New Child-Proof Hearing Aid Battery Packaging

The new childproof hearing aid battery packaging is way more dangerous for a child than the old packaging. A 312 battery if swallowed will come out the other end. However, the sharp shards of transparent plastic that result from wrestling open the package with scissors are for mare dangerous if swallowed and would probably require surgery!! What were they thinking? This is just stupid. Many hearing aid users are elderly. The chances of a battery going flying somewhere down child levels are pretty close ton100%.

I find the shards of transparent plastic that result from wrestling with the packaging with scissors are far more dangerous for a child that the smooth 312 batteries.

I (with great difficulty) cut open and removed all of the 48 pack batteries from Costco. Figured it was easier to have to do it one time rather than every few days. I put them all in an old small medication bottle and will use them from there. I just saw the post that said they would discharge some. I guess we’ll see how that turns out. But I really doubt it will impact the battery life significantly and the batteries from Costco are pretty reasonable anyway. Plus, maybe can get the grandkids to open them for me since this supply will last more than a month and they come over every couple of weeks or so. Really agree with everyone that something needs to be done. Went from an easy to use situation to one that’s very hard. There’s a lot of really smart packaging engineers that should be able to figure it out.

Bails, if the battery bodies touch each other they aren’t going to last in storage more than a couple of weeks. I speak from experience.

Yes, this is a ridiculous situation and the solution is to change the law.

I just had this delivered from Etsy. I’m in the UK, so it proved expensive, but USA & Canada buyers should find the pricing good.

It takes 8 batteries and functions very well. The seller does versions for 13 and 312 batteries.

Peter

I had seen a similar type of packaging from Ray-O-Vac, but was also expensive. I took out 4 packages of the Costco batteries, but them apart with a scissors, and then removed the batteries and placed the batteries on a piece of masking tape with the sticker side down against the tape, Then all you have to do is pull off the battery leaving the sticker behind. Works really well. Still a pain to cut apart and remove the batteries, but at least It’s a one time thing

;I have been frustrated with the new packaging also and called Costco yesterday and lodged my complaint. They need to change the packaging back to what it was. I have wasted several batteries because they fell out and touched each other. Anyone who is having problems could call Costco or let them know at their warehouse. They do like to hear if people are not satisfied with their products.

LOL!! I’m just seeing this “art” on the table. Us battery users should print it out and mail it with a letter to our Congress-folks: “Which tool would YOU carry on your person to cut open hearing aid battery packages in a pinch?”

Yeah. I thought so. You’d be clever like us and just SAVE one of your Duracell battery pack cases to reuse over and over and over and over till the end of Time.

@freezerman404 said:

The odds are Amazon is selling older stock.
When it runs out the new ones will be child proof.

Yes, that is my GUT instinct, too. Stock up NOW! And save those old battery cases for future use.

LOL! If we can figure out how to invent our own hearing aid battery packs, we can put folks on the MOON.

Amazing creativity on this thread.

If you look closely at the description these batteries are from Germany where this packaging law does not exist. Thanks for the link, I will buy my next pack of batteries from them.

Yes, Germany. But what they sell here has to conform to USA requirements. I do think that what’s going on that they are allowed to clear inventory that was made prior to a certain date, per an earlier post.

Apparently the Equate batteries at walmart are also the old style, for now.

They should label the packaging “Child & Senior proof.”