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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mtngunr" data-source="post: 4383176" data-attributes="member: 46104">I always thought depending on rechargeable lights was false economy due to them needing batteries replaced, too, just not as often and (at least was/were) more costly....but mainly the false economy of convenience, where the time one NEEDS a flashlight is when there is no power, no incidental background lighting, nothing but moonlight if even that is there, and the rechargeable not much good then....could always tell the folk who used rechargeables after a storm or hurricane, they were the ones whose superbright lights went dead in minutes and never reappeared. As for leakage, the alkaline always had it over the old batteries in shelf life, but once they were used,  the reaction was triggered and clock ticking on when they leaked, especially since most production now moved overseas...as for dead rechargeables, most those today do NOT tolerate deep cycling/running them completely down, and them no better than car batteries in that respect, and the worst thing for battery life, them swiftly unable to take a full deep charge and instead only a short-lived surface charge, if even that...so their true operational time is far shorter unless replacing the batteries is no problem to owner who bought them to avoid replacing them.</blockquote>