Customer Reviews for Rayovac - Zinc Air 13 1.45 V Hearing Aid Battery 6 pk
Customer Rating
5
Life span and ease of use, recycling with help of package
on March 4, 2014
Posted by: DalexB
from Oshawa, ON, Canada
Gender:Male
I have not timed the length of time the batteries last. As I take out the batteries at home, when sleeping and when other people are not around, I do not know precisely how long they last. I take the word of other reviewers on this matter. What I do like about the tab and packaging is this: When I am changing batteries in my hearing aids, I save the tab. I place it on the old dead battery on the opposite side and put the battery back in the empty slot in the package. This way I can transport the battery home to keep with other dead batteries that I can recycle twice a year with the local municipal weekly pick-up recycling program. I do have a question though. My left ear has more damage (from past military service) in the voice mid range. My right ear has more normal loss in the upper frequencies, but is fine in all other ranges. I have found that the battery in my right ear wears out faster. I would have thought that due to the more extensive damage in my left ear, the left ear battery would wear out first? Does anyone know why this is?
Upon acquiring hearing aids, my hearing aid professional said to use only Ray-O-Vac batteries. I took his advice and have never been disapointed. They're reasonably priced, and have never failed me.
The Rayovac hearing aid battery has a pull tab that, next to the Duracell's, is the easiest to grasp. I judge these to be a good comprise between the number of the days the batteries last and the convenience of pull tab that is moderately easy to grasp.
It seems counter-intuitive that many brands of hearing aid batteries have tabs that may prove problematic for the elderly to grasp. The elderly, being the very demographic most likely to use hearing aids, often are the ones who may have the most physical or mental challenges associated with grasping small battery tabs. The Duracell folks have got the pull tab design that is the most convenient. However, I found that they last a full two days shorter than the batteries made by Rayovac.