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re: Are All Battery Brands Equal? If Not Which One Is The Best?
Posted on 7/9/19 at 9:26 pm to OysterPoBoy
Posted on 7/9/19 at 9:26 pm to OysterPoBoy
quote:
You still got that battery storage thing?
Man I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately.
Indeed I do. I'm surprised that you remember that
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Posted on 7/9/19 at 9:42 pm to fallguy_1978
At one time I used Duracell t exclusively but I started having problems with leaking and ruining my flashlights,grandchildren’s toys,etc..Had several flashlights ruined.I switched to Rayovacs ,never had one leak.Lowe’s has them on sale-1/2 price couple times a year.
Posted on 7/9/19 at 11:44 pm to xiv
quote:Do you have children? Batteries are a line item on my budget.
The cost of batteries is in the pile of "If I give a shite how much they cost, I fricked up in life."
Posted on 7/9/19 at 11:53 pm to OweO
Not sure if it's just the channels I watch, but hardly see the Duracell and Energizer commercials like back in the day.
Posted on 7/9/19 at 11:59 pm to GeeOH
quote:Like your grandpa used to use. It takes a little getting used to, and you have to take your time in some spots, and I wouldn't recommend it for shaving your balls (they're "safe" compared to a straight razor, not compared to a mach3 or something), but in all other areas they are superior. They shave closer, they'll eat through a 2 month beard better than a cartridge razor, blades are insanely cheap, and it makes you feel like more of a man while shaving.
Safety razor? Googling now. OT is paying off.
Posted on 7/10/19 at 12:09 am to GeeOH
quote:
Safety razor? Googling now. OT is paying off.
Yes, it's what I've been using now for about 6 months and I will never go back to overpriced multi-blade razors like Gillette/Dollar Shave/Schick, etc.
A good safety razor is about $30-50. The Chinese have knocked some of the premium brands off and you can get a good clone for like $10. Top tier solid stainless razors can be $150-200. A very popular solid stainless razor right now is the Rockwell 6S. It runs around $80 and is adjustable.
You'll need a brush and shave soap. You could use the shitty canned foam if you want, but it's much more enjoyable and "slick" if you use a good soap puck. (Yes, premium soaps are far superior to the canned stuff. I was skeptical, but the shave is much smoother and slick).
Watch youtube videos on it:
GeoFatBoy Teaching You how to Wet Shave
The downside is you'll need to do multiple passes to get as close as a Gillette 5 blade. Also, you'll need to learn how to use the razor properly because they shave differently than multi-blade cartridges. They are not as idiot proof and you can cut yourself.
But you'll save a lot of money and the shaves are much more hassle free. These things don't clog and you don't have to spend 5 minutes trying to clean all the hair out. Used to drive me nuts. I would get half way done with the shave and the razor was clogged full of hair. I had to beat it on the side of the sink to force the hair out.
If you try it out, I recommend getting an adjustable. If you get too mild of a razor you might think "this sucks." If you get too aggressive of a razor and slice your face off, obviously you wont be happy. I suggest an adjustable so you can fine tune it.
Posted on 7/10/19 at 12:15 am to Obtuse1
quote:I bought some a few years ago but I don't use them anymore. They're good for things that aren't picky about voltage, but at the time the only things I needed them for were a couple remotes, a wall clock, and a damned soap dispenser, and the eneloops wouldn't run any of them for more than a week. It was just too much battery swapping and charging for me when a set of 4 alkalines cost a buck or two and last months.
The Sanyo/Panasonic Eneloop batteries are the way to go for most every application
It's not that the eneloops didn't have as much capacity as the alkalines, because they did. The problem was the eneloops are only around 1.2 volts fully charged, and devices that use AA's expect 1.5 volts from them. When an alkaline is down to 1.2 volts, it's pretty much dead. But I still see lots of people who love eneloops, so I guess I was just unlucky with the types of things I was using them in. Like I said, the remotes and wall clock started acting like the batteries were weak after only a week, and that damned soap dispenser evidently had a protection circuit so that it wouldn't work at all below a certain voltage, which was apparently just under 1.2 volts.
Posted on 7/10/19 at 12:21 am to lsu xman
quote:I think you have to watch YouTube to see duracell commercials these days
Not sure if it's just the channels I watch, but hardly see the Duracell and Energizer commercials like back in the day.
Posted on 7/10/19 at 1:05 am to fr33manator
quote:
my grandfather used to store batteries in the freezer. He was convinced it made them last longer. Depression era mindset
My brother in law is an instrumentation engineer and makes mega bucks at a top tier firm. He's done this for the last 20 years and swears by it.
Not saying it's not bullshite, just relaying what I know.
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