I'm looking for small containers to store single AA and AAA batteries in. I want to emphasise I want to store ONE battery per holder, everyone so far is suggesting multi-battery cases.
Ideal characteristics of the container:
- only a little larger than the battery being stored
- made of a plastic that flexes when dropped, like milk-bottle plastic, instead of shattering
- screw-top lid
The reason why: all of my flashlights, including the ones in my tool boxes, use single AA or AAA batteries, and I'd like to keep a spare in the tool box and not have it short out. Or when going on holidays, my hand-held luggage scale uses 2xAAA batteries, but is activated by a pushbutton that could easily be pushed by other things I am carrying, flattening the battery. So I want to keep one of those batteries outside the luggage scale, until I want to use the scale.
I can see lots of small plastic vials/test tubes/sample bottles on eBay, but the dimensions they give are almost always the outside dimensions, not the inside dimensions, so I can't be sure if the battery will fit. The only single "battery storage" I can see is 18650 size, which is a bit large for a single AAA battery.
So, does anyone store single AA and AAA batteries, and is that container purchasable in small quantities?
Thanks in advance.
Maybe something like this:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/386570942337
But I know that one is too small, just from the outside dimensions.
I have noticed that a ChapStick container, when empty, may be an option for a single AAA battery - if I can figure out how to remove the plastic screw thread in the middle without damaging it. Doesn't have a screw top though, but they're pretty good at keeping the lid on.