[paulsherwin]

I've had leaky Philips batteries.

We've had discussions about this before, and the consensus seems to be that all batteries can and do leak under certain circumstances. It's practically impossible to find a brand that never leaks, partly because even major brands subcontract manufacture to OEMs located all over the place.

The point made in this thread is that Duracell, once a byword for high quality long lasting batteries which rarely leaked, now make batteries which are leakier than average despite charging high prices.