9v Batteries

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Originally Posted by Swaveab

I concur with your experiences with Duracells. I lost a very expensive flashlight due to leakage that occurred 1 month after I bought it and the batteries were supplied by the flashlight manufacturer (Maglite) to boot. Maglite offered to replace the batteries in the same flashlight and as a result I dropped both companies.

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I was able to save my large Maglite even though it is a bit corroded but I've lost 2 AA maglites and a AAA model that were so corroded I couldn't even pound the batteries out. They were just a few months old. I've also had a boom box damaged. For pricy batteries they don't hold up well at all.

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Originally Posted by Swaveab

Maglite offered to replace the batteries in the same flashlight and as a result I dropped both companies.

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I guess I should elaborate on this as Maglite under warranty said they would not replace the flashlight and that they were going to put the same duracells in it. I asked what if it happens again and they said send it in and they will get them out while returning the same light back to me with more duracells until the warranty on the flashlight expired. So this meant the flashlight wouldn't be around most of the time being at the manufacturer's place and in transit, plus being unreliable due to corrosive damages. No thanks.