Rayovac Batteries

[CrappieAttitude]

So I just purchased a new trail camera last week and wanted to play with it a little bit in the house over the weekend. I had some brand new rayovac batteries for the kids toys and such, so I threw them in there. I was setting up all the stuff and it seemed to be working fine until I heard it make a weird sound. I was totally puzzled about what was making the sound until I opened up the battery compartment and saw grey ooze all over. The things leaked all over. Are they not meant to be used in items that require more than a few of them? I haven't messed with it since and am pretty po'd about the mess. Any one else ever expereience this with these batteries.

CA

[delcecchi]

No, I haven't had anything like that and I use all sorts of cheap batteries.

Is it possible you either got an old dead one mixed in, or got one or more in backwards? (don't be offended, just asking to eliminate possibilities)

Some of the stuff, it isn't obvious which way the batteries go in.

[harvey lee]

For all my trail camera's, I do not run the cheapo batteries. I purchased some from the local hardware store with thier logo on the batteries and they lasted for approx 20 pics and they were dead.

I use only the best batteries I can buy for all my electronics as they will give you longer service times, at least it sure seem's that way.

The trail camera that gave me 20 pics with the private label batteries typically goes for 3 months on higher quality batteries.

Never heard of the grey glo deal.

[delcecchi]

brand price score

Duracell Quantum see here $2.25 57

Duracell Ultra Power see here $2.00 55

Kirkland Signature Alkaline $0.50 52

Panasonic Evolta see here $2.25 52

Duracell Coppertop see here $2.25 51

Rayovac Advanced High Energy $1.65 51

CVS Max see $1.75 50

Rayovac Ready Power see here $0.75 50

Energizer Max $2.00 46

Walgreens Supercell $1.25 46

Amazon Basics see here $0.75 44

Eveready Gold see here $1.00 41

Toys R Us Ultra see here $0.65 28

AA battery ratings from Consumer reports. Thanks to Rochester Public Library.

The tests...

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AA batteries are the most widely sold battery type, used in digital cameras, flashlights, radios, remote controls, toys, and much more.

To find out whether you really need to buy expensive brand-name batteries to keep your gadgets up and running, we tested both alkaline and lithium batteries.

How we tested

To measure how long AA batteries lasted, testers loaded them into digital cameras, a typically high-drain device, and flashlights, a low-drain device. For cameras, the test mimicked everyday use by zooming, flashing, shooting, and resting until the batteries died.

The longest-lasting lithium battery took 609 shots before dying, while the quickest to die, an alkaline, took just 49.

For flashlights, the test included turning on a flashlight for 4 minutes every hour for 8 hours, and then letting the flashlight sit for 16 hours. Testers repeated this routine until the batteries died. The best batteries in our tough test (again, a lithium) could last 7.3 hours. The best alkaline, which cost about half as much, lasted almost as long, 6.8 hours. The worst in the flashlight test (an alkaline) made it to only about 4 hours.

They didn't give information about the numerical score calculation. Sorry.

[motley man]

Over the last 2 years I have had 3 different items ruined by cheap batteries. 2 Flashlights and a GPS. 2 items were replaced by the E battery company, but Rayovac never even answered my complaint. Don't know what has changed in batteries, but the cheaper ones seem to leak all the time.

[delcecchi]

Next time you are in Madison, WI, stop in and complain...

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Spectrum Brands Holdings, a member of the Russell 2000 Index, is a global and diversified consumer products company and a leading supplier of consumer batteries, residential locksets, residential builders’ hardware and faucets, shaving and grooming products, personal care products, small household appliances, specialty pet supplies, lawn and garden and home pest control products, and personal insect repellents. Helping to meet the needs of consumers worldwide, our Company offers a broad portfolio of market-leading, well-known and widely trusted brands including Rayovac®, Kwikset®, Weiser®, Baldwin®, National Hardware®, Pfister®, Remington®, Varta®, George Foreman®, Black & Decker®, Toastmaster®, Farberware®, Tetra®, Marineland®, Nature’s Miracle®, Dingo®, 8-in-1®, FURminator®, Littermaid®, Spectracide®, Cutter®, Repel®, Hot Shot® and Black Flag®. Spectrum Brands' products are sold by the world's top 25 retailers and are available in more than one million stores in approximately 140 countries. Spectrum Brands Holdings generated net sales of approximately $3.25 billion in fiscal 2012. On a pro forma basis following our Company’s December 2012 acquisition of the Hardware & Home Improvement Group (HHI) from Stanley Black & Decker, Spectrum Brands had net sales of more than $4 billion for fiscal 2012. Headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, our Company has approximately 12,000 employees in 55 countries.