Rayovac Size 10 Hearing Aid Batteries, 16-Pack L10ZA-16ZMB

My husband and I both wear hearing aids so we go thru a lot of batteries. Love the batteries but the biggest problem we have is opening the new packages. I have arthritis and it is all I can do to get the packages and open, and he is never near a pair of scissors when he needs to open a package.

I have always loved Rayovac hearing aid batteries because they last longer than other brands, but I can only find them in the new cut-open style. I don't mind doing this at home, but I wish I could carry them in my purse in the original container without having to cut open the whole thing and putting in another container. They are definitely child-proof and if I get bad arthritis, they are going to be adult proof for me! It would be great if we had the option.

Have bought for some time. Batteries are typically good with good life. Recently changed packaging, new package stinks. Childproof and a reason to raise prices while packaging fewer in the package. Interesting the website shows the new package (6) per package. Comments shows the old (8) per package. Now have to use scissors to open, handling sharp objects again....

We have tried Rayovac hearing aid batteries in the past. Our past experience has been that the batteries had very poor battery life; sometimes less than a day! The long lasting batteries we have just tried are much improved in the area of battery life. They have been lasting approximately 1 week. This is similar to other brands we have used. [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]

Being a very capable senior, I will ask a question, The packaging is so difficult to open, Instructions say use scissors. Very hard to cut through the plastic. No instructiions how to get the batteries out. I like Rayovac, but very DIFFICULT TO OPEN.

I ordered 2 hearing aids from Walmart at the same time I ordered the extra batteries for them. When it came time to install new batteries in the hearing aids , the aids would not work. After trying other batteries in the same package, none of them worked. I finally checked the "Use BY" date on the packaging and saw that the batteries expired in August of 2015- that's right 2015. Unfortunately, when I received the batteries from Walmart I tossed the packing receipt- I mean who would think you would get a package of dead batteries??

The new child proof packaging makes this product almost useless. The packaging for an older person is almost impossible. Most hearing aids do not say "you are in your car and it is quitting, get your sissors and now fight with the package and get one". or you are at a concert and it goes out and you need to cut the package to get at it. How many leave batteries out where kids can get them compared to how many older people with arthritis, shaky hands, but still on the go need EASY access to their hearing aid batteries. Maybe you should reconsider the design or something. I saved the old packaging and am now reusing it for my convenience, but you design caused more problems then it saved children lives. Think again. I know you will not read or care what I say, but I had to let you know the reality of the packaging. I am writing as a wife that makes sure my husband has his batteries when he needs them. Batteries work find.

I have been using these batteries for six or eight years--since I first started wearing hearing aids and like the batteries very much. However, the new "child resistant" packaging is impossible for me to open. I am 76, not frail and still work 3 days a week. I think you have to be a muscle man to be strong enough to cut open the new packaging. I need to hear, especially for my work. I am thinking that I will take the batteries to the police station and have some strong person there cut them open for me. What a pain!

The new packaging of #10 batteries is dangerous to old people. It is nearly impossible for me to get the batteries out without tearing my fingers on the sharp plastic. Each battery requires 2 cuts. The batteries do last longer, but my blood is not worth the extra day. Also the directions that say to remove the yellow tab are wrong, just leave the battery case open for 5 minutes for longer life'

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I hate the new child proof package. you need tools to get to the battery. I'm 80 years old. I get these from the VA. I can't change a battery if I'm in a restaurant.