Re: Kerri- Rayovac battery prices?

[Guest guest]

At 03:02 AM 11/2/00 -0500, you wrote:

>Hi there,

>Kerri, what price did you say you found for Rayovac batteries? I know it was

>good. I wanted to compare because I got a BJs warehouse club flyer today and

>they were advertising Rayovacs: 24 size 10 for $14.99, 24 size 13 for

>$12.99, 24 size 312 for $12.99, and 12 size 675 for $7.99.

I got them at www.powerpalace.com ... the size 13s are 16 for $10 (well,

for me it was really 48 for $30) with free shipping. Question is...are the

ones at BJs on the white card, or the black card? The white card is the

" regular strength " and the black card is the " ultra pro-line " . I don't know

what the specific difference is, but I get about 4-5 days out of the white

card, and about a week out of the black. (But remember, Teddy's turned up a

lot louder than .) :-)

>I've always been happy with our Duracells but at those prices (and your

>recommendation!) I may have to switch to the Rayovacs.

One of my audiologists has concerns with Duracells...that they're a micron

or two off in standard size. I should get more info about that from her, or

see if they've fixed it.

[Guest guest]

I would buy a small package first and try them. We can ONLY buy duracell.

We have tried all the others and they dont even last one day. The duracell

will last 1-2 weeks. Weird huh?

Betty - sahm to:

Toby-14 (HI-mild to moderate, oral, bte resounds)

Britany-8, & Bristol-7 (normal hearing)

> Does anyone else have any experience with these? I currently get about a

> week our of our Activair size 13 (I know, I know, we've got it easy!).

> Daphne

> mom to (HI), Leo (just loud)

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Just wanted to pass on info I have learned the hard way about batteries.

1) The Duracell batteries ARE sometimes different thicknesses and can

be the cause of the hearing aid turning off and on as they slide back

and forth. Probably depends on the hearing aid and haw the battery

compartment is made.

2) The power aids often need high power batteries (hard to find on-line).

We found out by accident that we got 5 dB more out of a new high power

batttery than a standard battery across the frequencies (Siemen's power

music).

3) The phonak people told us to use high power batteries with the

microlink FM since the microlink receiver draws its power from the hearing

aid batteries.

4) The high power batteries don't seem to last that much longer, but we

get better gain and the FM works better.

5) The best policy is to use the type of batteries recommended by the

hearing aid manufacturer. Low or moderate gain hearing aids might be hurt

by the high power batteries. I went back and looked in the Siemen's users

guide after switching to the high power batteries and sure enough, they

recommended high power batteries from the beginning.

So we are using 13, High power. We got them on-line from

Coastal Hearing Aid Center

http://www.hearingusa.com/battery.htm

High Power Batteries 13, 10 card packs of 4 each, $52.00

Terri , Mother of Kathy, 6 profound-to-severe, future paleontologist

and Power Puff Girl

on 11/1/00 9:10 PM, Listen-Upegroups at Listen-Upegroups wrote:

> Message: 8

> Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 15:13:55 -0500

>

> Subject: Re: Kerri- Rayovac battery prices?

>

> At 03:02 AM 11/2/00 -0500, you wrote:

>> Hi there,

>> Kerri, what price did you say you found for Rayovac batteries? I know it was

>> good. I wanted to compare because I got a BJs warehouse club flyer today and

>> they were advertising Rayovacs: 24 size 10 for $14.99, 24 size 13 for

>> $12.99, 24 size 312 for $12.99, and 12 size 675 for $7.99.

>

> I got them at www.powerpalace.com ... the size 13s are 16 for $10 (well,

> for me it was really 48 for $30) with free shipping. Question is...are the

> ones at BJs on the white card, or the black card? The white card is the

> " regular strength " and the black card is the " ultra pro-line " . I don't know

> what the specific difference is, but I get about 4-5 days out of the white

> card, and about a week out of the black. (But remember, Teddy's turned up a

> lot louder than .) :-)

>

>> I've always been happy with our Duracells but at those prices (and your

>> recommendation!) I may have to switch to the Rayovacs.

>

> One of my audiologists has concerns with Duracells...that they're a micron

> or two off in standard size. I should get more info about that from her, or

> see if they've fixed it.

>

[Guest guest]

They're on colored cards and they're labelled Rayovac Ultra Loud N Clear

Premium Hearing Aid Batteries. They're endorsed by Arnold Palmer with a

picture and a facsimile of his signature, so of course they must be good

(lol).

At $12.99 they're worth trying-- I'll find out if they don't last.

Thanks.

Daphne

Re: Kerri- Rayovac battery prices?

At 03:02 AM 11/2/00 -0500, you wrote:

>Hi there,

>Kerri, what price did you say you found for Rayovac batteries? I know it

was

>good. I wanted to compare because I got a BJs warehouse club flyer today

and

>they were advertising Rayovacs: 24 size 10 for $14.99, 24 size 13 for

>$12.99, 24 size 312 for $12.99, and 12 size 675 for $7.99.

