Which brand of alkalines are the least likely to leak in remotes ?

[march.brown]

@fishinfool

I like them so much that I give them as gifts along with C9000’s to my family and close friends.

Hi Bro.

Lots of love from your family and friends in South Wales , UK … Hope you are all keeping well in Hilo … By the way , that charger and big parcel of AAA and AA Eneloops have not yet arrived.

Regards

George.

[Boaz]

Easy answer is do a little of each ...Buy some lithium primaries , use the alkalines and buy a few more eneloops next time you catch them on sale ..£1.75= 2.85$ USD.....Remote batteries can die around here pertty quickly stuck down in the cushions w/ the buttons being pushed . especially the light on the remote button . The lithium primaries are noticably lighter so you may want to use them in your edc .

[march.brown]

After many minutes of deliberation , I decided to buy the AAA Energiser Lithiums on Ebay for all my remotes … Dated 2025 , the price was £14-99 for 16 batteries … £0.94 per battery.

I will soon have an assortment of spare , part-used AAA alkaline batteries of several different makes and ages … Some , (probably the very old ones) can be disposed of if they fail (under load conditions) on my cheap alkaline battery tester … The better (?) ones can be used in my Wifes assorted electrical devices … No ! … Not those devices … Eye-lash curling devices , nail polishers , tooth brushes etc … I just hope the old alkalines don’t leak in her devices and ruin the peace and quiet of our house.

Glad that’s all sorted now.
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[fishinfool]

@march.brown

@fishinfool

I like them so much that I give them as gifts along with C9000’s to my family and close friends.

Hi Bro. Lots of love from your family and friends in South Wales , UK … Hope you are all keeping well in Hilo … By the way , that charger and big parcel of AAA and AA Eneloops have not yet arrived. Regards George.

Good one march.brown!

[march.brown]

@march.brown

After many minutes of deliberation , I decided to buy the AAA Energiser Lithiums on Ebay for all my remotes … Dated 2025 , the price was £14-99 for 16 batteries … £0.94 per battery.

I will soon have an assortment of spare , part-used AAA alkaline batteries of several different makes and ages … Some , (probably the very old ones) can be disposed of if they fail (under load conditions) on my cheap alkaline battery tester … The better (?) ones can be used in my Wifes assorted electrical devices … No ! … Not those devices … Eye-lash curling devices , nail polishers , tooth brushes etc … I just hope the old alkalines don’t leak in her devices and ruin the peace and quiet of our house.

Glad that’s all sorted now.
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All AAA and AA primaries in my remotes are now replaced by the Energiser Lithiums … All Lithiums had voltages over 1.8V open-circuit and all remotes are working well … I now have 12 assorted AAA alkalines to put in my Wifes devices , plus four AA alkalines to go in the childrens torches … All these alkalines actually test OK on my battery testers (under load conditions) … Had to dispose of a few that were near to one volt , even though they were working OK on the remotes … None of the assorted alkalines had any signs of leakage or discolouring.

Maybe I didn’t need to replace all the alkalines , but hopefully I should get a good few years use out of the remotes now without the worry of any cell leakage … Time will tell.
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[joecatch]

I recently had 2 Duracell AAs leak in my tap light. I called Duracell and complained. Even though one of the batteries had past its expiration date, they sent me a coupon for a free package of batteries and a $7 check.

And once I had one D cell leak in my 5 D cell Maglite, destroying it, and Duracell ended up sending me a $30 check. So when batteries do leak, I let the companies know and get some compensation.

Joe C