Batteries

Batteries

By: Stan Schultz

Category: Opinion > Other

Read the article on Judy's Book.

Usually when I see these daily questions, there are dozens of answers. This time, not a single one. Batteries is not the kind of subject one gets passionate about, but there could be another reason: Maybe they aren't that different.

I vaguely recall reading a Consumers Reports article on the subject where they concluded exactly that, not much difference between brands. They just recommended buying what's on sale; shop for price.

Places like Jewel and Dominick's in the Chicago area have their own brands which are usually cheaper than the brand names and are just as good.

Keep in mind too that it costs millions of dollars to run those ad campaigns to establish the brand names like the one referenced in the question. That is money that does not go into improving the quality of the products. Smart consumers think about these things.