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   Andrew Lindh
   May 28th, 2010 - 10:40

   Review by Andrew Lindh for NABC UltraLast ULA100AAB AA Size General Purpose Battery – Alkaline – 1.5V DC General Purpose Battery-100 count
   Rating:
   I’d give these a zero rating if I could. I thought they would be a good value, but they only have about 25% (or less) the power of a good name brand battery. I tried these in my pager and they only last about a week vs. 4-6 weeks for a good battery. I used them in a label maker and I could only print 4 labels before they died. I’m half way done with a 100 pack and they all have the same short life.
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   Graham S. Exton
   May 28th, 2010 - 11:03

   Review by Graham S. Exton for NABC UltraLast ULA100AAB AA Size General Purpose Battery – Alkaline – 1.5V DC General Purpose Battery-100 count
   Rating:
   I bought 100 of these batteries a year ago. They have been fine for radios, remote controls and other undemanding gadgets. I don’t know if it’s the humidity or the nature of the batteries, but some have now started to leak. I’ve thrown away about 20 and have the same number left.
   
   If these batteries suit your purposes, I would suggest buying a smaller pack and using them quickly, rather than hoarding a large number as I did.
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   M. Cavallo
   May 28th, 2010 - 11:32

   Review by M. Cavallo for NABC UltraLast ULA100AAB AA Size General Purpose Battery – Alkaline – 1.5V DC General Purpose Battery-100 count
   Rating:
   For the money you can’t beat it. With four kids I go through batteries by the case and have often had issues with generic brands. These batteries were better than other generics I have tried at a discount to the name brands. Recommended.
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   J. Hartwig
   May 28th, 2010 - 12:13

   Review by J. Hartwig for NABC UltraLast ULA100AAB AA Size General Purpose Battery – Alkaline – 1.5V DC General Purpose Battery-100 count
   Rating:
   Bought some of these at Micro Center. Absolute worst batteries I’ve ever purchased. More than half were dead out of the box. Not even good for remotes. Had to cycle through batteries in search of two good ones just to get a channel change. In no way is the price worth the stress or the number of batteries that actually worked. Winning combinations usually lasted a week anyway. An 8 pack of Duracell would beat these. Awful experience.
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   C. Zachemsky
   May 28th, 2010 - 13:02

   Review by C. Zachemsky for NABC UltraLast ULA100AAB AA Size General Purpose Battery – Alkaline – 1.5V DC General Purpose Battery-100 count
   Rating:
   After reading all the reviews on these batteries and seeing that they were pretty hit and miss, I decided to follow in the footsteps of another reviewer and do some testing. I ordered a 100 pack of AA Ultralast alkaline batteries and found the best deal I could find on some name brand batteries. I ended up finding a 36 pack of Energizer AAs at Home Depot for $14 which made them 42 cents each after tax. These Ultralasts came in a 23 cents each after free shipping and no tax. I pulled out my trusty multimeter once they arrived and went to town. I tested 10 of the Energizers (28% of the package quantity) and they all metered at 1.61 volts right out of the package. The Ultralasts are packaged as 10 shrink wrapped packs of 10. So, I poked the sharp ends of the multimeter probes thru the plastic shrink wrap to test 4 out of each pack of 10 (40% of the total package quantity). I did this so that if they tested out low, I could return them with less likelyhood of any issues of acceptance. So, of the 40 batteries that I tested, most of them metered at 1.62 volts with a handful metering at 1.63 volts; better than the Energizers! I have no way of testing milliamp hours (mAh) so have no way to determine if the overall capacity is equal but from the reading up I did on alkaline batteries, the concensus seems to be that the TYPE of battery is going to have pretty much the same capacity regardless of manufacturer. (I Googled “all alkaline batteries the same” and read some of the various resulting articles/blogs/etc) Obviously an alkaline battery is going to have more capacity than a carbon battery and a lithium ion battery will have more than an alkaline but there are only so many mAh that any manufacturer can cram into a single AA battery. It sounds like some buyers may have gotten a bad batch but I think they’re worth ordering. Test a few and if you get a bad batch, return them.

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