Early failure of Amazon Basics AA alkaline battery

[Snagglefoot]

I had another failure of a Amazon Basics Alkaline AA battery. My flashlight has 6 batteries, inserted from a fresh package. The flashlight eventually went dim and rather than chucking all six batteries, I checked all the voltages. One battery was down to 0.1 V. The others were about 1.3 V. I replaced the bad one and got bright light again. Glad I checked.
I’m finding Amazon Basics has problems like this once in awhile.

 

[repairman54]

As a tech I was a D cell power user for years. All the brands have that issue, out of the blue one seems to have an internal connection issue. Energizers were more problematic for me. Had it with ProCell's from Grainger also, Co. supplied. I'm a Duracell person now, it happens with them but less frequent. Have run into it with Energizer Lithium's also.

 

[Vercingetorix]

I haven’t bought alkalines in a decade at least. Lithiums or rechargeables. I got sick of cleaning my things from leaked batteries.

 

[SOUNDMAN5000]

Amazon Basics AA

 

[Hermann]

I had another failure of a Amazon Basics Alkaline AA battery. My flashlight has 6 batteries, inserted from a fresh package. The flashlight eventually went dim and rather than chucking all six batteries, I checked all the voltages. One battery was down to 0.1 V. The others were about 1.3 V. I replaced the bad one and got bright light again. Glad I checked.
I’m finding Amazon Basics has problems like this once in awhile.

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Sometimes that's what you get for 25-30¢

 

[Zee09]

I like Dollar Trees batteries
Never an issue...

 

[alarmguy]

AC/Delco on Amazon have been our go to batteries for a couple years now. Never a failure or leak which we have had issues on the expensive Duracells, even in my line of work a few years back. I never could explain it with the major brands.

Here is an example but they come in all sizes if you search.
https://www.amazon.com/ACDelco-Alka...-Package/dp/B004SCA15K/ref=asc_df_B004SCA15K?

 

[Hermann]

AC/Delco on Amazon has been our go to batteries for a couple years now. Never a failure or leak.
here is an example but they come in all sizes if you search.
https://www.amazon.com/ACDelco-Alka...-Package/dp/B004SCA15K/ref=asc_df_B004SCA15K?

Have used them and they seem pretty similar. Myself I have not had a Amazon not charged or a leaker. At one time I used Diehard from AAP

 

[alarmguy]

Have used them and they seem pretty similar. Myself I have not had a Amazon not charged or a leaker. At one time I used Diehard from AAP

IN the alarm industry we have had so many issues with the major brands leaking in some sensors. It seems like once they start getting run down, even though the sensor would still work (and would not trigger a low battery signal) for some reason they were terrible when in a low charge state for a long period of time and would leak.

Even at home in my LED flashlights I had issues. So it was never more for the major brands and here these over 50% less costly.

 

[dnewton3]

I had some 9v Amazon batteries, of which about half of them were decent. Several I put into smoke-detectors were chirping within a month.
I'll never buy that brand of battery again. I'll pay for Duracells.

 

[Donald]

I am almost to the point where I use something with a battery and when done, pull the battery and put them in a baggie next to what requires the battery.

Probably not a flashlight but other things that require a battery.

I bought a ground loop meter for HOA to check a ground loop for the gate. Cheaper than one call to the gate company. But how often will it be used?