I'm with you on that one, cheap li-ion batteries in consumer devices tend to be bad for emergency use.
However, my experience with alkaline batteries for emergency lights hasn't been great either. Even quality ones like Duracell might eventually leak. Leaking batteries have destroyed more than one of my emergency flashlights. Nowadays i use Eneloops or lithium cells for such applications. Eneloops will drain eventually but at least they won't damage the device.
Nov. 28, 2019, 9:15 a.m. - Timer
I'm with you on that one, cheap li-ion batteries in consumer devices tend to be bad for emergency use. However, my experience with alkaline batteries for emergency lights hasn't been great either. Even quality ones like Duracell might eventually leak. Leaking batteries have destroyed more than one of my emergency flashlights. Nowadays i use Eneloops or lithium cells for such applications. Eneloops will drain eventually but at least they won't damage the device.