![]() ![]() You can make the flashlight batteries last much longer if you do just that, unscrew the base until the light goes out then leave it. Now screw it back in and the light will quickly blink and go out again. You can tell this is taking place if you leave the light on and unscrew the base until the flashlight goes out. This of course takes power and inside of a month the draw has exceeded the storage capacity of the batteries and they might have barely enough left for a brief flash. The flashlights don’t have a conventional circuit breaking switch, rather the battery is in circuit all the time, and a tiny onboard microprocessor constantly ‘asks’ ‘is it on? is it on? The Duracell flashlight class action says customers have been complaining about the issue since late 2014 in complaints both directly to the battery company and to retail distributors such as Amazon, Costco, and Home Depot. ![]() However, the defect reportedly drains flashlight batteries far sooner than 10-years which leaves consumers in the dark during “critical emergency or even life-and-death situations” such as power outages, vehicle breakdowns, and natural disasters. The Duracell class action lawsuit claims that consumers believe, based on Duracell representations, that they can store LED flashlights with batteries in strategic locations around their home and rely on the 10-year storage lifespan advertised on Duracell batteries. ![]() Even if the LED flashlights turn on, they allegedly fail to provide light for anywhere near the advertised performance times. Siddle and Meeks state that the flashlight defect result in consumers being left without light when their flashlights, which were stored for emergency situations, cannot turn on. ![]()
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