Cheap LR44s at Dollar Tree

[Dave Britten]

(06-17-2015 07:48 PM)striegel Wrote:  At this price, they are much more likely to be alkaline than silver-oxide, so there is some risk of leakage if you leave them in the device for a long time.

I've bought some very inexpensively and had them show leakage before I even pulled them out of the blister pack.

(06-17-2015 07:41 PM)Dave Britten Wrote:  I was in Dollar Tree over the weekend buying junk food with my wife, and I found that they're selling 4-packs of Sunbeam-brand LR44s for $1. If you've got a Dollar Tree near you, and need some batteries to power your Voyager/Pioneer/Nintendo Game & Watch for another 10 years, this is certainly a cheap way to do it. (No idea how chain-wide the distribution of these batteries is.)

LR44 is alkaline by definition (which is what these say on the package). SR44s are silver oxide. Definitely an important consideration, though.