Coast4 Pack AA Industrial Performance Alkaline Batteries, High-Performance

Thank you for a fast delivery of a low-priced item that was promptly delivered. Very pleased w/my purchase!!

They work

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They're very lasting

My go-to alkaline (and lithium) batteries are Energizer. The 1.5V Energizer Max is rated for 10 years of shelf life, which is double what these Coast batteries are rated for. The per battery price on a 24-pack of Energizer Max is also cheaper than the Coast. It'd be hard to say whether the anti-leak design really works, but I haven't had any leaking problems with the Energizers (knock on wood). The worst for corrosion and leaking in my experience are Duracells. i also stopped buying the junkie Kirkland batteries at Costco. I no longer use alkaline batteries in my flashlights after a pair of Duracells ruined a very expensive, LED Lenser flashlight that I loved. I use low-discharge rechargeable batteries in my flashlights, with alkalines as my backups. Once I'm done, I remove the alkalines batteries. The Coast 4-pack comes in a nice little cardboard package that's easy to throw in my backpack and forget until I need them. The Energizer Max AA 24-packs also come in similar packaging, FYI.

I hate to use non-rechargeable AA batteries because of their associated waste, but there’s often no practical way to avoid them. The USB-rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that recently came on the market are great, but they’re expensive. I’m not about to buy enough of them to replace ALL of the AA batteries that I need for household use. So every few years I pick up a big pack of Energizers at Sam’s or Wal-Mart, and they last me for quite a while.The price of a 48-pack of AAs at Sam’s as I write this is $0.49 per battery; it’s a little more at Wal-Mart and maybe a little more still at other places. But nowhere did I see a price as high as $0.98 per battery, which, currently at $3.90 for a four-pack, is what these Coast AA Industrial Performance Alkaline Batteries cost.There’s nothing special about these batteries, and certainly nothing to justify them costing twice as much as other brands. Their specifications are the same, their construction is the same, their chemistry is the same and their five-year storage life is unimpressive; I’ve bought AA batteries dated 10 years out, so a five-year life gets a big yawn from me.I don’t often rate Vine items with one star, and if my rating were only based on performance, I’d give these batteries three stars; as a commodified product, they’re as good as, but no better or worse than, other brands. They work as intended, and there’s nothing else to say about that. But at almost a buck apiece? That’s obscene, in my opinion. If you can get the same product for half the price almost anywhere, then why would you buy these?

I mean... They are batteries. Nothing fancy, but they work.

I use them on my heavy duty flash light and use it 3 times a week. The longest I’ve had it not died on me is 1 month and a and a half. (Keeping in mind I use it 3 times a week