Customer Reviews for Rayovac - Zinc Air 312 1.45 V Hearing Aid Battery 6 pk
Customer Rating
3
Tremendous hassle to open packaging
on February 23, 2025
Posted by: Tumble
from Quincy, IL
Gender:Male
Have been using Rayovac's 312s for years, but always bought the 16 pack. Batteries were fine. Bought the child resistant 6 packs last time and found out the packaging is also adult proof. Takes forever to struggle to get one out. Regular scissors would not cut the plastic. Will not be buying anything in this packaging again.
Child-proof packaging: I can't verify the child-proof claim but the packages are definitely senior resistant. Not only is the plastic container terribly difficult to cut in order to free a battery; the cut plastic can be quite painful should one jab one's self with it. I won't buy again.
Not even an adult can open the child proof packaging! I agree to make it safe so a child can't get their hand on them but let's do it with the user in mind. Not to mention the slick move of switching from a 3 pack of 8 in each circle to a 2 pack with only 6 in a circle. I don't believe the price went down. If it did, not noticeable. It's too bad - the batteries are great. You advertise them as lasting longer than any other and they truly do. But the lack of ingenuity in the child proof packaging cost you a customer. I'll be switching to a competitor so I don't have to take 10 minutes to get the batteries out of the pack. If you get a better packaging and go back to putting the same amount of batteries that you used to have in a pack, I'll be back.
The new child proof packaging is very difficult to get into. For my older hands, cutting plastic is difficult plus makes it impossible when I need to change batteries in public.
My most recent purchase showed up with child proof packaging. This is extremely difficult for seniors and you have neglected one thing. Any child can grab a pair of scissors and get these open. Child proof packaging is a failure in this case for everyone.
I have used Rayovac 312 for years and been very happy until the new packaging came out. I have arthritis in my hands. Cutting that package needs a skill saw! Then, my nail split trying to separate the two layers! I will find a different brand I guess unless you have the old packaging available for the elder generation!
If you don’t have scissors handy, you’re out of luck getting a battery out of that package. Whoever designed that packaged, should be locked in a room with it with no scissors!