11-30-2009, 01:40 PM
I see Rayovac and other brands (but Rayovac in particular) package their stuff with sweepstakes and/or
charity stuff (pink ribbons, etc.) and those have expiration dates, while the BATTERIES do not (at least not
for a few more years past the contest).
Those I've seen cleared (including NiMH) at great rates in Grocery - $1 for 4 pack alkalines, etc.
Also note -- Duragarbage now has their NiMH up to 2650 for AA sized NiMH. Sitting right next to it at
Staples was a pack of 2000s for $4 less.
As battery tech improves, they gotta clear the older ones out.
Also - am seeing pre-charged NiMH (which has to be worthless unless it was 3 days ago). In addition, I
bought into their precharged Alkaline about 6 years ago and used them to death (they were rechargable,
of course), and was as pleased with them as any of them, if not more so.
Have never had a Rayovac vent on me or in my equipment - and that's not a claim Energizer or DuraGarbage can make from my home.
Without repeating the Duragarbage tales - different owners, but ex-wife as plant shift spv at a lithium military battery plant that also made various button cells. Never in my life have I heard about worse
quality control (fire department moved their station to their parking lot and charged them $300/night to station a truck there, which was used on average, 1-2x per night, EVERY night) --- anyway, never
seen anything worse except that KFC in NY that had rats everywhere while they made and served food.
Remember that one --- ??? It was a UTube sensation ---- people shot films of rats everywhere before
the store opened, which all scattered when the lights came on, until more chicken was ready.
Same with DuraGarbage. When they split from Mallory, they became a worthless institution. (True of Energizer and Union Carbide too, as far as I'm concerned).
Saft bought all the DOD ops from Dura, and even scraped that North Carolina plant from the ground.
charity stuff (pink ribbons, etc.) and those have expiration dates, while the BATTERIES do not (at least not
for a few more years past the contest).
Those I've seen cleared (including NiMH) at great rates in Grocery - $1 for 4 pack alkalines, etc.
Also note -- Duragarbage now has their NiMH up to 2650 for AA sized NiMH. Sitting right next to it at
Staples was a pack of 2000s for $4 less.
As battery tech improves, they gotta clear the older ones out.
Also - am seeing pre-charged NiMH (which has to be worthless unless it was 3 days ago). In addition, I
bought into their precharged Alkaline about 6 years ago and used them to death (they were rechargable,
of course), and was as pleased with them as any of them, if not more so.
Have never had a Rayovac vent on me or in my equipment - and that's not a claim Energizer or DuraGarbage can make from my home.
Without repeating the Duragarbage tales - different owners, but ex-wife as plant shift spv at a lithium military battery plant that also made various button cells. Never in my life have I heard about worse
quality control (fire department moved their station to their parking lot and charged them $300/night to station a truck there, which was used on average, 1-2x per night, EVERY night) --- anyway, never
seen anything worse except that KFC in NY that had rats everywhere while they made and served food.
Remember that one --- ??? It was a UTube sensation ---- people shot films of rats everywhere before
the store opened, which all scattered when the lights came on, until more chicken was ready.
Same with DuraGarbage. When they split from Mallory, they became a worthless institution. (True of Energizer and Union Carbide too, as far as I'm concerned).
Saft bought all the DOD ops from Dura, and even scraped that North Carolina plant from the ground.