Whether you call them A23, 23A or 23AE batteries, these little 12V beauties provide the power behind tons of tiny gadgets, including the likes of security fobs, car keys, doorbells and home security systems.
Therefore, it’s essential to have plenty on hand for when your devices run low on juice. Since it’s unlikely you’ll have many things in your home that you can quickly switch out, as well, unlike with AA or AAA batteries, it’s even more crucial to plan ahead and make sure you’re stocked up.
And with the Pocket-lint team routinely testing all manner of devices, we thought we’d turn our attention to the little guys keeping everything powered.
Now, we’d be the first to admit that putting batteries through their paces is a little different to traditional gadgets, which is why we’ve concentrated our efforts on checking out the most popular and well-known 23A options.
From here, we asked two questions: does it work as you would expect, and is it reasonably priced?
Below are the five battery sets that comfortably answered both of those points – continue on to read a bit more about what you can expect.
Best 23A Batteries
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