The 2008 Battery Challenge! - Day 4

We are finishing up the battery test for Duracell. More surprises are in store as we find out which big name battery brand gives you the best value for the money.Today we began each toy at 8:06am and at 10:48am the Night Vision Goggles were the first to lose their battery life. The Geo Trax lost power at 10:53am and in this case the screwdriver ran until 11:50am.

Screwdriver - 7 hours 35 minutes
Geo Trax - 7 hours 47 minutes
Night Vision Goggle - 8 hours 24 minutes

How do we find out the best battery life? We take the average price/total running time.

We will use the AC Nielsen Data for the average every day price per 4 pack of batteries.

Night Goggles require 5 AA batteries.
The Home Depot screwdriver requires 2 AA batteries.
Geo Trax requires 6 AAA batteries.

Energizer
AA batteries - avg. price per 4ct $3.56 - .890 per battery
Total run time 11 hours 34 minutes
AAA batteries - avg. price per 4ct $3.66 - .916 per battery
Total run time 5 hours 55 minutes

Rayovac
AA batteries - avg. price per 4ct $2.24 - .561 per battery
Total run time 10 hours 38 minutes
AAA batteries - avg. price per 4ct $2.42 - .605 per battery
Total run time 8 hours 35 minutes

Duracell
AA batteries - avg. price per 4 ct $3.78 - .944 per battery
Total run time 15 hours 59 minutes
AAA batteries - avg. price per 4 ct $3.74 - .936 per battery
Total run time 7 hours 47 minutes

		Rayovac		Energizer		Duracell
Total Time AA		10.38		11.34		15.59
Total Time AAA		8.35		5.55		7.47
Cost Per AA		0.561		0.89		0.944
Cost Per AAA		0.605		0.916		0.936
# of hours per dollar		19		13		17
# of hours per dollar		14		6		8

RAYOVAC WINS!

You will get more hours of play time per Rayovac battery. When your out doing your last minute holiday shopping don't forget the batteries for the toys! If you would like click on the hyperlinks for previous posts about our battery challenge.

Day1
Day2
Day3