Well, I was at Walmart the other day, browsing the flashlight section. Saw a Brinkmann 6V lantern with a "super heavy duty" battery included; for one reason or another, I decided I needed it, and took it home. I didn't really think about the heft when putting it together, but I noticed it seemed to perform even worse with a ROP than a 4D light did. (I wasn't expecting good results, of course, just not that abysmal.)
Well, I figured maybe the battery was dead from bad shelf life or something, and I had a half-empty alkaline 6V around, so I found it and swapped them. That's when I noticed that the OEM battery was really light-weight. Being half-drained, the other battery performed about the same under load, confirming that the OEM battery was junk. Well, I popped it open, and what did I see:
That's right, there are 8 (4s2p) "DUKE CELL" alkaline (NOT heavy duty) AAs. (4 you can see, and another 4 in the battery still.) Interesting.
I'm not really complaining, as I don't expect the battery that came with any cheap light to be worth much. Now if these batteries were on the shelf by themselves, that'd be a whole different story.
Well, I figured maybe the battery was dead from bad shelf life or something, and I had a half-empty alkaline 6V around, so I found it and swapped them. That's when I noticed that the OEM battery was really light-weight. Being half-drained, the other battery performed about the same under load, confirming that the OEM battery was junk. Well, I popped it open, and what did I see:
That's right, there are 8 (4s2p) "DUKE CELL" alkaline (NOT heavy duty) AAs. (4 you can see, and another 4 in the battery still.) Interesting.
I'm not really complaining, as I don't expect the battery that came with any cheap light to be worth much. Now if these batteries were on the shelf by themselves, that'd be a whole different story.
