Duracell Coppertop AA Alkaline Batteries 8/PK

Primarily, I am writing this review to praise the new environmentally friendly packaging. It is one material, pasteboard, meaning it can be recycled with paper. The old past board and plastic required separating the two materials for recycling. Also, the old packaging was a bit cumbersome to store. These new pasteboard can be stacked upon each other. I did find it a bit difficult to remove the smaller batteries . I bought 2 9-volt batteries in the same packaging, all pasteboard and without plastic, for easier recycling.

You can always depend on Duracell, AA OR AAA!! Those of you with kids, close your eyes and picture this...it's Christmas/a birthday party and the kids are bouncing off the walls and shredding wrapping paper. Oooh, a new electronic whatsit, where are the batteries? They grab the batteries, put them in, and hold their breath as they push the ON button. And nothing happens. Frowns and sniffles!! Grab another bunch of batteries, but all those Brand X ones you bought trying to save some money are dead. :-(( You don't have that happen with Duracell!! I, too, wish they were cheaper, but what in the world would you do if our little fantasy were true?? I'm older than dirt and I think Duracell was around when I was a kid. You don't stay in business that long if you don't make good products, that's a fact! So do yourself and your kids a favor, buy Duracell next time, and close your eyes and listen to all the happy electronic whatsits clicking and growling and doing their thing, with the kids' shrieks echoing off the walls!! You can always depend on Duracell!