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Didn't need it but I miss keys and I think this thing was pretty good in its day. Unfortunately I didn't check for leakage in the store, they get upset if you open the package before buying. It had carbon-zinc batteries with a little leakage that rinsed away with tap water, but the backup battery was horrendous. Thing won't power up, I suppose I'll have open it and clean it/fix it. Or just toss it in storage.

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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

Couldn't sleep, washed off the battery contacts for both batteries, took the back off and cleaned the contacts inside, it was very clean overall with just a bit of corrosion on the backup battery contacts, all clean now!