Leak ruined my equipment- not an isolated incident
on October 26, 2018
Posted by: Dissapointed
from North Carolina
I have had good and bad experiences with Duracell. When they work they work good but when they fail it can get quite ugly. I have had numerous batteries leak and destroy the equipment being used in. My latest was a coast LED flashlight as well as a LED headlamp flashlight. Energizer offers a leak guarantee, but I can't find where Duracell does. I don't see a reason to use something that ruins what you put them in.
I have a dozen items from flashlights to walkie-talkies' the past couple of years they have corroded and damaged quality items that has cost me a lot of money !!!!
We've been having problems with duracell batteries in our electronic equipment. When the battery gets below 60%, there seems to be a drop in it's voltage that essentially makes it useless in sensitive electronics. For example, our infared trail cameras are unable to charge the photoeye, so they no longer take any nighttime photos, even though the battery still has 50% left on it; at that point, the cameras only work in the daylight hours. The same happened with our driveway alarms, they no longer function when the battery gets down to 50%. We have always bought duracell. Now, I see no point in buying a battery that is only fully functional in a simple flashlight. This seems to be a newer problem, we never had this happen until this year.
What is going on with your Batteries? Been buying them for years with NO issues, now (my AAA) they are leaking! Not one or two, but 15 to 20+ in the last 6 to 9 months. Leaking in the package and also in the product. Until it is fixed I can not recommend or buy your batteries anymore. So far you batteries have not damaged anything.