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Battery Organizer and Tester - Review

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Battery Orgainzer / Tester Makes it Easy to Have Your Batteries Ready for Hurricane Season

This simple, inexpensive battery organizer case with a tester is one of the best purchases I ever made!

Like many people who live on the coast, I have a whole kitchen drawer just for batteries and a few other small hurricane supplies. After all, we know there is a real possibility a power outage will last for not just hours, but days, during hurricane season.

And that drawer was a jumbled mess, with a mix of C cells, D cells, AA, AAA, and 9-volt batteries all mixed in. Some of them, unbeknownst to me, were even dead, and have now been disposed of. Yes, it was a real mess, but, just look at that drawer now!

This battery organizer was only a small purchase, but it's made my life WAY easier.

photo - Battery organizer in my kitchen drawer.

Page created 04/21/11
Updated 05/29/12



Hurricane Season officially begins on June 1,
even though our first named storm appeared in May.
Are you ready?

I'm Organized with this Battery Case

I was looking for something else on Amazon when I happened on this 66 battery organizer, and boy, am I glad I did! I ordered it and it makes a nice addition to my hurricane preparedness. It has holes for mounting on the wall, but I prefer it in my battery drawer. I can always lift it out and put it on the counter during a power failure. There's just enough bottom 'lip' to hold each battery in, but still allow you to push one out from below if you should want to do that.
Range Kleen WKT4162 66-Battery Organizer with Removable Tester

Range Kleen WKT4162 66-Battery Organizer with Removable Tester

Amazon Price: $4.92 (as of 05/30/2012)Buy Now

I can see at a glance how many of each type of battery I have, and can tell just by looking that I probably need one more pack each of double A and triple A batteries, as well as a couple of 9-volts before the official beginning of hurricane season on June 1. I now know exactly how many of each size battery. The loose ones that were just rolling around in the drawer have all been tested, and the bad ones thrown out.

June 1 - November 30 (Are you ready?)

The Atlantic Basin includes the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico.

Countdown to Start of 2012 Season

Start of 2012 Season: June 1, 2012

2012 Hurricane Season

The 2012 Hurricane Season got off to an early start when Tropical Storm Alberto formed on May 19.
Follow the season's developments at
Atlantic Basin 2012 Hurricane Journal

Predictions for 2012 Hurricane Season

Early predictions for the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season were for an "above average" year. However, it looks as if the forecast may be lowered as the start of hurricane seaon approaches.

I hope se! That will be a pleasant change from last year, which produced 9 named storms, and put 2011 in a four way tie for the third most active season on record. Just three of these nineteen named storms made landfall in the U.S. - Tropical Storm Don, Hurricane Irene, and Tropical Storm Lee.

How many named storms will we have in 2012?

Do you have plenty of batteries?

The Rayovac ALD-12 UltraPRO Alkaline D Batteries (12-Pack) shown below are a good buy!
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Can you live without a battery organizer and tester?

Sure you can!
I got along without a battery organizer and tester for decades. But I am really glad to have one now!

Mainly, I'd like this lens to serve as a reminder that hurricane season IS coming, and that you NEED to be prepared. Just because we got off easy last year (and the year before) doesn't mean the same thing is going to happen this year.

PLEASE get started by doing the following:
1 - Go over your hurricane supplies and refresh where needed.
2 - Review your emergency plans with your family.
3 - Make sure your insurance is up to date
4 - Answer this: Are essential papers and data (computer back-ups) are where you can grab them easily if you need to evacuate?

Hurricane Names


For the 2012 hurricane names, see
2012 Hurricane Names - Atlantic Basin

FREE Printable Weather Activity Sheets

Something for the Kids to do in a power outage

Print these free weather activity sheets and save them for when your power goes out. They will have something to do!
Weather Printables - Weather Wordsearch
Weather Printables - Weather Wordsearch. Find the Weather related words.
Printable Weather Vocabulary Acitivy Sheet
Weather Printables - Weather Vocabulary Sheet.
Weather Printables - Weather Crossword Puzzle
Weather Printables - Weather Crossword Puzzle.
Weather Printables - Weather Challenge
Weather Printables - Multiple Choice Activity
Weather Printables - Alphabet Activity
Weather Printables - Alphabetize the weather words

Hurricane Season 2012

Will it be another busy one?

So far, at least one respected sourde, TSR, says there is a good probibility of an above average season. Eventhough hurricane season is still several months away, there are certain factors that can be accessed that can lead to some general assumptions about what kind of a season may lie ahead.

The latest report from Tropical Storm Risk has decreased the forecast numbers for this year! We may be in for a break in 2012. Keep your fingers crossed!

HURRICANE SEASON BEGINS ON JUNE 1
I have my batteries in order with my battery organizer - one less thing to worry about!

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Where do you keep your spare batteries?

How do you keep your supply of extra batteries organized?

  • flicker Jan 23, 2012 @ 12:26 pm | delete
    Nice lens - and a good way to remind folks to be prepared. I keep my spare batteries on a shelf. They're fairly well organized, but that Battery Organizer you reviewed looks good, too.
  • jadehorseshoe Dec 27, 2011 @ 2:46 am | delete
    PERFECT Lens!
  • SquidooPower Dec 21, 2011 @ 10:46 am | delete
    Drawer in the kitchen under the microwave like everyone else!
  • lravidlearner Sep 7, 2011 @ 8:03 pm | delete
    My spare batteries are in the "battery box" of course. All in a jumble of half-opened packages, with nary a tester in sight. Definitely need a charger and tester.
  • iRenew Jul 20, 2011 @ 11:36 pm | delete
    To answer the questions, I keep my batteries in a kitchen drawer, and I don't really keep them organized. I am one of those organizer types too, so this organizer will make me very happy.
  • iRenew Jul 20, 2011 @ 11:33 pm | delete
    I am also in Florida, and so I also have a drawer full of batteries that just hangout. I found a battery charger that recharges alkaline batteries! You can't recharge an alkaline battery as many times as a rechargable, but it is very good for charging up emergency batteries every so often.

    Also, that battery case is awesome. I would hate for a picture of my battery drawer to ever leak out.
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Jul 17, 2011 @ 8:33 am | delete
    Good information
  • Tipi Jun 6, 2011 @ 3:08 pm | delete
    I love your wonderful excitement with your new battery organizer tester, you are now prepared for all that the Atlantic basin delivers in the 2011 hurricane season will serve up. Saying a prayer for safety for all....
  • UKGhostwriter May 12, 2011 @ 5:15 pm | delete
    Excellent review - thank you for this quality lens
  • caffimages Apr 25, 2011 @ 7:32 am | delete
    Great Lens and comprehensive product review. Fortunately, the UK very rarely gets hurricane conditions, but we do use batteries for travelling in our camper. Useful info, thanks.
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