# Reputable online retailer for odd sized batteries?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reputable-online-retailer-for-odd-sized-batteries/742326>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 6, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reputable-online-retailer-for-odd-sized-batteries/742326 "2016-01-06T15:02:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![lazybratsche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@lazybratsche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazybratsche)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reputable-online-retailer-for-odd-sized-batteries/742326/1 "2016-01-06T15:02:36Z")

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I’ve got a few devices which have dead coin batteries. It looks like I can buy replacement batteries from a brick and mortar retailer for $5+ each, or on Amazon I can get a ton of cheap batteries for the same price but with unknown expiration date and questionable manufacturing origin. If those batteries work, great, but it’s false economy if I buy a $5 ten-pack where most have a short useful life and the reset expire.

Is there a good middle ground for buying various coin batteries? Sort of like how Monoprice sells good quality cables at prices between retail and cheap no-name imports?