Not really sure if this should be under the Watering Hole but I figure since your electronics are powered by a battery, it fits here. Yesterday I got a wild hair and wondered how various 9 volt batteries compared. Not from the standpoint of how much it can put out but how it's made so I started tearing stuff apart. This is what I found:
Energizer
Has a steel case that when prized apart, the contents fell apart in a pile of individual cells and other various bits. I was quite surprised! I thought it would have been a bit more solid. There wasn't one welded connection to be found.
Rayovac Lithium
Has an aluminum case around a plastic case. I did not want to proceed without safety glasses and it was getting late.
Rayovac
The guy at Batteries Plus says the quality is comparable to Energizer.... Removed case, battery was still intact. One homogeneous unit with welded connections. Made of a stack of cells. Seemed pretty robust.
Old Western Family
Every detail was exact to that of the Rayovac. I presume the same manufacture.
New Western Family
Not like the old Western Family at all! Did NOT want to come apart. Tough plastic case under the fancy sticker. After much work with some small pliers, I exposed the bottom revealing long cells like the Energizer but connections are spot welded.
Duracell
Well, I've run out of picture space here....
-Ken
Energizer
Has a steel case that when prized apart, the contents fell apart in a pile of individual cells and other various bits. I was quite surprised! I thought it would have been a bit more solid. There wasn't one welded connection to be found.
Rayovac Lithium
Has an aluminum case around a plastic case. I did not want to proceed without safety glasses and it was getting late.
Rayovac
The guy at Batteries Plus says the quality is comparable to Energizer.... Removed case, battery was still intact. One homogeneous unit with welded connections. Made of a stack of cells. Seemed pretty robust.
Old Western Family
Every detail was exact to that of the Rayovac. I presume the same manufacture.
New Western Family
Not like the old Western Family at all! Did NOT want to come apart. Tough plastic case under the fancy sticker. After much work with some small pliers, I exposed the bottom revealing long cells like the Energizer but connections are spot welded.
Duracell
Well, I've run out of picture space here....
-Ken