Case for AA batteries?

LookBothWays

Seems like a small thing but I can’t find a decent case to carry 4 AA batteries. I don’t like using a zip lock bag and I don’t like carrying them loose in my camera bag. I’d buy a small plastic case if someone made one but haven’t found one yet. Any ideas?

BillyVerden

LookBothWays wrote:

Seems like a small thing but I can’t find a decent case to carry 4 AA batteries. I don’t like using a zip lock bag and I don’t like carrying them loose in my camera bag. I’d buy a small plastic case if someone made one but haven’t found one yet. Any ideas?

Well what i do that comes in handy is... i bought a sort of small LED(very bright - has nine LED's) flashlight that uses 4 AA batteries. I keep it in my bag or in my car. So whenever i need a flashlight i have one. But if i ever need a couple of batteries for an mp3 player or any other battery operated device i use those. I seldom use the flashlight so they are pretty much always new.

Maybe that will work for you too. A Flashlight and battery case all in one.

BeachBill

LookBothWays wrote:

Seems like a small thing but I can’t find a decent case to carry 4 AA batteries. I don’t like using a zip lock bag and I don’t like carrying them loose in my camera bag. I’d buy a small plastic case if someone made one but haven’t found one yet. Any ideas?

The place I buy rechargable batteries from always sends me free plastic cases designed to hold 8 AA batteries. They are very nice and work very well. Perhaps they sell these cases in smaller sizes...

Yes they do, here you go:

http://thomasdistributing.com/batteryholder-index.htm

Scott_Quier

BeachBill wrote:

The place I buy rechargable batteries from always sends me free plastic cases designed to hold 8 AA batteries. They are very nice and work very well. Perhaps they sell these cases in smaller sizes...

Yes they do, here you go:

http://thomasdistributing.com/batteryholder-index.htm

That's where I buy my rechargeables as well. Love dealing with them. When I last bought three 4-packs from them, they sent me three plastic cases, each holding four cells, and an 8-cell plastic case. Don't use the 8 much, but the 4-cell version is very nice.

Richard

LookBothWays wrote:

Seems like a small thing but I can’t find a decent case to carry 4 AA batteries. I don’t like using a zip lock bag and I don’t like carrying them loose in my camera bag. I’d buy a small plastic case if someone made one but haven’t found one yet. Any ideas?

I just use a rubber band around a set of 4.

jbswear

LookBothWays wrote:

Seems like a small thing but I can’t find a decent case to carry 4 AA batteries. I don’t like using a zip lock bag and I don’t like carrying them loose in my camera bag. I’d buy a small plastic case if someone made one but haven’t found one yet. Any ideas?

Found this on e-Bay while searching for CF cards.


http://cgi.ebay.com/CASE-For-4-AA-BATTERIES-COMPACT-FLASH-1-or-2-CARD_W0QQitemZ150072665523QQihZ005QQcategoryZ18871QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Dunno if that will help.

Brad

cwphotos

Buy the little extra bullet holder for the stock of rifles. The AA fit in there nice.

rpkphoto

LookBothWays wrote:

Seems like a small thing but I can’t find a decent case to carry 4 AA batteries. I don’t like using a zip lock bag and I don’t like carrying them loose in my camera bag. I’d buy a small plastic case if someone made one but haven’t found one yet. Any ideas?

Billy - Go to eBay.com and do a search for "AA battery case." You'll come up with a fairly large variety of cases. After trying several I've finally settled on a clear clam shell style that holds two rows of four AAs in a yellow form-fitting rubber insert. I think they go for around $6.00 each (you can also find them at many good camera stores; at least I see them frequently in
Boston-area stores). Rodger (rpkphoto)

LookBothWays

BeachBill wrote:

The place I buy rechargable batteries from always sends me free plastic cases designed to hold 8 AA batteries. They are very nice and work very well. Perhaps they sell these cases in smaller sizes...

Yes they do, here you go:

http://thomasdistributing.com/batteryholder-index.htm

Thanks for the recommendations everyone. This is exactly what I’m looking for.

mutineer

Fry's electronics has a those yellow cases in their battery aisle

I have a couple of them that I use to carry batts on motorcycle trips

pretty nifty

Reibs

I searched for a AA Battery case locally and couldn't find anything suitable. I ended up buying a few plastic pencil crayon cases from the local dollar store and some foam sheets to line them. A few minutes of cutting and gluing and voila.. a handy case that holds 12 AA's each. I also made some red/green flags to place in every slot to indicate if the batteries in that particular slot are used or not. Total cost $2.25

Photoskipper

check out the drug store, some of the pill box are pretty useful. I got mine from a trade-show as free gift and able to carry 12 pcs of batteries in one go. (as shown below)
The Tamron filter pouch is also good, there are 4 separator in the pouch and 4 AA battery for each compartment. I can carry up to 8 batteries and one filter with casing.
For those project with heavy battery demand, such as indoor wedding dinner, I like to hang the rock climbing chalk bag on my belt as quick drop bag. Use rubber band to group the fully charged batteries and let the discharged fell loosely in the bag.

hgernhardtjr

Personally, I like the AA battery caddies ( http://www.personalbatterycaddy.com/ ). I have a couple of the flourescent glow-in-the-dark ones I picked up at Sporty's Pilot Shop ( http://www.sportys.com/acb/showdetl.cfm?DID=19&Product_ID=10949 ) and they work very well for me. I first encountered them several years ago when the company was handing out free samples at Oshkosh (EAA AirVenture) and have found them easy to use and unique among all the other kinds of cases and holders. They work very well and are very secure, yet easily release cells as you need them.

kwork

I'm gonna order a couple of these
http://www.inanycase.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=1020-UF0502-BATT&Category_Code=Batteries&Product_Count=1

Rhuarc

mutineer wrote:

Fry's electronics has a those yellow cases in their battery aisle

I have a couple of them that I use to carry batts on motorcycle trips

pretty nifty

I use several of these as well. To tell if batteries are used I orient them differently. If the plus side (side iwth the point) is facing away from the center of the case then it is charged and ready to use. If it is facing the center then it is spent and I need to recharge.

rpcrowe

Calumet Battery Wallet
I use a plastic case that has room for four AA batteried and one compact flash card that I bought at Calumet Photo. However, when I looked for this case on Calumet website, I could not find it. Calumet does have a few different wallet-type cases available.
http://www.calumetphoto.com/ctl?ac.ui.pn=search.Search&query=battery%20case

time2smile

I use the leather 35mm film case that attaches to the camera straps. They fit 4 AA batteries perfectly and zipper closed.

LookBothWays wrote:

Seems like a small thing but I can’t find a decent case to carry 4 AA batteries. I don’t like using a zip lock bag and I don’t like carrying them loose in my camera bag. I’d buy a small plastic case if someone made one but haven’t found one yet. Any ideas?