Ummm,
Dunno about the structural integrity of the Duracells, haven't had a
problem
with them, but on the shoot I did the other week of the martial arts
tournament
I replaced the "working-just-fine-but-used" Duracells in the BG2 with
Energizers
and started the "PJ" stuff, and instead of having almost instant ready
light
like I got with the Duracells, I had to wait ~5-6 seconds before the
flash was charged...not good! Had to cut short some potential $ making
ops and had
no time to get the "old" batteries back in the grip.
Granted, the Energizers -may- have been exposed to too much heat or
something
before they got to the store, but the package stated that they were good
through
mid-2003, so... Moral? De's bad'uns evy where...ya got's ta change 'em,
and
have spares...
I have no intention of starting some war over Mallory vs. Eveready, I
think it's a
great story about the 20yr old batteries still powering the Polariod
after 20 years.
Bill >; P
(Owner of only "pedestrian" Zuiks, no stellars and can still take pix)
"Life unfolds on a great sheet called Time (film)*,
and once finished (developed)* is gone(here)* forever..."
*provided ya have a good archival system in place.
Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 10:37:19 -0700
From: William Sommerwerck <williams@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [OM] leaking batteries
Any battery can leak -- but some brands seem to be worse than others.
Used equipment often contains ancient batteries. My experience has been
that
Duracell (Mallory) batteries are far more likely to leak than Energizer
(Eveready).
This applies even to current production! An Olympus D1000 and a Polaroid
I-Zone
were damaged by leaking Duracells. It wasn't the usual whitish powder --
it was
a clear corrosive liquid that leaked from the cells. The Polaroid was
fixed
with a bit of cleaning; Duracell had to pay to repair the Olympus.
I've had two interesting incidents with Evereadys. An unopened Polavision
camera outfit had four AA cells in perfect condition, and fully capable
of
running the camera, despite the fact the outfit was almost 20 years old!
And a
Polaroid 360 outfit that was used by a little old lady only on weekends
had
intact Eveready batteries that were still powering the shutter and timer
-- 30
years after the camera had been purchased! (Yes, they were the original
batteries -- I could tell by the jacket design.)
I recommend avoiding Duracells.
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