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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 674653" data-attributes="member: 12496"><p>Good advice. Here is my experience with Duracells AAA that never left the original packaging. They had aged in the closet, but were still several months short of the expiration date on the batteries.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.scantips.com/g2/duracell.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I'd say especially for flashes, don't use that type. The alkalines are of course vastly better than older type zinc-carbon cells, but flashes draw several amps from the little AA cells (for a second or two of recycle), and flashes need especially high battery performance. The <strong>rechargeable batteries</strong> (such as Eneloop) perform better (and with faster recycle), and there seems to be no evidence anywhere of rechargeables leaking and corroding things.</p><p></p><p>However, there are newer style batteris that claim to be resistant to leaking. There are a few brands, even Duracell offers one of this new type, but one is Amazons Basic Performance AA cells, claiming "Improved anti-corrosion components and new zinc composition resulting in 10-years anti-leakage shelf life".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 674653, member: 12496"] Good advice. Here is my experience with Duracells AAA that never left the original packaging. They had aged in the closet, but were still several months short of the expiration date on the batteries. [IMG]http://www.scantips.com/g2/duracell.jpg[/IMG] I'd say especially for flashes, don't use that type. The alkalines are of course vastly better than older type zinc-carbon cells, but flashes draw several amps from the little AA cells (for a second or two of recycle), and flashes need especially high battery performance. The [B]rechargeable batteries[/B] (such as Eneloop) perform better (and with faster recycle), and there seems to be no evidence anywhere of rechargeables leaking and corroding things. However, there are newer style batteris that claim to be resistant to leaking. There are a few brands, even Duracell offers one of this new type, but one is Amazons Basic Performance AA cells, claiming "Improved anti-corrosion components and new zinc composition resulting in 10-years anti-leakage shelf life". [/QUOTE]
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