Just to be clear, any battery can leak but generally speaking typical alkaline or carbon zinc cells do not leak until they are depleted and the outer case has been reduced in thickness and perhaps corroded. I too have had good luck with Energizers and never had one leak on me but I once bought a piece of used equipment which contained long dead Energizers in it and they had indeed leaked.

But this discussion about Duracells is a completely different thing because in the past few years they have been known to leak even when new and definitely before they were used up, which is something we haven't seen in other batteries.

Jay

Someone put together a list of receivers that meet the incredibly
strict international Ultralight standards ...     Where is that list?
I feel like I might need a new radio to supplement or possibly replace
my PL-606 and I want it to meet the incredibly strict international
Ultralight standards, of *course* ...

--
Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train!

Impressive set of radio ears.

Been a long while since I did this myself. Did you get better reception in the straight up vertical position, a one up/one to the side approach, or both ears angled to the side?

Cheers,
Timothy

I too have have had problems with Duracell in the past year with leaking.  I bought a box of batteries about a year ago and needed to replace some batteries in a radio. The batteries had only been in the radio for a couple of months and the radio had been off most of this time.  When I looked in the box, some of the batteries in the box had leaked.  I did a video of this situation on my YouTube channel and someone commented that Duracell will replaced anything that was damaged.  So I send Duracell an email and within 24 hours they sent me a credit for the price of the radio that was damaged and a coupon for a replacement box of batteries.  This was about a year ago and since that time I have stopped using Duracell.  I now remove batteries from device that I don't use often, especially expensive radios.  I have been using the Amazon batteries with no problems for over a year now. They probably have many different companies make their batteries so I would not recommend them.  I do use rechargeable a lot now and I use the brand Eneloop (from Panasonic) sold by Amazon and never had a problem so far.

Tom Stiles

Paul,
Eneloops are rated at a minimum of 1900 MAH. Most alkaline batteries are around 2500 MAH. But the voltage on alkaline cells  drops faster. Thye also are pretty bad for  anything that draws much current.
Often the NiMH batteries actually last longer in any given application.
http://www.greenbatteries.com/battery-myths-vs-battery-facts-1/#:~:text=For%20example%20AA%20alkaline%20batteries,or%20four%20times%20as%20long.

"Battery capacity ratings are meaningless when used to compare different types of batteries or to compare the capacity of batteries powering different types of devices.

This means that you may not be able to predict how long your electronic device will run just by looking at the capacity rating of a battery. For example AA alkaline batteries typically have a capacity rating of over 2,500 mAh and AA NiMH batteries have rated capacities of only 1,200 to 1,900 mAh. But when it comes to actually powering an electronic device like a digital camera, the NiMH batteries will often run the device for three or four times as long.

(for an explanation see Battery FAQ, Why do my alkaline batteries run out so fast?)"

This is just something I found in a quick search. Lots more info is out there if it is of any interest to you.

Hi folks,

Logged Iran (Lorestan) last night on 927 khz.
I realized this was my 25 th frequency for that country over a 9-year period.
And decided I ought to offer myself a cheap award for that.

Good Listening.