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  • RED
    Very Senior Member - OFC
    • Aug 2009
    • 11689
    #1

    Head scratcher?

    I purchased some Duracell Quantum batteries at a local discount store and they were cheap so I bought 2 boxes of 24. (My grand kids are always wanting AA batteries for their toys and games.) I had never heard of Duracell Quantum batteries so I thought I would look them up. Here is a picture of the box they came in. Note: it states: “NO ALKALINE BATTERY - LASTS LONGER.”

    They seem to work OK and as I said they were cheap.

    But on the battery itself it says “Alkaline - - Assembled in USA”



    All the reviews (some good, some not) refer it to as being an alkaline battery? What do you think... Is it is, or is it aint'.
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    • togor
      Banned
      • Nov 2009
      • 17610
      #2
      It's an Alkaline battery, maybe with some improvements. I think the claim you cite intends to say that no other battery in this class (alkaline) stores more Ampere-hours of usable charge. Supposedly a good battery, nice score for the grandkids.

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        • Sunray
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2009
          • 3251
          #3
          Quantum batteries are for powering your time machine. snicker.
          Brand name batteries don't work or last any longer than store or no name batteries. Duracell Quantum's have a 10 year storage guarantee (5-year guarantee for 9V) though.
          Spelling and grammar count!

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            • RED
              Very Senior Member - OFC
              • Aug 2009
              • 11689
              #4
              Apparently the picture attached didn't work. The question is: The package containing the batteries states in plain print: NO ALKALINE BATTERY but the contents are indeed alkaline batteries...

              I think the claim you cite intends to say that no other battery in this class (alkaline) stores more Ampere-hours of usable charge. Supposedly a good battery, nice score for the grandkids.
              The claim I cite is the label clearly says NO ALKALINE BATTERY I will try to attach the picture again.

              Last edited by RED; 04-19-2018, 02:55.

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                • Liam
                  Senior Member
                  • Sep 2009
                  • 1376
                  #5
                  I think it is meant to imply "No (other) alkaline battery lasts longer." Smaller font over bolder font is merely graphic designer's whim.
                  "Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace." - T.R.

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                    • RED
                      Very Senior Member - OFC
                      • Aug 2009
                      • 11689
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Liam
                      I think it is meant to imply "No (other) alkaline battery lasts longer." Smaller font over bolder font is merely graphic designer's whim.
                      Thank you... That makes sense. When I bought the batteries I thought the reason they were cheap was they were not alkaline batteries. They were about 1/2 the price of the gold top Duracells. Had I known that, I would have bought more.
                      Last edited by RED; 04-19-2018, 03:54.

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                        • Sako
                          Senior Member
                          • Sep 2009
                          • 654
                          #7
                          What a low class advertising strategy.

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