The ThumbBruiser5000. You used to have to push in these with the strength of a Spartan army
Angrydroid21 on
I remember almost breaking my fingers trying to activate it
MEandMYrattail on
I remember these. I don’t remember that ever working that well.
PoGoPDX2016 on
That was before the Matrix so we didn’t realize the battery we were testing was ourselves.
deadstar420 on
I remember these, basically had to have a child’s fingers in order to press down the buttons.
Septiiiiii on
We still have those in some parts of Europe as Duracell PowerCheck
JustAberrant on
Those were horrible. My fingers ache just thinking about them.
Fun fact: they work by shorting the battery and measuring the temperature.
ElPulpoTX on
I used to love playing with these but it would hurt my fingertips after a while.
Noxious89123 on
Used to?
Shit, you still see these testers on Duracell batteries in the UK.
po3smith on
I don’t know about you guys but I was always really satisfied with the specific colors each brand chose to represent the level of charge. The green energizer uses always reminded me of slime from Nickelodeon’s golden days 🙂
JosephineNCamacho on
I totally forgot these existed! Such a cool feature, wish they still made them like this.
MikeDubbz on
Wasn’t that long ago. Weird to see it here in the context of it being like a relic of the long long ago, in the before times.
Emergency-Pack-5497 on
I miss these, my kids love to leave dead batteries with the unused batteries
EntangledPhoton82 on
Once had?
That still exists.
AdrianPlaysFUT on
i member
swordtech on
Retvrn
nbdevops on
/r/FuckImOld
shmightworks on
ohhh nostalgic, the slight warmth it gives out, and pressing on the changed color changes it back to black.
DthDisguise on
I remember being the only person that could make these things work. Well, “work” is relative. They lit up. Didn’t give any amount of useful information on whether the battery would work in the remote or not, but the bar would turn yellow!
WilliamSaintAndre on
“Once” I’m not feeling so great having things from my childhood phrased this way…
TheodoraD on
Bringing back memories! Those built-in testers were such a handy feature
anoftz on
Damn, am I now so old that I’m doing the “oh yeah, I remember these” routine?
BitemeRedditers on
I suspect that I may have invented this. I was a student in an advertising class that was taught by an advertising executive that worked on many big national advertising campaigns. My hobbies included a lot of things having to do with batteries so I knew about cheap battery testers. I came up with this idea of combining the testers with the packaging for our final project. The instructor gave me a B because she thought it might be too expensive but I knew they were cheap to make in bulk.
About a year later Energizer starting marketing these.
Maybe she did, maybe not, but I always suspected that my idea got ripped off by my college advertising instructor.
Ivorybrony on
My fingers hurt just seeing it
Zestyclose-Exam1160 on
Usually I just always knew the batteries were dead when they just… died and wouldn’t work.
geaux750 on
They still do, but they used to, too.
Guilty_Meringue5317 on
Oh i remember these. I was like 7 or 8 i think when i last saw one
azionka on
My fingernails started to hurt when I saw that picture
uggghhhggghhh on
Do they make any devices that take a battery larger than AA anymore?
SaidwhatIsaid240 on
Miss those.
FluidPlate7505 on
I thought it was a fever dream from my childhood or a prank my dad did and I was a dumbass
Norwester77 on
Indeed, I remember when those first came out.
soulmatterx on
Why to make me feel old, damn
Hunter_Aleksandr on
Those were the coolest things. I remember.
Typical_Stormtrooper on
It’s not like it used to be the norm… It was a marking tactic that failed. Often your just break your fingernails before you got a reading.Â
ILiveMyBrokenDreams on
I never found this feature to be particularly useful (or accurate).
bcrabill on
They were completely garbage testers
Farren246 on
I was there, Gandalf, three thousand years ago, when the strength of men was tested every time they had to squeeze together those two little dots. It hurt their fingers they had to squeeze so hard, but if you didn’t do it hard enough the tester said that the battery was empty even though it wasn’t… Anyway, their strength failed so Energizer removed the testers from the side, and nobody complained because they were all terrible anyway.
blueberry_pancakes14 on
My fingers hurt looking at this picture.
