I just tried accessing the Twin City Supply site myself, and was rewarded
with a 'you don't have privileges on this server' message. I certainly hope
they haven't gone away. Great source of watch batteries.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Moose [mailto:olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 3:09 PM
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Quality of battery packaging, was .......Reprise...
>
>
>A new subject! :-)
>
>I'll kick it off. The Eveready "Energizer 357 (SR44W/313) HIGH DRAIN
>1.55V" batteries I bought in bulk came in 5-packs with each
>battery in a
>1x2 in. tear-off bubble pack. The individual packs are quite
>sturdy and
>will stand up to rattling around in a camera bag.
>
>I bought them from watchsupply.com, but they seem to have disappeared..
>
>Moose
>
>Wayne Culberson wrote:
>
>> Moose wrote
>>
>>
>>>I don't take the batteries out of the
>>>little bubble packs until I use them. They are small, safe
>and easy to
>>>find that way. The last bunch I bought came on multi bubble
>cards, so
>>>I just tear off 2 or 4 and put them in the camera bag.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>I bought a large bunch of the bulk 357's and the way they came, they
>>fall out of the plastic really easily when they are cut apart. I
>>learned the hard way. I usually carry at least 4 spares with me, so I
>>guess they got loose and set themselves up for shorting out. No harm
>>was done, other than they just went flat.
>>
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