Bought these last time, none of them work so far out of 40 I have tried. Gave away a box of 20 and felt bad about it.

Too many people are slamming heavy Duty (zinc chloride) batteries based on their knowledge of older less capacious zinc carbon batteries. THE TWO ARE NOT THE SAME. Zinc chloride batteries have a significantly better discharge profile, and can be a better value than alkalines in low/moderate drain devices. That said, these Fujis appear to be mislabeled as heavy duty when they are in fact, zinc carbon. This was verified by another Wooters who contacted Fuji. In other words, my recommendation for heavy duty zinc chloride batteries do not apply to these weaker Fujis.

Here are graphs showing the differences between zinc chloride and zinc carbon (aka LeClanche) batteries. You can see why it's unfair to treat them identically, and see how heavy duty batteries compare to alkalines. Generally speaking, alkalines outlast zinc chlorides by about 2.5x but often cost 3-4x more.

LeClanche=zinc carbon, Heavy Duty=zinc chloride

sdc100 wrote:*blush*
Thanks ... I bet my posts are loaded with typos since I'm working on other projects at the same time. In fact, I've found some typos that reversed the meaning of my posts.

Not a problem. I'm a huge fan of your informative posts. I wish we could "favorite" posters like on Fark so they would show up as a different color.

My new Lumix DMC-ZS10 camera you helped me decide on is great. [/threadjack]

Buyers of this product, please dispose of these properly. Thanks!

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A little late and too lazy to look at all previous posts....

But how will these work for my daughter's Leapster Explorer?

TJFoxxxx wrote:These are a good source of inanimate carbon rods...

I'm in for three BTW. Those that I don't harvest the valuable insides out of, I'll give out on Halloween--they'll make nice, inexpensive treats.

smatzke wrote:A little late and too lazy to look at all previous posts....

But how will these work for my daughter's Leapster Explorer?

The general consensus from previous buyers is these particular batteries are craptastic and one should avoid purchasing them.

therealjrn wrote:The general consensus from previous buyers is these particular batteries are craptastic and one should avoid purchasing them.

THANK YOU! I will avoid!

Bought these before Christmas and they haven't lasted very long in anything I've put them. I will never buy them again.

TJFoxxxx wrote:These are a good source of inanimate carbon rods...

TJFoxxxx wrote:I'm in for three BTW. Those that I don't harvest the valuable insides out of, I'll give out on Halloween--they'll make nice, inexpensive treats.

It's funny to have watched the last few days play out here on woot. If them posting these batteries isn't the biggest slap in the face to all these devoted crazy wooters who make up this messed up community of, what I can only assume are shut-ins, then I would think them posting these batteries tomorrow would be the biggest slap in the face given to everyone by the crazy head lady.

Good day sir

Nice batteries, but I would rather have this monkey.

I smell a 4-hour Woot Off item in the making.

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GMilberger wrote:Am I the only one that, whenever this deal comes up, mistakes the batteries for energy drinks?

I might need to get my sense-of-scale examined...

Now that you mention it, they do resemble cans of Jolt Cola...

these batteries are horrible. i bought 2 orders of these before christmas and i cannot get them to operate anything properly. there are some batteries i tried that did not even work and they ended up going directly into the trash! do yourselves a favor and just get the name brand batteries, it is worth the headache.

For the price, they make things work. . . for a little bit. If you think you'll get a long life out of something, suggest you buy real batteries. These are ok in a pinch. . but the pinch must be short lived.

Just FYI for everyone stressing over the tongue-in-cheek copy...

9V batteries are just 6 AAA batteries packaged in a little rectangular case. Not that it has any relavence, but you could concievably use the AAA as direct 9V replacements with a little tape and an end-piece.

That being said, everyone knows fuji batteries just can't beat novacells

ElGuappo wrote:9V batteries are just 6 AAA batteries packaged in a little rectangular case. Not that it has any relavence, but you could concievably use the AAA as direct 9V replacements with a little tape and an end-piece.

Not correct. If you just put six AAA batteries next to a 9V you can easily see they will not fit into that rectangular case. You're thinking of AAAA batteries, which barely exist outside of disassembling 9Vs.

