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Do you carry spare new hearing aid batteries with you going out?

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If so, then where? As a male, I keep a couple unused 675A batteries in wallet but they don’t seem to last long in them since I try to use them after a couple months later since they are dead. Their tab stickers were still secured too! I change my batteries once every other week since they only seem to last a couple weeks. :frowning:

Thank you in advance. :slight_smile:

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I was in Costco a while back and decided to go to the hearing aid counter to see if they had something to carry spares in. They don’t sell anything, but the girl gave me a little case that can be attached to your key ring.

There’s already an 8 page thread about this in the battery forum. Hearing Aid Forum - Active Hearing Loss Community82

I carry an extra battery packet in my wallet (not loose batteries). Since I don’t make use of it often, only carry 3 or 4 batteries. Doesn’t add much more thickness than about 3 credit cards.
I also stash extra batteries in travel bags I use frequently and in cars. Just have to remember to recycle them evry year or 2.

Thanks all. Are there any tiny battery cases that can fit in a small tight wallet and pants’ pockets?

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Yes. I carry an extra 6-pack in a mesh-bag in my purse, and I also have at least one extra pair in each of the other bags I carry with me. (I have young children, so I always have a bag with me!) I keep thinking about storing some in my van, but then I forget to do so. That would probably be a good idea.
I’m also thinking I will start changing my batteries every 7-days so as to get on a schedule. I don’t like the random “surprise” of having them die when I’m out volunteering somewhere.
Kerry

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Yeah, I change mine every other week on Mondays’ mornings because they last over a little couple weeks from what I have tested in the past. So far, this works for me but I still want to keep extra working batteries if they die prematurely. That part sucks. I do swap old and new unused batteries every other month in my wallet since they seem to die fast even if not used and tapes are still secured on them. SOmeone said it is heat related.

It isn’t a bad idea to carry a packet of too. I have need to change one when out. I keep them and a plastic carrier for batteries in my left pocket. Keys and change go in the right.

If I’m not at home I always have one of my vehicles with me, so I just keep a spare pack of batteries in every one of my cars as well as a pack in my office desk drawer. No need to carry these in my pocket

I always have a big supply of 675s somewhere around: in my office desk, my computer bag, my wallet, my cars (both) and of course at home. It’s a real fear to have my batteries die and have no backup.

For my wallet I just keep them in a very small ziplock bag.

I would expect the condensation that is likely to form in the refrigerator to be potentially damaging to the batteries.

I just store them at room temperature.

I used to carry 2 batteries with back tabs in half a contact case in my pocket. When needed they would last only a short time. Now I carry a pack that the top tears off and I round top edges. Still only last a short time but better.

@Um_bongo said:

Too hot and humid for the adhesive tabs though.

Life of a Battery in my wallet didn’t significantly decrease compared to the ones on my shelf in 4 years of having that habit, had enough time to test and safely continue to carry a pack of batteries in there…

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