Some Batteries Are Being Paid 8 Times Too Much By Consumers, This Expert Tested 59 Brands And Delivers His Verdict

A YouTuber wanted to compare the battery models sold in stores and what he discovered could well change your shopping habits.

Although they are increasingly replaced by rechargeable batteries, batteries are still widely used in our homes. If you have ever looked to replace the batteries in a toy or a remote control, you have certainly already been confronted with the mountain of battery brands available in some stores. There are so many different brands that entire shelves can now be stocked with just batteries!

AAA, AA, LR6, Lithium, charge at 1.5 volts… The variety of calibers and powers allows brands to offer all sorts of different models. Faced with this multitude of options, the Youtuber “DIY is cool” wanted to test as many batteries sold in stores as possible to check if the most expensive models were really more interesting compared to the “discount” versions. that can be found at Action, Amazon, Auchan, Cora, etc. The results of his analyses are quite shocking: the most profitable batteries are clearly not the most expensive! We explain the why and how.

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The "Bricolage is cool" carried out the same usability tests & high and low current on 59 different battery brands. These were sorted into three main categories: “entry level” with an average price of 0.24  euro;, “mid-range" with an average price of 0.48  € and “high-end” with an average price of 1.02 euros. Some stores also sell a single brand, but under several pictograms that categorize them for regular use. regular, intensive or maximum.

By comparing the performance of each type of battery with their price, the YouTube channel revealed that the most “high-end” batteries sold as among the best on the market are clearly not the most profitable. Some batteries like the Duracell Plus and the A-Force from the Action store even have completely similar power while the first costs 8 times more than the second! The YouTuber even specifies that saline batteries are flee as their capacities are lower than those of alkaline batteries.

The biggest difference is the Varta Longlife Max Power battery sold for 1.30 euros, which has exactly the same performance as the Simple Alkaline battery sold at Carrefour for 0.16 euros. In the end, the majority of “high-end” batteries end up at the end of the ranking of the most profitable batteries according to their price and capacities.

The YouTube channel reports that battery distributors generally do not specify the mAh capacities of their products, but hide their performances behind names such as “Pro Power”, “Longlife”, “Ultra +”, etc. Names that do not mean much, but mislead the consumer who thinks they are getting a good deal when discount batteries can have the same performances but are more profitable given their prices.