Cthen
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|  [Rant] Philips long life batteries
2 AA's I bought on sale and after 1 run through my beard and moustache trimmer, they are already worn down.
I mean really, would you have some 3rd party supplier slap your name on something that bad? No I don't blame the supplier, I blame Philips. Even though a supplier really made them, it became a Philips product with Philips being the company that f'ed up.
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BlitzenZeus
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Re: [Rant] Philips long life batteries
"For your low-drain products choose LongLife batteries. Zinc-Chloride technology is perfect for your clocks, radios, calculators and remote controls."
I guess a trimmer is not a low-drain device? |
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Cthen
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| Wow not even Philips knows what is in the batteries? Zinc-Chloride? The ones I'm looking at say Zinc-Carbon 1.5V with nothing on the packaging that states your quote, where ever that came from.
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BlitzenZeus
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Beaverton, OR | Try googling "Philips long life batteries" |
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Cthen
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| said by BlitzenZeus  :Try googling "Philips long life batteries" Your counter argument, not mine, why should I have to do your work? Even then, why is it not stated on the packaging? How is it the company that put their name on these batteries not even know what is in them?
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Omega
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I'm going to side with Philips on this and assume you have a very large beard.
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BlitzenZeus
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You seriously spent more effort not doing it than just doing it... lol 
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc-carbon_battery
"A zinc-carbon dry cell or battery is packaged in a zinc can that serves as both a container and anode. It was developed from the wet Leclanché cell (pronounced /lÉ›klÉ‘Ënˈʃeɪ/). The cathode is a mixture of manganese dioxide and carbon powder. The electrolyte is a paste of zinc chloride and ammonium chloride dissolved in water. Zinc chloride cells are an improved version from the original ammonium chloride variety. Zinc-carbon batteries are the least expensive primary batteries and thus a popular choice by manufacturers when devices are sold with batteries included. They can be used in remote controls, flashlights, toys, or transistor radios, where the power drain is not too heavy."
"The (heavy duty) zinc chloride cell is an improvement on the original zinc-carbon cell, using purer chemicals and giving a longer life and steadier voltage output as it is used. Instead of an electrolyte mixture containing much NH4Cl, it is largely only ZnCl2 paste."
»www.consumer.philips.com/consume···6LS4A-27
You were better off buying alkaline, or li-ion batteries.
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1 edit | Why do you think I want to know what is in that battery when my question was why doesn't Philips know? Yet again you put up a quote about Zinc-Chloride, these are Zinc-Carbon, again telling me Philips has no clue what they are selling.
Also again, why was it's intended use not stated on the packaging like any other brand does?
So, what good would Googling "Philips long life batteries" do for me again? 
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dvd536
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Look at philips tvs and dvd players. look how cheap and flimsy they are. todays philips isn't your grandfathers philips where quality actually meant something.
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I bet if you look at the packaging, you'll see "made in china" somewhere on it.
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said by Cthen :Why do you think I want to know what is in that battery when my question was why doesn't Philips know? Yet again you put up a quote about Zinc-Chloride, these are Zinc-Carbon, again telling me Philips has no clue what they are selling. Also again, why was it's intended use not stated on the packaging like any other brand does? So, what good would Googling "Philips long life batteries" do for me again? Read the damn links, all the information is on zinc carbon batteries, but you can't bother yourself to read this information, which I feel would also be on the back of their packaging. It was all over their website also.... You seem oblivous to reality...
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said by dvd536 :I bet if you look at the packaging, you'll see "made in china" somewhere on it. I don't see how "made in china" come in? It is a Philips brand. Philips put its name on it, Philips is responsible for it. Cthen, can you look at the package for the country of origin?
Does an American-built Toyota is different in quality than a Japanese-built one? |
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sivran
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Bottom line -- OP used low-power batteries intended for low-load devices in a high-load device and now is upset they didn't perform very well.
We've got a 12 o'clock flasher here. |
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dvd536
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Re: [Rant] Philips long life batteries
said by Langning :said by dvd536 :I bet if you look at the packaging, you'll see "made in china" somewhere on it. Does an American-built Toyota is different in quality than a Japanese-built one? That would equate to yugo buying the toyota name and slapping the name on a pos yugo. shit whatever you call it is still shit.
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said by sivran :Bottom line -- OP used low-power batteries intended for low-load devices in a high-load device and now is upset they didn't perform very well. We've got a 12 o'clock flasher here. Perfectly said. Succinct and accurate! USER ERROR!
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said by sivran :Bottom line -- OP used low-power batteries intended for low-load devices in a high-load device and now is upset they didn't perform very well. We've got a 12 o'clock flasher here. So the batteries are only long life when used in a low powered device?? So basically they are regular batteries being advertised for low powered devices using a deceptive slogan of saying long life.
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| said by r81984 :said by sivran :Bottom line -- OP used low-power batteries intended for low-load devices in a high-load device and now is upset they didn't perform very well. We've got a 12 o'clock flasher here. So the batteries are only long life when used in a low powered device?? So basically they are regular batteries being advertised for low powered devices using a deceptive slogan of saying long life. I think it's pretty clear. USE THE PRODUCT AS IT WAS INTENDED AND CLEARLY MARKED, and they will last longer than standard batteries.
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dvd536
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said by r81984 :said by sivran :Bottom line -- OP used low-power batteries intended for low-load devices in a high-load device and now is upset they didn't perform very well. We've got a 12 o'clock flasher here. So the batteries are only long life when used in a low powered device?? So basically they are regular batteries being advertised for low powered devices using a deceptive slogan of saying long life. I've had so called 'dead batteries' last years in remote controls.
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thedragonmas
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| ive had alkaline batteries last in a atomic clock (weather etc) for a good 2 years . in another supposedly Superior clock they lasted a month. ive just had to replace the batteries in my dvd recorder remote, i baught it 3 years ago and used the philips brand batteries that came with it.
its all about the device and what its pull on the batteries are.
i have a thermometer/alarm on the fridge/freezer the freezer module will last maybe a month with alkaline batteries. i started using those very expensive lithium batteries in it and so far its been about a year.
so again, it depends on the device, its use, and location. |
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