Old_Zircon - 2012-11-14
I used to buy these in Chinatown because they were funny. The place I went had Penasamig, 24 for a dollar.
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Old_Zircon - 2012-11-14 These look more convincing - the Penasamigs were kind of wrinkly.
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Old_Zircon - 2012-11-14 I also used to buy fake duracells, those worked just as well as the real ones. Penasamigs were literally hollow cardboard tubes.
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Old_Zircon - 2012-11-14 In fact, I'm pretty sure the fake duracells were real duracells (probably either OEM or factory rejects) that were illegally repackaged; the batteries themselves were indistiguishable from the real thing. Mine were 9v in the second (black and white) packaging shown here, and I'd buy them again.
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gravelstudios - 2012-11-14 I've seen repackaged Duracells at various dollar and discount stores. I also assumed they were factory overruns, not necessarily fake. Anyway, I use rechargeable batteries almost exclusively.
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Old_Zircon - 2012-11-14 They seem to be legit. I really only use batteries for fuzz pedals and the $.50 "heavy duty" carbon batteries actually sound noticeably better in most of the old designs and only need to be changed every year or two.
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Old_Zircon - 2012-11-14 I use rechargables for digital stuff but I still have trouble with NiMH losing its charge really quickly in the cold. When I was traveling last spring I got about 20 photos per charge because it was still getting pretty cold at night in the desert; same set of batteries is good for a month or two of regular use at room temperature.
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