Can't have nice things

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• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What’s the deal with the batteries that ship with a device last forever but the same band bought in stores leak after 2 years?

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  • Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Same brand != same tier of battery.

    There are different levels of battery quality. Adding a $1 battery versus $5 battery isn’t a big difference to OEMS who are buying millions to put in their 1000$ widget. Additionally economy of scale, and they want their remote to last a certain time so they pick a battery that will meet that standard.

    For retailing sales, users want cheap batteries and aren’t really concerned with the batteries actual longevity or quality.

    Check out project farm, I believe he reviewed some batteries a little while ago. You’ll see a massive difference between all of them

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    • SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      THE BATTERY BRAND X COMES IN A PACK OF FOUR! THE BATTERY BRAND X LASTED TWICE AS LONG! VERY IMPRESSIVE! THE BATTERY BRAND X COSTS $17!

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    • baldingpudenda@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Project Farm has been my go to before I buy a lot of things. Oil, heaters, automotive, car soaps, stain remover, etc.

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    • rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      For retailing sales, users want cheap batteries and aren’t really concerned with the batteries actual longevity or quality.

      Lots of users definitely want quality, issue is that it’s hard to trust that the quality is actually that much better.

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• ininewcrow@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My favorite is an old clock I got from an old cottage I was renovating. I broke the glass on it but it still worked so I propped it up on the wall to help me keep time. I worked for months with that clock on the wall, never changed the battery and just thought, I’ll keep it until the battery dies … I thought it was just some old cheap thing that wouldn’t last.

  I renovated for two years and the clock kept ticking, I grew to appreciate Anne decided to keep it. It survived I don’t know how many -40, -50 degree winters frozen solid and it still kept time. In the spring I think I adjusted it for a ten or fifteen minute correction (allowing for daylight saving time).

  I finished renos and now the clock is in the living room and I’ll never get rid of it, it’s part of the building now as far as I’m concerned.

  20 years later and the clock is still there and I’ve only changed the batteries twice, maybe three times. I changed the batteries so few times, I can’t remember the last time I did.

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  • DrDystopia@lemy.lol ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What a pleasant story, good for you and your clock.

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  • psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I went through a few cheap quartz clock because it drain the battery so quick i started to wonder if the battery i bought is bad. Then i decided to get an ikea one, which cost just a little bit more and the same brand of battery still running the clock a year later.

    It kinda reminds me of the clock when i was a kid, we didn’t really need to change the battery for two years. Thing nowadays is so cheaply made it’s basically buying plastic and ewaste.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I am.annoyed at how much power draw the controllers for the Quest use. Had to get rechargeable AAs because it will use up an entire battery in only about 4 hours.

  Meanwhile my wireless mouse and keyboard, with RGB lights, are still on the original rando crap brand battery they came with and I always forget to turn them off.

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  • marcos@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Accelerometers do use a relatively large amount of power.

    But if your thing has haptic feedback, it’s safe to say the battery is going all into it.

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    • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I do try to turn off vibration where possible, because yeah. Those stupid motors use an absurd amount of power for a feature that is pretty useless.

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  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I had a WMR kit that just tore through rechargeable AAa. Using non-rechargeables lasted soooo much longer, and the rechargeables I have are high end!

    Got an index and THOSE controller batteries are fantastic.

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  • wander1236@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My quest 3 controllers aren’t that bad but they do go through AAs like crazy

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• Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have a samsung tv in the bedroom, awesome little remote that freaks out every time it hits 50%. Which it almost never does, because its got a solar charger on the back as well as a charging port. And it almost never sees sunshine.

  Downstairs, I have a Sony remote… That thing goes through batteries quicker than a single woman in her mid 20s…

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  • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Solar panels also get a bit of charge from exposure to artificial indoor lights & ambient light.

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    • Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well, whatever is going on, Samsung nailed the remote. They nailed the TV too, to be honest. The NeoQled is pretty damn close to OLED but without any of the burn in issues. Just a shame that the software sucks absolute ass.

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• HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I just found a Casio watch in my garage that i haven’t used in at least 4 years still on

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