Amazon Basics AAA High-Performance Alkaline Batteries, 10-Year Shelf Life, Easy to Open Value Pack
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I had been buying Duracell batteries (AA, AAA, C, D) from Sam's Wholesale club because the bulk prices were better than small battery packages, but I switched to AmazonBasics. The reason is the price. Of course, that brings up the question of performance. Which is better? I have 3 kids and a zillion electronic toys. We replace batteries often around here, and frankly there are so many electronic toys, controllers, and remotes, that I have a hard time keeping up with performance of specific batteries. But I came to a realization after comparing prices between the 48 pack of AmazonBasics, and the 48-pack of Duracell at Sam's. For the batteries I was buying, the Duracells would have to last 66% longer to justify the price difference. Now I can't be sure which lasted longer, but I know for sure the Duracells I used to use were NOT lasting 66% longer than the AmazonBasics. They may have been better, but not THAT MUCH better. I'll stick with the AmazonBasics."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Not only did a few batteries leak they ruined one of my Gideon Flameless LED candles. I am so disappointed. I thought that with the Amazon name I would have a quality product. I purchase many products from the Amazon website.\nI would like a refund and a replacement for the ruined Gideion Flameless LED candle. I purchased three candles and the 6 inch candle is ruined.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I usually love Amazon products, but hate these batteries. A pack of 36 AAA were purchased in 2015 and used in a number of items, ranging from clocks, multi-meters, IR temperature gauges, etc. Every single one of these devices that I have placed the Amazon batteries in, and left them for a couple years, has leaked causing serious damage to the product. Duracell and Energizer batteries have never leaked on me. Spend more money and get a quality battery that will not leak. Amazon should not be selling such a poor product that has caused many times the batteries original purchase price to my electronic devices.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Unfortunately these batteries are not a quality product. I purchased a carton of them with expiration dates of 2027 yet they go dead quickly and LEAK! The only reason I tried this brand is due to many Duracell failures over the past couple of years including longevity and leakage. It seems to be a constant battle these days finding a decent battery at any price point and I\'ll assure you that THESE are NOT a decent battery. So now what? Well, I attempt to locate each piece of equipment into which these leakers were installed and replace them with a different brand. Not to mention I\'ll need to toss the remaining "good" (and I use that term loosely) batteries.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "Well I would have thought these batteries were great up until I opened my kids RC spider and found one of the batteries had ruptured. Don't think I've ever seen the case of a battery come apart like this. Ordered AC Delcos this time around. Some other reviewer posted performance data indicating they were the best bang for your buck. Had no problems prior to this one so I can't say it's a systemic issue but it is worthy of note."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Bought a new Amazon Firestick remote control (sweet puppy consumed the previous one). Had it for a couple of weeks and received an alert that the battery life was low and so I bought these Amazon batteries as a replacement. (I love Amazon, right!?) Received the batteries and changed them in the remote. Four days later the alert pops up on the TV that battery life was low again. Busy and consumed with teaching summer school and raising children, I thought maybe I just "thought" about replacing them before but didn\'t really do it. So I did do it (again) and sure enough, within 4-5 days the same alert appears. Replaced the batteries again in the remote. Last night, the same alert appears. ... Unbelievable! What is wrong with these batteries? At this rate of having to replace these batteries, I can\'t afford to watch free TV. I\'ll never buy these batteries again.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': "AmazonBasics batteries are quite good in terms of capacity -- pretty much tied for the top spot compared to the other 6 brands I've tested, but other brands have the edge in capacity per dollar. When I computed value by dividing capacity by the cost per battery of the cheapest package size, they took a respectable third place, and they have the advantage of being a trusted name compared to the value leader. In the images I have attached a graph and a table summarizing my test results for the 7 types I've tested, but if you'd like to know more about how I test ... on to the in-dept test & review.\n\nI've been on a bit of a quest to test all of the top-selling aaa batteries on Amazon in a repeatable, precise way. This means the same equipment, same environmental conditions, and same slots in the equipment will be used for each test. For each test, I fully discharge 3 batteries in my Opus BT-C2000 battery analyzer at rates of 100 ma, 200 ma, and 400 ma (discharge rate affects usable capacity). I have also performed this exact same test (same equipment, same conditions) on the ACDelco, Duracell Procell, Duracell Coppertop, Energizer MAX, Maxell, and Rayovac. I have linked the other brands I've reviewed at the end of this review if you'd like to take a look at the other results for comparison purposes. For the Amazon Basics batteries, the capacity at each discharge rate was:\n\nDisch Rt | Capacity | Runtime | Sample use case\n100 mA | 997 mAh | 10 hrs | Low-power LED flashlight\n200 mA | 914 mAh | 4.5 hrs | Electronic toy / medium LED flashlight\n400 mA | 623 mAh | 1.5 hrs | Motorized toy / bright LED flashlight\n\nNote that these (and all other Alkalines) would achieve somewhat higher capacity (maybe 1200 mAh) in a low discharge application like a mouse, keyboard, remote control, etc because alkaline batteries have internal resistance that reduces usable capacity at high discharge rates.