A couple years back, as I was setting up an LBV for "bump in the night" investigation, I decided to include a Maglite that my brother had given me as a Christmas gift a year or two prior. I forget the exact model, but it was a smallish one with a clip on it, all the better for vest attachment via webbing. It came with either a Duracell or Energizer battery, so it was really ready to go as far as I was concerned. Well, a few months later as I was doing a periodic gear check, I went to turn on the light, and it was dead. Opening it up revealed the telltale residue of leaked battery acid. The light was a total loss.
These days, I have an assortment of lights, as well as a couple of scopes with illuminated reticles, requiring a variety of battery sizes. I've always had decent luck with Rayovac as far as leaks (none) and life (average, nothing spectacular) but I'm not sure how long they'd last if used infrequently, both in terms of holding charge and leaking. I'm generally a cheapskate, but I'd be somewhat less than pleased if a light or scope failed, either due to a prematurely dead battery or an acid leak.
That's my long, drawn-out way of asking for suggestions.
These days, I have an assortment of lights, as well as a couple of scopes with illuminated reticles, requiring a variety of battery sizes. I've always had decent luck with Rayovac as far as leaks (none) and life (average, nothing spectacular) but I'm not sure how long they'd last if used infrequently, both in terms of holding charge and leaking. I'm generally a cheapskate, but I'd be somewhat less than pleased if a light or scope failed, either due to a prematurely dead battery or an acid leak.
That's my long, drawn-out way of asking for suggestions.
