New Stratocaster strings sounding dull or dead

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ICBM said:

I've used D'Addario strings which have been unopened for years (odd packets of unusual gauges mostly) and never found any with corrosion or sounding odd.

Well that's what I would have thought. I only had them for a maximum of two years maybe, nothing extreme.

Maybe it's just the hot, humid weather we've been having on the North East coast.