While rechargeable batteries may be able to cope with most tasks, nothing can beat the convenience of a set of pre-charged AA and AAA batteries. Here, we’re rounding up the best alkaline batteries in both AA and AAA sizes.
Alkaline batteries, such as these, are all designed to have a shelf life of ten years or longer. And, unlike rechargeable models, they don’t lose charge while they’re sat dormant, so they’re always ready to go. This makes them particularly well suited to remote controls, where you only use a tiny amount of power when you hit a button; you then don’t lose power while the remote sits unused. There are some devices that require alkaline batteries, such as smoke alarms.
We test all of our batteries for total capacity, using a…