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Hi, guys.

The other day I found myself at Finance class with batteries dead on my calculator. Lucky me it was a regular class and not a midterm. Now, I am looking for a combo battery case that will hold 4 x AAA, 4 x AA, and 4 x CR123A. I want to keep it in my bookpack to have spares for the calculators and the flashlight.

I do have the cases from amondotech but they are only for a single type of batteries. I would like to avoid carring three separate cases x 12 batteries.

I looked at Batuca cases on www.inanycase.com but they seem to have a single size case advertised for all three types of batteries - I would hate to have the batteries rattling.

Could you help me out here.
 
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Hello Const,

Welcome to CPF.

If you follow the links in this thread, you will find a way to build your own inexpensive battery holder. You can drop each size into a zip loc bag to keep them separate.

Tom
 
IF batteries rattling is the problem as in AAA cells in AA slots, use sponge, cotton, cloth, foam etc, to take up the extra space.
 
Get a small Pelican from LightHound, with foam, and make it they way you like it.

A little heavy, but will withstand a direct hit.
 
Thank you for the reply. Zip loc bag is a sort of grandma-ish solution to me :)
I am looking for a plastic case that would protect the batteries from impact, esp CR123.

I think I am going to get Batuca and see how it works for now. Someone mentioned the AAA do rattle in it - I'll see.
 
Pelican is nice but it is too heavy. My backpack already weighs a ton.

THX for suggestions.
 
I have the Batuca cases and they work well for AA and CR123 batteries. They have 4 vertical ridges on the bottom of each tube to decrease the diameter of the tube to snuggly fit AA batteries and prevent CR123 batteries from falling all the way down the tube. When filled, AA and 123's are the same height under the lid which has no seals to prevent water intrustion. I think AAA's would rattle alot since they would free float in the tubes. AA's rattle just a touch and CR123's are pretty snug in the tubes. If you use CR123's exclusively you could trim the bottom by 1/2" and expose the bottom of the case to reduce the overall size of the case. I purchased mine locally at TAD for $2.48 per half plus tax. I've seen them on Ebay for about the same price plus shipping. Hope this helps.:)
 
Dorky1 said:
I have the Batuca cases and they work well for AA and CR123 batteries. They have 4 vertical ridges on the bottom of each tube to decrease the diameter of the tube to snuggly fit AA batteries and prevent CR123 batteries from falling all the way down the tube. When filled, AA and 123's are the same height under the lid which has no seals to prevent water intrustion. I think AAA's would rattle alot since they would free float in the tubes. AA's rattle just a touch and CR123's are pretty snug in the tubes. If you use CR123's exclusively you could trim the bottom by 1/2" and expose the bottom of the case to reduce the overall size of the case. I purchased mine locally at TAD for $2.48 per half plus tax. I've seen them on Ebay for about the same price plus shipping. Hope this helps.:)
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Thanks, that does help. I am gonna try to find something else for AAA, and if not just pad Batuca with foam.

Does Batuca case closes firmly?
 
I got another grandma-ish option to hold 2 AA's. I use an empty mint container. I think the mints are called Twins or something like that. They're fake tic-tacs. The tic-tac container is too small. I know your asking for a holder for 4 AA's, but for 2 they are very pocketable with smooth rounded corners and all. 2 AA's fit fairly snug inside the container and don't rattle around.
 
Instead of a Pelican case, you can check out anywhere that sells kitchen supplies and find a suitable piece of "Tupperware". I just stumbled across some pretty nice food-storage containers (with latching lids and even o-ring seals!) in a local odd-lot store for less than a buck apiece. Then you can find a piece of foam somewhere (maybe a carwashing sponge, the type of foam that doesn't get all stiff when it dries out) and custom-cut to fit your AA, AAA, and CR123A. You don't want them rattling around and you certainly don't want them touching each other.
 
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