I'm in my late 70's. Rayovacs have had and deserved a reputation for high rates of leakage at least since I was a pre-teenager when I saw them ruin many of my parent's flashlights and early models of vacuum tube portable radios. Of course, I had to find out for myself and proceeded to ruin several flashlights I bought as a teenager. The fact that Rayovac batteries are still sold just goes to show that indeed, "there's a sucker born every minute."