Product review
July 2025
Disposable AA batteries
We tested 1.5V disposable AA batteries to see which lasted longest.
July 2025
Anko
Carbon Zinc
Price
Prices are what we paid per battery. They may be cheaper in bulk packs but check the expiry date.
Score
18
Price
Prices are what we paid per battery. They may be cheaper in bulk packs but check the expiry date.
Score
18
The Anko Carbon Zinc is the least expensive battery we tested, but we don't recommend any carbon zinc batteries because alkaline and lithium perform considerably better. The Anko Carbon Zinc performs terribly across the board in comparison, and it has the shortest shelf life of all the batteries in our test.
Test results
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24Performance (low-drain)
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13Performance (high-drain)
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22Energy (low-drain)
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11Energy (high-drain)
Good points
- Very inexpensive.
Bad points
- Terrible low- and high-drain performance.
- Terrible low- and high-drain endurance.
- Terrible low- and high-drain energy.
- Terrible shelf life.
Model
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TypeCarbon Zinc
Specifications
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Time to fully discharge (low-drain) (hrs:mins)18:35
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Time to fully discharge (high-drain) (hrs:mins)1:21
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Expected shelf life2 years
More info
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AvailabilityExclusive to Kmart.
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