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Old 05-28-23 | 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by BCDrums
I like this logic, but I have found the no-name batteries to vary in reliability. I buy the Eveready 2032 and 2016, but I only need a few per year. If I needed two dozen, I might try the cheaper ones.
I have some vintage VDO brand wireless bike computers on three bikes (only have two cadence sensors for the three), and those computers usually require new batteries each year. That is 8 batteries. I probably replace 3 a year in blood sugar meters. Heart rate monitors, I have one on each of about 4 or 5 bikes, that also includes several chest straps, probably replace 2 batteries a year. There are a few other things that surprise me on occasion, my kitchen immersion thermometer might use a 2032, I do not remember, etc. I have a couple wired bike computers, I get several years per battery on those, each computer only takes one 2032.

The main culprit is the wireless bike computers.
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