MasterBaiter0004 on
Yessss I remember that! I forgot all about batteries having these. I don’t forget the pain of trying to push them though.
Grimple409 on
Jesus Christ I’m old.
WasabiSenzuri on
My fingers still hurt from those f’n things.
SportsPossum on
Damn, this post smells like the junk drawer in every house.
FitBattle5899 on
I fucking hated those, my index finger and thumb are grateful that fad died out.
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The ThumbBruiser5000. You used to have to push in these with the strength of a Spartan army
I remember almost breaking my fingers trying to activate it
I remember these. I don’t remember that ever working that well.
That was before the Matrix so we didn’t realize the battery we were testing was ourselves.
I remember these, basically had to have a child’s fingers in order to press down the buttons.
We still have those in some parts of Europe as Duracell PowerCheck
Those were horrible. My fingers ache just thinking about them.
Fun fact: they work by shorting the battery and measuring the temperature.
I used to love playing with these but it would hurt my fingertips after a while.
Used to?
Shit, you still see these testers on Duracell batteries in the UK.
I don’t know about you guys but I was always really satisfied with the specific colors each brand chose to represent the level of charge. The green energizer uses always reminded me of slime from Nickelodeon’s golden days 🙂
I totally forgot these existed! Such a cool feature, wish they still made them like this.
Wasn’t that long ago. Weird to see it here in the context of it being like a relic of the long long ago, in the before times.
I miss these, my kids love to leave dead batteries with the unused batteries
Once had?
That still exists.
i member
Retvrn
/r/FuckImOld
ohhh nostalgic, the slight warmth it gives out, and pressing on the changed color changes it back to black.
I remember being the only person that could make these things work. Well, “work” is relative. They lit up. Didn’t give any amount of useful information on whether the battery would work in the remote or not, but the bar would turn yellow!
“Once” I’m not feeling so great having things from my childhood phrased this way…
Bringing back memories! Those built-in testers were such a handy feature
Damn, am I now so old that I’m doing the “oh yeah, I remember these” routine?
I suspect that I may have invented this. I was a student in an advertising class that was taught by an advertising executive that worked on many big national advertising campaigns. My hobbies included a lot of things having to do with batteries so I knew about cheap battery testers. I came up with this idea of combining the testers with the packaging for our final project. The instructor gave me a B because she thought it might be too expensive but I knew they were cheap to make in bulk.
About a year later Energizer starting marketing these.
Maybe she did, maybe not, but I always suspected that my idea got ripped off by my college advertising instructor.
My fingers hurt just seeing it
Usually I just always knew the batteries were dead when they just… died and wouldn’t work.
They still do, but they used to, too.
Oh i remember these. I was like 7 or 8 i think when i last saw one
My fingernails started to hurt when I saw that picture
Do they make any devices that take a battery larger than AA anymore?
Miss those.
I thought it was a fever dream from my childhood or a prank my dad did and I was a dumbass
Indeed, I remember when those first came out.
Why to make me feel old, damn
Those were the coolest things. I remember.
It’s not like it used to be the norm… It was a marking tactic that failed. Often your just break your fingernails before you got a reading.Â
I never found this feature to be particularly useful (or accurate).
They were completely garbage testers
I was there, Gandalf, three thousand years ago, when the strength of men was tested every time they had to squeeze together those two little dots. It hurt their fingers they had to squeeze so hard, but if you didn’t do it hard enough the tester said that the battery was empty even though it wasn’t… Anyway, their strength failed so Energizer removed the testers from the side, and nobody complained because they were all terrible anyway.
My fingers hurt looking at this picture.
Yessss I remember that! I forgot all about batteries having these. I don’t forget the pain of trying to push them though.
Jesus Christ I’m old.
My fingers still hurt from those f’n things.
Damn, this post smells like the junk drawer in every house.
I fucking hated those, my index finger and thumb are grateful that fad died out.
Rip my fingers trying to see if they were charged