Rant: POS Chinese batteries

[CZroe]

30 years ago the junk was made in Hong Kong.

Major brand Alkalines are made in China too!
Anyone remember when Alkaline batteries were cased in steel?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr-oLQgvcuk

Had such a crush on Rob Conrad! :wub::wub:

I had a credit card sized solar calculator in the mid '80s with no battery, so it's hard to believe that a calculator was considered a high-drain device only about ten years earlier. Crazy. I know glowing LEDs took more power than passive reflective LCD, but there was nothing mechanical, like a cassette player.

 

[Rubycon]

Calculators in the 70s were high drain for sure.
I had an Omron that had a fluorescent display that would use a pair of AAs in about two weeks.