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The 6 Most Useless Household Batteries You’re Currently Hoarding, Ranked
Charge it to the game!
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6–5. AA battery and AAA battery (tie)
Rechargeable appliances have largely replaced those that require batteries, but these old reliables have avoided obsolescence. Personal groomers, your wireless mouse, handheld kitchen gadgets, your kid’s toys, a wall clock, the damn TV remote — you’d best keep a few of these batteries around, lest you be AAssed-out when you need ’em.
4. 9-volt battery
Ever touch your tongue to the polarized nubs of one of these batteries for the sole purpose of adding some semblance of sensation to your otherwise numb existence? Just us? Oh. You could use them in smoke detectors, too, we guess.
3. D battery
Okay, Radio Raheem. Unless your nostalgic ass decides to pull your boombox from the back of the closet, these brolic batteries will likely languish in your junk drawer forevermore.
