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Originally posted by steve495:
it causes all sorts of issues with the remotes and devices they power.

I had many issues with a few Apple Air Tags and could not figure them out. It turns out the connections are weak due to the coating.

Good to know! Thank you.

I wasn't even aware that such a coating exists. Never seen anything like that mentioned on battery packages. As far as the recall itself is concerned, I wonder if DOGE is aware of it?

We joke but I know a guy who had a small daughter ingest one and die a couple of years ago.

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Originally posted by BB61:
We joke but I know a guy who had a small daughter ingest one and die a couple of years ago.

That is horrible.

CR2032 batteries are so common, I'm surprised the risk of death isn't more widely known. The chances of a child eating a 2032 battery are much greater just by finding them loose in a nightstand drawer or a thousand other places around the home. They have become super common. A small child having access to a rifle optic and then unscrewing the cap and eating the contents seems extremely remote in comparison.
Will the Consumer Product Safety Commission require safety locks on all nightstands next?

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Originally posted by steve495:

I do everything I can to find and buy batteries without that coating.

What brand(s) have you found, that do not have the coating?

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Originally posted by BB61:
We joke but I know a guy who had a small daughter ingest one and die a couple of years ago.

Unattended children die from all sorts of things. This is not the fault of the battery, nor SIG Sauer. The fact that the government seems to think that the company is at fault for not telling consumers the obvious, to not eat the batteries is the problem.

Who is feeding their kids these things? When I first heard about a coating they put on the batteries to make them taste bad, I thought it was a joke.

I agree with jljones about who it at fault, the parents.

Yup, the jokes are about the ridiculousness of the forced recall. It has nothing to do with the act of the children getting into things. No amount of feel good regulations will prevent a tragedy from happening.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by steve495:

I do everything I can to find and buy batteries without that coating.

What brand(s) have you found, that do not have the coating?

Duracell definitely has the coating and says so on the packaging. I think Energizer did not at the time. Off-brands like Amazon did not. I think Energizer is doing different child proof packaging instead of the coating.

That child proof packaging has probably resulted in more injuries from trying to cut it open than kids consuming batteries...

Cut fingers can heal, injuries from swallowed batteries not so much.