Great product

Really hard to open

Too hard to open

The difficulty level of opening up the 312CR-485SAMUS 1.45 ZINC AIR Hearing Aid Batteries is off the charts. Hearing aid batteries typically last one week and to require a scissors to access them each time is a totally unnecessary obstacle. I am a strong and fit man and can only imagine how frustrating it can be for an elderly person with weak or arthritic hands. Honestly, the current packaging design to access the batteries is quite inconsiderate and illogical as a large percentage of consumers who would require these batteries are elderly. I actually dread going to the package and fighting it each time I need to replace my batteries. With that said, based on the packaging alone, I’ll never order these batteries again(the product itself is fine).

The batteries themselves work great, but the packaging they come in is TERRIBLE. The only way to remove the batteries from the plastic wheel is to cut them out, which is not an easy process. My scissors have a hard time cutting through the plastic - I'm concerned about breaking my scissors, and I'm also concerned about accidentally cutting myself in the process. When I am at home and I need to change my batteries, this whole process is an inconvenience at best, but what about when I'm not at home? Apparently, this manufacturer expects you to either pre-cut your batteries, thus forcing me to dig around in the bottom of my purse for pointy, loose wedges of plastic, or I need to carry a full-sized scissors in my purse for the times when my batteries run out when I'm in public. Imagine pulling an 8" blade out while in church or at the doctor's office. This packaging is awful, and I will NEVER buy these batteries again. In fact, I'm throwing seven unused wheels away as I refuse to deal with this garbage.

I bought these for my dad. We read the other reviews about how difficult they were to open but figured they couldn't be that difficult. Well they are. You need to cut the plastic to open them causing all the batteries to fall out defeating the purpose of the convenient case. My dad does not recommend them and suggests paying a little extra for the other batteries.

As many others have said, these are much too difficult to remove from packaging. Regular scissors wouldn't cut through the packaging for me. I had to use scissors specifically for cutting through hard thick plastic packaging. I'm sure the majority of purchasers are older, and like myself, could have arthritis or dexterity issues, and it's much too hard and time consuming to get the batteries out.

Absolutely terrible implementation. You have to cut open each battery from its compartment. Completely unacceptable to have to hunt down scissors every time a hearing aid battery needs changing. Did nobody in quality control try these out themselves in real life? Will be returning these and hope to get the older packaging.

I would have given these a minus 5 star if it was possible. My batteries needed to be changed and I always carry extras with me. I couldn’t hear because I couldn’t get into the packaging. This is ridiculous. We have gotten so child proof we fail to recognize that most kids are NOT the ones using aids…yes some …but if we can’t be more responsible with our children to not get into batteries, we shouldn’t be having kids at all. Insane!!! Make a pack we can get into. PLEASE. ABSOLUTELY CRAZY……PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Always buy, VA takes to long when your out