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emeritus · 5th Dec 2018, 7:00 pm

Agreed: for nightstand duty I use a 1980's Ever Ready pocket torch loaded with two pen cell batteries that are too exhausted to work in a radio. The present pair of alkalines, a Sony and an Energiser, are about 10 years past their "best by" dates, with no sign of leakage.

5th Dec 2018, 7:00 pm	#166
emeritus Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brentwood, Essex, UK. Posts: 5,337	Re: Old torches - anyone here collect them? Agreed: for nightstand duty I use a 1980's Ever Ready pocket torch loaded with two pen cell batteries that are too exhausted to work in a radio. The present pair of alkalines, a Sony and an Energiser, are about 10 years past their "best by" dates, with no sign of leakage.