I got them at www.powerpalace.com ... the size 13s are 16 for $10 (well,

for me it was really 48 for $30) with free shipping. Question is...are the

ones at BJs on the white card, or the black card? The white card is the

" regular strength " and the black card is the " ultra pro-line " . I don't know

what the specific difference is, but I get about 4-5 days out of the white

card, and about a week out of the black. (But remember, Teddy's turned up a

lot louder than .) :-)

>I've always been happy with our Duracells but at those prices (and your

>recommendation!) I may have to switch to the Rayovacs.

One of my audiologists has concerns with Duracells...that they're a micron

or two off in standard size. I should get more info about that from her, or

see if they've fixed it.

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[Guest guest]

Our audiologist specifically stated to use Rayovac only because the

other batteries were thicker and would spread the prongs on the battery

compartment too far and soon the h/a would stop working. We've followed

her suggestion

Terri wrote:

>

> Hi,

>

> Just wanted to pass on info I have learned the hard way about batteries.

>

> 1) The Duracell batteries ARE sometimes different thicknesses and can

> be the cause of the hearing aid turning off and on as they slide back

> and forth. Probably depends on the hearing aid and haw the battery

> compartment is made.

>

> 2) The power aids often need high power batteries (hard to find on-line).

> We found out by accident that we got 5 dB more out of a new high power

> batttery than a standard battery across the frequencies (Siemen's power

> music).

>

> 3) The phonak people told us to use high power batteries with the

> microlink FM since the microlink receiver draws its power from the hearing

> aid batteries.

>

> 4) The high power batteries don't seem to last that much longer, but we

> get better gain and the FM works better.

>

> 5) The best policy is to use the type of batteries recommended by the

> hearing aid manufacturer. Low or moderate gain hearing aids might be hurt

> by the high power batteries. I went back and looked in the Siemen's users

> guide after switching to the high power batteries and sure enough, they

> recommended high power batteries from the beginning.

>

> So we are using 13, High power. We got them on-line from

>

> Coastal Hearing Aid Center

> http://www.hearingusa.com/battery.htm

> High Power Batteries 13, 10 card packs of 4 each, $52.00

>

> Terri , Mother of Kathy, 6 profound-to-severe, future paleontologist

> and Power Puff Girl

>

> on 11/1/00 9:10 PM, Listen-Upegroups at Listen-Upegroups wrote:

>

> > Message: 8

> > Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 15:13:55 -0500

> >

> > Subject: Re: Kerri- Rayovac battery prices?

> >

> > At 03:02 AM 11/2/00 -0500, you wrote:

> >> Hi there,

> >> Kerri, what price did you say you found for Rayovac batteries? I know it

was

> >> good. I wanted to compare because I got a BJs warehouse club flyer today

and

> >> they were advertising Rayovacs: 24 size 10 for $14.99, 24 size 13 for

> >> $12.99, 24 size 312 for $12.99, and 12 size 675 for $7.99.

> >

> > I got them at www.powerpalace.com ... the size 13s are 16 for $10 (well,

> > for me it was really 48 for $30) with free shipping. Question is...are the

> > ones at BJs on the white card, or the black card? The white card is the

> > " regular strength " and the black card is the " ultra pro-line " . I don't know

> > what the specific difference is, but I get about 4-5 days out of the white

> > card, and about a week out of the black. (But remember, Teddy's turned up a

> > lot louder than .) :-)

> >

> >> I've always been happy with our Duracells but at those prices (and your

> >> recommendation!) I may have to switch to the Rayovacs.

> >

> > One of my audiologists has concerns with Duracells...that they're a micron

> > or two off in standard size. I should get more info about that from her, or

> > see if they've fixed it.

> >

>

>

> All messages posted to this list are private and confidential. Each post is

the intellectual property of the author and therefore subject to copyright

restrictions.

[Guest guest]

> Our audiologist specifically stated to use Rayovac only because the

> other batteries were thicker and would spread the prongs on the battery

> compartment too far and soon the h/a would stop working. We've followed

> her suggestion

Hi .

This is the first I've heard about the batteries. Is this for all sizes? Is

it only Duracell that has this problem, or all other brands? I'm interested

in finding out more details about this because if I can verify the info,

then perhaps it's something that should go on my battery page.

Hugs,

Kay

[Guest guest]

" The Krauses " wrote:

We can ONLY buy duracell.We have tried all the others

and they dont even last one day. The duracell

will last 1-2 weeks.

And we are getting THREE weeks out of our Duracell

Zinc 13 batteries.

Terri

(5 yrs., bilateral Mild-Mod sesorineural)

na (4 yrs., so far, so good)

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[Guest guest]

We have used Duracell, Energizer and Rayovac Zinc Air 675 batteries and they

all last the same (about 8 days) for Jake's FreeEar power aid.

Elaine

Cueing Mom to Jake/6yrs/Clarion CI/2-99