Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-33092097-20190925225757/@comment-27306930-20190928021309

Lithium, BOOYAH !

I know I haven't ranted about alkaline batteries in a while, and some of you guys are relatively new to the Nerf Wiki. But if you're a stock battery kind of guy/gal, then listen up. Buy smart. The truth is there are only a handful of consumer battery manufacturers in the whole world. Here in the US there's only three; Energizer, Duracell, and Rayovac. They make their own brands, plus ALL the store brands, off-brand, a private labeled batteries too.

Brands like Sunbeam, Panasonic, Kirkland, Berkley & Jensen, Basics, Go Green, ACDelco, Maxell, and all those other store brands are made by "The Big Three". I read an article in Consumer Reports a few years back that said Duracell makes more store brand batteries than actual Duracells. The formula and manufacturing process are exactly the same. Only the outer wrapper and printing is different. Ironically, the formula and process used by all the big three alkaline battery manufacturers is also nearly identical. It's kinda like having a choice between Vanilla™, Vanilla©, or Vanilla®.

So if you find inexpensive Alkaline batteries at the dollar store, just buy 'em. Here in the USA there's a 99% chance it's really a Duracell, Energizer, or Rayovac battery.

You guys 'n gals in other countries are on your own 😁