I got these, and they don't seem to last very long. Seems like heavy duty means for a family of mice..

thinkerK wrote:My husband and I have sets of these at school. When kids come to me asking if I have batteries for their whatever device, I give them these instead of my rechargeables, which I never get back.

I have no idea if they last long; if not, I really don't care - the kids have to scam them from someone else. I get to be a hero for a while.

Ideally the batteries would immediately leak voluminous amounts of device destroying battery juice and whatever "devices" have been distracting your students would no longer work. Then you might actually be able to teach your students something, like self sufficiency, and why it's inappropriate to go around bumming batteries from their teachers.

jseureau wrote:

Nice batteries, but I would rather have this monkey.

"Hey! Come pull my tail little monkey; I'm not looking." "Okay, okay! Pull my leg. I'm NOT looking!"

That is sooo cool!

I bought these last time(both sizes) and put a couple in my camera. With the rest I made a sculpture of the capital building in DC.

I'd send a picture, but there's no charge left in my camera.

I purchased this a while back and the batteries last approximately 30 minutes!! I want my money back!

Don't Buy I got them last time. These Batteries are so weak they don't even work on my cheap Moto Walkie Talkie.

It's almost over....

sdc100 wrote:The answer is simple.

1) Sales are heavily influenced by advertising. When was the last time you saw any advertising for heavy duty or zinc carbon batteries? A lot of young people don't even know they exist. And many places don't even stock them.

2) As you can see the the Energizer chart, alkalines usually last only a bit more than 2x as much as heavy duties (zinc chloride). Yet many places charge 3-4x as much for alkalines. That generally means higher profit for alkalines since the manufacturing cost is not 3-4x higher. So of course there'll be a push to promote and sell them.

3) For many applications, it's simply more convenient to have a longer lasting battery, regardless of value. Two examples are wall clocks and smoke detectors. People simply don't like have to reach the ceiling or high wall to change change batteries. That doesn't mean that heavy duties aren't a better value.

4) Cameras do not insists on alkalines. In fact, most recommend NiMH or lithium because they have a better discharge profile. As for older cameras recommending alkalines over heavy duty batteries, the reason is simple: They last longer. Do you think camera companies like having their customers complain about changing batteries frequently? Indeed, one of the major criteria used in reviews is battery life. Fewer battery changes make their camera look good -- especially since it doesn't cost them anything to insist on alkalines. It seems pretty obvious to me.

So how long have you been working for Fuji battery division, or is it Woot you work for?

sdc100 wrote:I'd actually recommend them. For many solid state applications, heavy duty batteries are a better value than name brand alkalines. See this post, based on data from Energizer, one of the largest alkaline battery manufacturers. Their research shows that alkalines usually last only a bit over 2x longer than heavy duty batteries. Yet they often cost 3-4x as much. So true heavy duty batteries are still a good choice.

Then, in my opinion, your recommendation is of little value. There is really little difference between LeClanche and Zn-Cl, both are crappy.

"often cost 3-4X" is specious. They don't. These older chemistry batteries don't have close to the same shelf life or capacity of the common alkaline alternative, and they cost very little more. IMHO there is NO reason to buy these.

last time I bought two packs of 60 fuji batteries ... and at least half of the batteries did not work. Buyer beware.

smatzke wrote:THANK YOU! I will avoid!

AGREED! The batteries are crap - at least half don't work at all and the ones that do, crap out really quickly.

I cannot find the site to buy the batteries. Do we only get to choose aa or aaa?

jnevil wrote:**Shipping Update**

Fuji Heavy-Duty Batteries – 60 Pk has completely shipped via FEDEX SMART POST. All tracking has already been emailed out. You can also find your tracking number by following this link and use your ORDER NUMBER as the reference number.

FEDEX TRACKING

That's funny, I ordered and subsequently was charged yet I have yet to receive a shipping email and I tried posting the information on FedEx.com as described above and FedEx has no record.

Poorly packed...one of the packs was undone...batteries everywhere

Actually - it is 6 AAAA batteries in a 9v

ElGuappo wrote:Just FYI for everyone stressing over the tongue-in-cheek copy...

9V batteries are just 6 AAA batteries packaged in a little rectangular case. Not that it has any relavence, but you could concievably use the AAA as direct 9V replacements with a little tape and an end-piece.

That being said, everyone knows fuji batteries just can't beat novacells