Amazon Basics 60-Pack Hearing Aid Size 312 Zinc-Air Batteries, 1.45 Volt, Brown Tab, 4-Year Shelf Life, Child-Safe Package (Use Scissors to Open)

The hearing company providing audiology services in my area recently lost their bid to continue provision. Whilst I’m still covered by the NHS audiology departments, access to batteries has been acted and I can no longer get them at my local hospital and must get them from another service where I have to call up and request and they took over a week to arrive.These arrived quickly, well packaged and I now have enough spare I can take some to work for my drawer, have spares in my bags and anywhere else I might need them. I’ve used them and found to be equal quality to the NHS provided ones and last exactly 7 days. No complaints from me and if I can buy these in bulk, it saves me extra trips to get them, long waits if I call and request and ultimately reduces financial pressures on a struggling NHS system.

The batteries are fine. The new packaging is absolutely awful, it's so difficult to open (I'm a fit 37 year old so goodness knows how an older person would cope with it), and uses so much more plastic and takes up more space. I'm so unhappy with these and wish they were like the old wheel style packaging. If I need batteries when I'm out, I have to take scissors with me too to open them. An absolutely terrible redesign. Do not buy.

Good item and less cost than I have paid for alternatives. Agree with others the batteries are difficult to release from packs .So far batteries seem good value

My usual batteries last for just over a week, so I always change them every 7 days. I thought I would give these Amazon Basics a try. I did not expect too much, if they lasted for 4 or 5 days then I would be happy. I am delighted to say that they lasted for my usual 7 days plus a bit with no fading. So I will continue to change my batteries every 7 days, but now at a greatly reduced price. I reckon 20 pence a week to power my hearing aids is an absolute bargain! Well done Amazon!

Very difficult to get the batteries out of the blister pack

I don't think I've actually written an Amazon product review before, but my experience with these batteries has compelled me to.The batteries themselves seem pretty decent. I can't say whether they last as long as others but I don't seem to be replacing them more regularly.The issue is the packaging. Unless you have a pair of scissors handy there is no way you are getting any batteries out of the packet. If your hearing aid batteries need replacing when you're out and about, and you haven't thought to decant your batteries into another container, then you're not getting at those batteries. Don't bother trying to use your teeth to bite and tear at the blister pack... it's not going to work.If you're elderly and have poor dexterity, you're probably going to have trouble even with a pair of scissors.Clearly whoever was responsible for the packaging made absolutely no consideration for who will be purchasing the batteries, and when and how they will be used.

well worth the money as I cant always get to nhs hearing centre for replacement batteries, so I kill two birds with one stone I got batteries which will last me a good long while and I am saving the nhs extortionate prices they are charged so a big thank you.

Short lifespan. The batteries are only lasting two to three days in my hearing aids.