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Over-hyped -- not a good battery
I ordered several boxes of AA and AAA size Duracell Procells because I wanted to replace batteries in many different devices less often. Some are indoor, some are outdoor, all various consumer devices, slow drain and high drain. After going though at least half of them now--at least a couple of dozen since December '09, I can say for sure that they last far less than half the time of any other good quality battery. Copper-top Duracells, Energizer Max, Rayovac Alkaline, etc. all have lasted much longer (in the same devices) in my experience. The Procells I have have a 2016 expiration date, so 'old batteries' isn't the problem. I think these batteries are for professionals/companies who have lots of equipment and have to change batteries often anyway and can't keep track of all of it closely, so that they don't notice how quickly these batteries expire. Anyone that pays attention to run-life and overall cost of replacing batteries wouldn't keep buying these.
