Is the price premium for energizer and duracell worth it?

[Triforceofcourage]

I just need to buy regular old AA batteries for standard things around the house like television and video game controllers. Also, some other random things.

Is it worth it to buy the name brand batteries or should I just stick with the cheaper generic batteries?

 

[mugs]

No. Get Costco Kirkland batteries.

If you don't have a Costco membership it is probably still worth it to buy generics, but you will have to change them more often.

Everything you've always wanted to know about alkaline batteries, but were afraid to ask:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=64660

 

[mzkhadir]

no, its not.

Rayovac are cheaper.

There was a study done earlier that said that walgreens batteries last longer than both of them.

this is not that study:http://www.imaging-resource.com/ACCS/BATTS/BATTS.HTM

 

[slpaulson]

Originally posted by: mzkhadir
no, its not.

Rayovac are cheaper.

There was a study done earlier that said that walgreens batteries last longer than both of them.

That's funny, I've been buying Walgreens batteries for a while because they are quite cheap.

 

[RollWave]

i dont buy it. Of generics I think walgreens batts are the WORST

 

[dainthomas]

I buy Energizer batteries 'cause that bunny just keeps going and going.

 

[0roo0roo]

from the reviews i remember seeing, no. they hold slightly more, and probably can be trusted to leak less. but if you were going by minutes of use per buck...they aren't superior enough to justify the price difference for most applications.

 

[Soundmanred]

I switched to Rayovac and never looked back for my remotes, wireless mouse, Wavebirds, and just about everything else.

 

[FoBoT]

i buy either rayovac at walmart or those "kirtland" ones from costco