Originally Posted By: Phaedrus
Originally Posted By: sotto
If you are tired of any old flashlights that run on AA batteries, put some Energizer AA alkalines in them and let them sit for 4-6 months or so. My experience has been that the batteries will leak and wreck the flashlights, then you can send the lights to Energizer with the leaking batteries and they'll compensate you. If I recall correctly, I think they actually send you a check for the approximate amount it would cost you to replace the flashlight. This has happened to me twice. I only use Duracells now unless I want to get rid of an old flashlight, in which case I switch to Energizers.



Funny that you say that. The only times I've ever had a good light ruined by leaky batteries it was Energizers. They ruined my Browning (OEM'ed by Pelican) SabreLite and a Mag-Lite.


I'm telling you. If you still have the lights, go online and look for the Energizer mailing address, and send the flashlights back to them with the corroded batteries inside. I think the last time I did this was a year or so ago with a Gerber AA LED flashlight. Their AA alkaline batteries may be shift, but they've been 100% good on their word to compensate for the ruined flashlights.