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The problem with these things is they worked about as well as mood rings or thermal fish tank thermometers
I never found much use for the tester on the package. Because by the time I needed to test a battery, the package had long since been thrown away. They were only slightly more useful when they put them on the batteries, because you’d have to remove the battery from the device to test it. Or, even easier, just turn the darn thing on and see if it works.
And that looks like a D battery, or the person had small hands.
Oh no! Memories of the duracell family are creeping into my mind. Make them go away..please!
Blast from the ass
I only remember the ones that were ON the batteries themselves. Do they still have those?
Apparently W Tarbox doesn’t have any kids. I’ve got a two-month old and EVERYTHING uses D batteries now. I hadn’t used one in years but now I’ve got about 15 of them and it’s not enough. And I remember those testers as usually being more fun than the actual device the batteries were supposed to be powering.
Totaly, I remember being at a birthday party and sitting around playing with the batterie tester instead of the new toys the batteries were soposed to go in.
Then roaming the house looking for things to remove the batteries from to test those too!
The one thing people didn’t realize about these things was that they could actually drain your batteries. It’s part of the reason they quit producing the test strips. They found out, that if you held the battery there for a while, it’d actually go dead.
It’s a D battery and D and C batteries are used in just as many things now as they were then.
the internetlurker ad was disturbing
So I wasn’t the only one freaked out by the “elephant voiced European screamer”????
If you are guitarist and you can’t afford a goddamn power cable for all your pedals than you still buy a lot of C and D batteries…
I have some of these. A C, D, AA, and a 9v. I don’t think I’ve used them in forever, since all I really use are AA’s for a walkman, and it has a battery level indicator on it. I do remember trying to peel them away from the bubble so I didn’t have to keep the rest of the bulky packaging. I always wound up with most of it stuck to the plastic, and then it didn’t work anyway.
I remember when they began putting the tester on the batteries themselves. they’re better today, but back then you had to press hard as murder before the they worked.
I still have som portable speakers that run on 2×2 D batteries, they play for about 8-10 hours
It looks more like a 9 volt battery to me. The thing is rectangular after all!
Speaking of 9 volts, why didn’t they get named a letter like the other batteries? I never understood why they went by letters anyway. It’s kind of silly. The exception of the 9 volt is even sillier. My friends and I wondered about that as kids, so we named the 9 volt the “B” battery since they skipped B for some strange reason when naming batteries.
What’s up with AA and AAA too? Why didn’t they use other letters instead of multiple A’s? Another unsolved mystery.
A, B and C batteries were used back in the 20’s and 30’s for radios. B batteries were very high voltage compared to the A and C batteries back then, so, to avoid confusion regarding the B battery, they skipped B batteries in the modern line-up.
AA and AAA were later additions to the modern A battery for smaller appliances, like remotes etc.
In some 9v batteries, there’s even serially-connected 1.5v AAAA batteries that are nearly compatible with AAA batteries: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr5ZB1eFhwc&feature=related
Anyone who has young children definitely uses both C and D batteries and a regular basis. All infant and children’s toys use them. Mobiles, jumpers, infant swings and bouncy chairs, every single piece of gear or large entertainer needs them. It’s going to be insane (battery-wise) when I’ve got two under two next April.
I remember playing with those. I wondered what happened to them.
They’re still featured on duracell batteries, but instead of being on the package, they’re built into the battery itself
Obviously, they got rid of them because people realized they still had a lot of working batterries, so they didn’t go to buy more! Without those, people wouldn’t know how much energy they had, so they’d be thrown out as to not mess with any electronic devices. besides, then they wouldn’t have to waste any more money on something that stupid anyway.
To the dumbass who writes the captions: We still use C and D batteries in lots of things like flashlights, portable radios, etc.
Sorry about that. He’s overtired and cranky. I’ll put some extra Scotch in his Bosco tonight and he’ll be out cold.
Um. Women use “C” batteries all the time. Just sayin’.
I’ll stick with my rechargeable batteries…but yeah, I remember these being sooo cool when I was a kid. I rarely use C or D batteries now.
Epic fail. Those were horrible and never tested accurately. And with devices that have their own battery indicators, it’s a thing of the past.
Ya know, just because YOU don’t know it, doesn’t mean it aint so…. The 9 volt battery is actually known as a PP3, however, I can’t be bothered to go digging up the reason. Also there are a couple of batteries about the same size, and roughly 2/3rds as long as a AA called N-type cells. They come in quite a few voltages, 1.5, 9, and 12v if my memory is correct….
these things were trash
I remember having bought those packages, and while they were fairly accurate, like someone else said you really had to press down on the terminals to get the thing to read. I think the testers on the batteries themselves only come on some of the 4-packs of the AA and AAA, but I think those are fading out fast.
Nowadays most battery-operated electronics come with their own battery meters, a luxury that was once only available on camcorders and cell phones.
I remember these being pretty useless, you either had full power or non really. If it was showing half power, that meant you could use it for about 5 minutes and it would be flat. I’m yet to see a reliable commercial battery tester.
my fingers hurt and i still never found out how much power i had
OMG I have a pair of these in my game boy pocket… they expired about 10 years ago but they work.
Ummm. D and C refer to the SIZE of the battery, not the type (Nickel cadmium, alkaline, etc.)
I had to LOL @ “Remember when we used to use C and D batteries?” Most flashlights and kids toys STILL use them.
Ahh, the young.