I always thought they were the best alkalines money could buy.

A brand new pack of 4 AAs loaded into my Fuji digital camera - ONE shot taken (with flash) and 'battery empty' flashed up and camera shut down. WFT?? These are Duracell Ultras with 2008 stamped on them!

On the other hand my NiMH batteries took over 150 flash shots and would have kept going had my card not been full.

Tell me I'm not alone.