\n\nThe capacity of these batteries is among the best I've tested -- take a look at the attached data table for comparative data. For the cost (~$0.31/ea in a 36 pack right now), these are a decent but beatable value -- the power supplied per dollar spent is very good, but eclipsed by other currently available options.\n\nComparison:\n\nThese batteries do well capacity-wise, but value-wise are blown away by the currently cheapest energy/dollar battery that I've tested, the ACDelco aaa's. Their capacity results were:\n\nDisch Rt | Capacity | Runtime\n100 mA | 1005 mAh | 10 hrs\n200 mA | 864 mAh | 4.3 hrs\n400 mA | 670 mAh | 1.7 hrs\n\nAs you can see, the Amazon batteries were very comperable ... but, at the current time the AmazonBasics batteries are $0.31/ea (36 pack), while the ACDelco batteries are about $0.21/ea (48 pack) -- so the ACDelco are significantly cheaper per mAh. I did not test shelf life, so it's possible that these may hold up better sitting in a drawer. Although both the Amazon batteries and the ACDelco batteries are certainly made on contract by a third party, I do think that I trust Amazon a bit more to provide consistent batteries than ACDelco ... although I haven't had any trouble with my ACDelco batteries so far. It's also worth noting that the Amazon batteries come in clearly superior packaging - while the ACDelco batteries come in a horrible gigantic plastic blister pack, the Amazon batteries come in a closable cardboard box. If you don't go through a lot of batteries & organization of your battery drawer is important to you, that could push them into the all-around winner category despite the ~50% price premium.\n\nFinally, because another review specifically mentions the Rayovac AA's as being 'good' in some usage scenarios, I thought I'd share my findings for the Rayovac AAA's. In short, they're garbage - the Amazon batteries are better in EVERY case. It's possible that the Rayovac AA's are much better than the AAA's, but I think it's more likely that the version of the Rayovacs tested by the website that he got his results from is different than the most popular Rayovac on Amazon (I source all of my batteries from Amazon). I ran the Rayovac test several times because I couldn't believe how poorly they did ... here are some typical Rayovac results:\n\nDisch Rt | Capacity | Runtime\n100 mA | 908 mAh | 9 hrs\n200 mA | 590 mAh | 2.9 hrs\n400 mA | 443 mAh | 1.1 hrs\n\nMy other battery tests/reviews:\n\nI have posted reviews for Duracell Coppertop, Duracell Procell and ACDelco aaa alkaline batteries with capacity data gathered using the exact same method and equipment. To find those reviews for comparison purposes, go to the product pages linked below and search for 'mah' under 'all reviews' (or just browse to them on my profile). If/when I do additional aaa tests/reviews in the future, I will update this list.\n\nACDelco AAA Super Alkaline Batteries\nDuracell AAA Batteries Coppertop MN2400 - 20 Pack\nDuracell Procell AAA Batteries PC2400BKD09\nEnergizer MAX AAA Batteries\nMaxell Alkaline Battery AAA Cell\nRayovac Alkaline AAA Batteries"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I bought these batteries for my closet automatic LED light strips that turn on for 30 seconds. I only go Into my closet 4 x a day but I would replace the batteries once a month. Then my Duracell batteries in my Thermostat died after five years. I replaced the Thermostst with Amazon batteries, would not turn on. I went through half the pack and finally one pair of Amazon batteries worked! Next day? Thermostat indicated low batteries and the screen barely can be read. Replaced the batteries in my thermostat with Enigizer batteries, no issues!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "I purchased these batteries to go in some led puck lights. Each light takes 3 batteries. I purchased them about 2 weeks ago and installed the lights. This morning the lights were already out, and I had to replace the batteries again. These lights are not in constant use, I'd say only used approximately 4 or 5 hours in the 2 weeks I've had them. The batteries are CRAP, and prove the adage, you get what you pay for."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Reading reviews here from people complaining about these batteries is pretty comical. The funniest thing was the amazing number of people crying and giving low score reviews because their batteries won\'t "charge up right."\nWow, people today don\'t even understand the CONCEPT of disposable batteries, lol! For me, these are working just great. I bought a 20 pack for $7, which is about what 6 Duracells normally cost, so, value-wise, they\'d have to be REALLY bad to make them a poor purchase. I\'ve used about 8 of them in various electronic devices for a couple months now, and have had no leaking or weak power issues anywhere, so 20 solid AAA batteries for just $7 is a GREAT DEAL!\nI can\'t accurately speak about longevity after just a couple months, but everything else about this purchase is very satisfying.\n\nUpdate: it has now been 9 months since I bought these batteries, and have yet to encounter any negative issues (such as leaking or low power). I only use them in things that won\'t use much charge, such as remote controls. Thus far, I haven\'t had any of them run out of power.'}]