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Be advised in the last month I have twice had Duracell batteries leak, both times they were in torches thankfully and not my flash, but both torches were ruined. I'd be very carfull about using them (I won't ever again)
Maybe their quality controll has slipped or something but if you do use them remove them and check now and keep an eye on them.
 
There are quite a lot of fakes going around at the moment - some of the £1 shops around me stock them.
 
Fakes would be my suspicion.
Never had a problem with duracell batteries even when left in appliances for a very long time.
 
Got to be fakes, I have never had a Duracell battery leak! Go to Duracell Direct to be sure of genuine items!
 
A year or so ago the Duracell UK web site had a big warning about counterfeit batteries doing the rounds. They claimed even to have found then on sale in all the major supermarkets and DIY stores.

There was a section on the site with examples of differences in the packaging between the genuine and counterfeit items.
 
Funny you should say that as my mum uses one of these magnifying torches and mentioned it had gone wrong last week, I opened it up to find leaked Duracell batteries in there. They had only been in there a week:shrug:

These were purchased in Asda.
 
After years of successfully re-charging regular/ultra Duracell batteries in my alkaline charger (4x each before binning), a recent batch have leaked during the first recharge. These were Duracell ultra batteries purchased in Morrisons through a special offer (BOGOF I think).

Perhaps manufacturing methods have been changed?
 
I've never had a leaked battery but I have had batteries in my pocket and they went really hot once! Not sure how, must be something to do with the polarity of them in my pocket or something? :shrug:

I always store my AA and similar batteries out of equipment now and all facing the same way as you get them in the original box - just in case!
 
Woah thanks for the warning Wayne, i did have a couple in a clock on a window sill, it melted the paint, i try to but the ones with the green power bar but the latest pack of 24 were the ordinary type called Duracell Plus for my Oregon Scientific weather station.
 
gman said:
I've never had a leaked battery but I have had batteries in my pocket and they went really hot once! Not sure how, must be something to do with the polarity of them in my pocket or something? :shrug:

I always store my AA and similar batteries out of equipment now and all facing the same way as you get them in the original box - just in case!
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I had the same thing, 2 AA's in my pocket and they got so hot, couldn't figure out why either.

As above, they could be fake. I recently got my old battery powered 4x4 from when I was a kid. Last used it before my mum and dad split up, and has had the same batteries in now for 20 years. no issues :)
 
Theres something odd going on, a few other people I know have had leaking Duracells as well, theres either a lot of dodgy ones doing the rounds or Duracell's quality has gone seriously downhill.
heres a shot of the offending battery with one that didn't leak but would have been bought at the same time.

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That's very nasty. I'd send that pic to Duracell. That's a company with a reputation to defend and it'd soon go down the stank if folk thought batteries could get into that state.
 
Leaked? Looks more like it's imploded to me! Can't see real Duracell's doing that TBH....

Edit: Is March 2004 not pretty old for any battery?
 
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DekHog said:
Leaked? Looks more like it's imploded to me! Can't see real Duracell's doing that TBH....

Edit: Is March 2004 not pretty old for any battery?
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Most of the damage was me trying to get it out of a 5 cell maglte.
 
Roadkill_6mm said:
They look like very old batteries. 6 1/2 years past thier 'best before' date, and given that currently duracell's come with a 5-6 year 'best before' date you're looking at batteries which could be upto 12 years old!
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They were only bought a few months ago theres no way they are six and a half years old, they only last a few months at best, the torch is used for long-ish spells at a time for exploring tunnels.
I'm not saying the shop hasn't had them that long but I certainly haven't. How can you tell how old they are?
 
swanseamale47 said:
They were only bought a few months ago theres no way they are six and a half years old, they only last a few months at best, the torch is used for long-ish spells at a time for exploring tunnels.
I'm not saying the shop hasn't had them that long but I certainly haven't. How can you tell how old they are?
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Expiry date on the battery :bonk:
 
I've used GP Alkaline batteries for a number of years and found them very good and cheaper than Duracell etc. They do, do 2 ranges though (apologies for being so technical here) but the silver one's are far better than the even cheaper green one's (which I would avoid)
 
swanseamale47 said:
They were only bought a few months ago theres no way they are six and a half years old, they only last a few months at best, the torch is used for long-ish spells at a time for exploring tunnels.
I'm not saying the shop hasn't had them that long but I certainly haven't. How can you tell how old they are?
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On the pictures of the batteries there's the date Mar 2004 - thats the 'best before' date.

I have some AA's bought yesterday (Duracell Ultra) with the best before of Mar 2016.

Hence why I said that they could be some 12 years old in total - ie best before gives 5 1/2 - 6 years - yours expired in 2004 meaning they could have been made in 1998! :eek:

Regards

Neil
 
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