Comments on: Why Pay for Batteries Ever Again?

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0cdb40a14232 — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:27:09 +0000

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By: Bill Vincent

Bill Vincent — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:13:26 +0000

FTW, here’s a snopes article on this recent surge in ‘battery hack’ vids.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/humor/batteryhack.asp

By: Bill Vincent

Bill Vincent — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:12:06 +0000

Wow, I’m quite tired of these videos. It’s a spoof, people, a joke, a con, a funny.

http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/Stories/006.2/index.html

Above link shows what is ACTUALLY inside most lantern batteries. Other kinds of batteries have power cells in them, and rarely, if ever, are they of a size that can be used in any commercial device.

By: Jake S.

Jake S. — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:59:32 +0000

If this does in fact work, it could also be a major case of paying for packaging.

In the case of the lantern battery, they used energizer batteries as an example, in that case you may be paying alot for just the name and some fancy packaging, whereas on the inside of the lantern battery, you get batteries in that cheap primer gray looking color.

As far as the twelve volt, I think Mike hit the nail right on the head, because when people think of batteries, the price that pops into their mind is about 5-6 dollars, also, I don’t think I ever would have bought a lantern battery in my life if it weren’t for this hack, so battery companies don’t produce nearly as many, and therefore have to make them cheaper in order to keep them moving.

Thats my two cents.

Has anyone tested this yet?

By: mike

mike — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:19:30 +0000

Gullible. These videos that claim you can open a large battery and get several smaller ones are fake.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:48:32 +0000

I tried this with a lot of different brands. The only ones that I found would work are the Energizers (and only some of these). It is really easy to waste a great deal of money trying this. It seems as though the battery companies are catching on. Anybody who’s tried it will tell you, it’s a pain to find the ones that will work.

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:28:32 +0000

In 9 volts, those are not AAA. They are AAAA, which are a bit smaller than a AAA.

By: cody c

cody c — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:16:59 +0000

the one about the 32 AA’s in the 6V battery is bullshit. I bought a 6V lantern battery, the exact same showed above,
and it had 4 D batteries in it.

By: Snopes fan

Snopes fan — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:27:40 +0000

Actually, I found that this is incorrect. Here you go, research for yourself before trying something that is actually dangerous. http://www.snopes.com/photos/humor/batteryhack.asp

By: Mike Perry

Mike Perry — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:30:12 +0000

The high-quality question is a good one. Someone should test these batteries against the pricer ones sold separately. I suspect they are, since if they weren’t the larger batteries they’re sold with wouldn’t last long.

It once worked in a tire factory. An engineer told me that tires for small cars cost almost as much as those for large cars, the only difference was the cost of materials. But tire companies sold them for less because that was what customers expected. I suspect there’s something similar here. People have a price range they’ll pay for batteries, either a tiny AAA or a large 6 volt battery. In this case they overcharge for the smaller ones, making most of their profit there. And they cut production costs by using smaller batteries to make larger ones.