battery expiration date.
But so far I've found only 1 leaking Energizer in the past 10 yrs. Been swapping out for these, and Eneloops, depending on the use.
I even started a personal photo gallery of just leaking Duracells; maybe I'll finally start that Instagram account...
Today when shopping for AAAa I found non-duracells for 7.something, and another brand for 5 Euros for 4 batteries.
I picked up the duracell (it's a good brand, right?) to see that it's alkaline. Iirc Duracells "didn't leak" and lasted longer because they weren't alkaline. It's possible they offer better batteries elsewhere, but I bought the cheaper ones.
I really wish i could find the article i got it from, if i recall the gist was that they've always been alkaline, but the company removed an additive that reduced or delayed the leaking in an effort to save money.
A bunch of OEM companies got upset that their products were being destroyed, and thus two tiers of battery were created, one for OEM devices, and one for off-the-shelf
As a kid of the '80s, I swear this was a solved problem with batteries from about 2000 to about 2015.
Suddenly all my batteries are leaking again if I leave them for more than a couple months just like they did in the '90s. It's remarkably frustrating. I just want to yell "why is this happening, we fixed this!?'