The plaintiff is also accusing the defendant of fraud and unjust enrichment, and is seeking monetary damages as well as injunctive relief. operations of violating New York’s General Business Law and the Magnuson Moss Warranty Act’s Express Warranty provision. The class action lawsuit accuses Duracell’s U.S. Leaky Duracell batteries were the focus of a 2014 class action lawsuit when defendants took action against claims on their “Duralock” line.įerguson argues the chemical composition on the Optimum Duracell batteries results in “leakage rates among the highest ever.” He adds that while this formula can deliver more power to a small range of devices, it means the storage life decreases faster over time.įerguson is looking to form a Class of New Yorkers who’ve bought Optimum Duracell batteries. The complaint refers to “one of the largest battery recalls from stores in modern times” stemming from issues of seeping alkaline electrolytes from certain AA batteries. “The Optimum batteries use a different chemistry than Coppertop, which is touted as a benefit through these differences cause the Optimum batteries to degrade more rapidly than the Coppertop batteries and other brands,” he says in the complaint.Įven worse than a dead battery, is a dangerous one, the class action lawsuit states. The Optimum Duracell batteries, according to his class action lawsuit, actually die from non-use faster than others. “Product may have a longer life or provide extra power - but not both - only compared to” other Duracell batteries.Ĭonsumers, Ferguson contends, are more likely to opt for batteries that last the longest. These “disclaimers are insufficient in size and clarity to correct the net impression of consumers,” Ferguson said in the class action lawsuit. Ferguson says this disclaimer means the Optimum batteries are only beneficial in a “small” set of devices. Instead, the Optimum-branded Duracell batteries have a tiny disclaimer printed in hard-to-read font that they “deliver extra life or extra power” than the company’s standard batteries. But 30 years later things are much better and I use them now, tho I still feel a little nervous.In fact, the class action lawsuit claims the opposite is true.

The batteries we brought sucked so bad we had to have someone bring alkaline 9Vs from western Europe. I was doing a long run show in the Soviet Union and knew 9V batteries would be hard to find. Back in '91 I swore to never, ever use rechargeable batteries in wireless mics again. So far the rechargeable 9V have been great, going on their fourth season. With a season of over 70 shows and 28 mics, that would be a huge pile of wasted batteries. I also use rechargeable 9V in Shure ULX wireless microphones. With two sets of those, no worries no more. I'm impressed, a pair of the rechargeable lasted 9.5 hours in normal record mode.

The Panasonic are hard to find here, so I bought what they have. That thing has a voracious appetite for AA cells. They are for my Zoom H4n recorder gadget.

I just went into the city on Friday and bought GP brand rechargeable AA batteries.

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