Energizer in D-cell ‘fake’ claim
We have no idea if this web site is serious or not, but it’s running with a SHOCK OUTING of Energizer, claiming the renowned battery maker is putting AAs into fatter D-cell cases – and making up the extra girth with plastic padding.
It’s the battery equivalent of topping up nan’s bottle of gin with water.
“The Energizer ‘D’ battery is actually just a cheap plastic shell surrounding a much smaller, low-capacity battery similar in size and capacity to an “AA” battery” – Man on Internet.
filed in BATTERIES! on Aug.27, 2009
August 27th, 2009 on 1:11 pm
Mmmm…disrobed batteries…sexy…
Scuse me, just nipping to the loo.
August 27th, 2009 on 1:54 pm
I am shocked! if this happened in the UK i’d be writing to Gordon Brown! or starting a facebook group or something!!
August 27th, 2009 on 2:52 pm
I am off to cut all my batteries in half to confirm this. Band saws are safe right?
August 27th, 2009 on 4:39 pm
Have you got a nice thin white tea towel? Band saws on batteries is perfectly OK as long as you pop a nice thin white tea towel over your head first.
August 27th, 2009 on 6:26 pm
My word what is this? Who reads this battery blog for updates about….
August 27th, 2009 on 6:34 pm
This is worse than World War II
August 27th, 2009 on 7:12 pm
“By comparison, check out the Powerex “D” rechargeable batteries at BetterLifeGoods.com. These batteries have more than 300% more power than the Energizer batteries, and they only cost slightly more!”
hmm…
August 27th, 2009 on 7:13 pm
You can’t go around taking band saws to batteries. My dad always told me that batteries contain ACID, and should their delicate carapaces be harmed, said ACID will come surging out and dissolve feeble young hands into a thin meaty soup.
August 27th, 2009 on 8:28 pm
HTC Magic – good or shit? Vodafone says I can have a new phone for “free” and it looks OK. Android OS ought to breed some amazing freeware clock applications.
August 27th, 2009 on 9:15 pm
if it’s any help I heard o2 loses its iphone exclusivity in october?
August 27th, 2009 on 9:22 pm
I’d be a bit embarrassed to have an iPhone nowadays. Too popular. I want something niche that’ll be obsolete in 18 months, then I can start up a blog for the benefit of the very small band of people that bought it.
August 27th, 2009 on 9:23 pm
When I’m 45 I’ll be uploading photos of men holding their HTC Magics in front of famous global monuments :(
August 27th, 2009 on 9:32 pm
The open source upgraded Android OS is a definite plus. It has a small and lightweight form factor, which should benefit even the weakest of men. The question you need to ask yourself is: Is it worth paying £30-£35 a month tied in to a 2-year contract? Oh, and the camera is a bit pants too (if that’s important to you).
August 27th, 2009 on 9:49 pm
No, it’s not worth £30 or £35. I’m currently paying Vodafone £10 a month after using the old “I HATE you, I’m LEAVING YOU” routine. If I can still pay £10 a month and have a new phone I will. If not, I won’t.
Sorry everyone for going through such a dull and predictable conundrum in public.
August 27th, 2009 on 9:51 pm
I also used the “I HATE you, I’m LEAVING you” routine on the wife. She is now contractually obliged to make me ten cups of tea a day for the next 18 months, and I also got her to upgrade me to 10 hours of silence a day from my previous 8.
August 27th, 2009 on 10:12 pm
The dreamcast reference was funnier.
Kidding. Well, not really but the effort was noticed! It’s nice to know you actually read and care about us :) or at least humour us and pretend to. It’s more than my parents could be bothered to do, which probably explains alot.
August 27th, 2009 on 10:28 pm
Just got off the phone to the electricity company. Told them I HATED THEM and was going to LEAVE THEM. Then they offered me 10% brighter light bulbs and two free boils of the kettle every day for 12 months, so I decided to stay.
I think this joke has legs.
August 28th, 2009 on 6:35 am
Well done for being a party to uncovering the greatest battery conspiracy ever. Perhaps this is the only battery conspiracy.
August 28th, 2009 on 9:01 am
While mobile phone advice is being offered, can anyone advise which of the following I’d be best off upgrading to?
Nokia e51, e71, e75 or 3109
Bear in mind my current phone (6230i) and that I have no interest in using my phone for email or web browsing or that kinda thing, I just want to make and receive calls/txts, have a semi-decent camera and be able to play Arkanoid on it.
Any suggestions?
They all seem awful to me, I might not bother upgrading.
August 28th, 2009 on 9:06 am
Just phoned my legs, told them I HATED THEM and I was going to LEAVE THEM. I’ve been promised 4% better service overall, with an extra 22 minutes of hopping every day should I need it, and a guaranteed 1.5 hour sit down each evening without any sudden, alarming pains. I’ve gone for a new 18 month contract but they wouldn’d do me the upgrade to kangeroo legs that I was secretly after.
I think this joke has arms…
August 28th, 2009 on 1:36 pm
@GigerPunk
Check out the Nokia E55/E55 – 30 day standby!!
I’m getting the E55 as it has QW-ER-TY SureType keyboard like on my old BlackBerry Pearl, but the E52 has the standard keypad.
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/reviews/item/Nokia_E551.php
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/reviews/item/Nokia_E52.php
August 28th, 2009 on 3:15 pm
Hang on, didn’t Idiot once promote^Hreview some Powerex batteries – the very ones which are promoted by the site which talks about this ’scam’? Hmm?
August 28th, 2009 on 3:20 pm
Told 5 year old Finge Junior I HATE HER and am going to LEAVE HER in Wales, where she’ll be burned to death by a dragon. She’s crying and has wet herself.
August 28th, 2009 on 4:22 pm
Thanks for the info courtster, looks interesting, but I’m only able to choose from e51, e71, e75 or 3109.
Might not even be given a choice, with it being a work phone, might just have to take what I’m given.
Hence why I might just not bother and keep going with the 6230i instead. Maybe by the time it eventually breaks I’ll be offered a phone I might like instead
August 28th, 2009 on 4:59 pm
Band saw update: yes, beware of acid. Skin removal is a plus in my line of work anyhow.
Inside: a smaller battery. Inside that: smaller still battery. Inside that:…Damn thing is a Russian nested doll.