Just take the lids that are too large or the ones that barely fit.

The lids too large are a bit annoying because condensed water will slowly drop onto the cooking plate.

As others have mentioned, yes a lid is important because otherwise you would end up with a sauce rather than a soup

Can’t we convince MAGA that trump has been replaced by the deep state or something that makes them fight for a good cause for once?

Exactly. They don’t want to provide them at all, but customers would get furious, so they cheap out as much as they can.

Funny that you mention Panasonic, because that’s the brand I noticed it first with.

The Panasonic cells that come with a device are usually garbage, also the stuff you get on flee markets and cheap packages on the Internet.

They apparently have cells that hold up and weight noticeably more.

For the standard sizes like AAA, AA and D cells there’s only Duracell for me. They’re still miles ahead of their competitors imo.

In my experience you can feel how good they are by how heavy they weight in your hand.