This is the first time I’ve purchased this specific package of batteries and was surprised to find how difficult it is to open each battery compartment. You need good cutting tools to get it open. I always carry extra batteries when I go out and not sure how I am going to open it without also carrying some good cutters/scissors. I see that other reviewers have the same issue - please change the packaging Sam’s.

These were packaged in strips originally. Then they went to a round wheel like with the batteries in a circle and you could just turn and I thought that was great. Then I got home and tried to get the batteries out of the packaging! There by the side you would open is a picture of a pair of scissors. Now when I’m in a meeting or church I’m surely not going to whip out a pair of scissors and work hard to get out the batteries, no, I’d sit thru a meeting and not hear a thing. This of course would be my choice, but again I did not ask to be hard of hearing either. The person that designed this packaging certainly is not hard of hearing, nor did he get advice on designing this packaging. If your batteries went dead on an airplane you would get arrested if you had scissors!

The new packaging is near IMPOSSIBLE to open! It is awful. It is so bad that we will not purchase this again unless the packaging changes again. I am uncertain how this got past QA. Anyone with hand issues will not be able to get this product open. I do not have issues, and I have trouble. Simply terrible.

I have been buying hearing aid batteries from Sam's since 2017. I have never had problem. Now they change the packaging to what looks like other brands. But you will need heavy duty scissors and quite a bit of muscle to get to the batteries. Then once I cut the round plastic, I'm using a zip lock bag to keep them together. Doesn't seem very safe or like much of a value.

The packaging of this product is virtually impossible to access the batteries. I tried several approaches to get the batteries out of the plastic container to no avail. I finally was able to access a couple of batteries with the use of heavy duty kitchen shears. I was so frustrated with this product, I returned it to the store for a refund. The makers of this product need to try to open the package themshelves and they would see that it is extremely difficult to open.

Love the batteries but the packaging is hard to open.

The packaging is so difficult to open that I won’t be purchasing more!

Too hard for even an adult to even open

the little packages are too hard to open. go back to selling them without the extra plastic packaging

The new child restraint packaging is awful. My hands are not strong enough to cut these with regular scissors.