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Cost effective alternative, December 16, 2007
This review is from: DURACELL AAA24 PROCELL Professional Alkaline Battery (DURACELL AAA24PROCELL) (Health and Beauty)
These batteries are a very good choice for an inexpensive alkaline. Heavy duty batteries, are not cost effective because although cheaper, they have a very short run time. To get the best bang for your buck, go for alkalines like these.
The "Procell" designation is basically Duracell's way of marking these batteries as ones intended for industrial applications. They make them as a separate line so they won't directly compete with their consumer lines.
My experience is that these batteries do not last quite as long as the top consumer lines from Duracell and Energizer. However, they are within 10-20% (depending on the application), and are considerably cheaper. So, they are much more cost effective.
Unless you are using them in an application where it is difficult to change the batteries, I recommend going with these instead of spending more.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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Pro Duracell, January 18, 2010
I love the pro duracell batteries. I am a video producer and I use these batteries in my wireless mics. They last so much longer than the standard batteries and I've tried them all. For me, they are definitely worth the money.
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Great Packaging, December 30, 2009
I haven't used up any of the batteries yet - they seem like ordinary alkaline batteries. What sets these apart is the packaging. The product image shown when I bought it concerned me - it says "4xAAA" but looks way too big for that and the description (and price) said 24 batteries. It turns out the picture is larger than life size - it should be the size of 4 AAA batteries standing side by side. You get 6 paperboard boxes just like the one shown in the picture, all pancaked together in a larger paperboard box measuring 3" x 2" x 1.75". There is no wasted space, no plastic, no cellophane, etc. The packaging wouldn't be good for keeping in a wet location, but it's perfect for keeping a stock of batteries in a drawer. You can easily grab a pack of 4 batteries when you need to use them, or grab a few 4-packs to throw in a bag for a trip. The packaging is easy to open and close. I'm not sure if this is in Amazon's Frustration-Free Packaging program ( [...] ), but it is worthy of that. I wish more products would have such simple, useful packaging.
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