Types of Batteries: Choosing the Right Battery for Your Needs

With so many different types of batteries and devices on the market today, choosing the right battery for your specific needs can seem like a difficult task. However, although it might seem challenging, it’s surely not insurmountable, especially with the help of this official Battery Depot guide! Keep reading.

And, if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us. We’d be happy to answer them.

The Ultimate Types of Batteries List

Types of BatteriesHere’s a look at the various types of batteries that we have in stock. Our inventory is both large and diverse, so we hope that you refer to this list for a bit of help determining which is best for your needs.

Cordless Phone Batteries

Cordless phone batteries are invaluable in your home, office, or apartment. There’s an array of cordless phone batteries for your AT&T®, General Electric, Panasonic, and Radio Shack phones in our inventory.

Watch Batteries

Watch batteries (also known as button cell batteries) are disposable batteries that can be used for multiple different watches. We carry watch battery replacements for Bulova, Citizen, Seiko, Swatch, and other watches, too.

Alkaline Batteries

An alkaline battery is a dry cell battery with an alkaline electrolyte of potassium hydroxide that’s commonly used to power a variety of devices, including alarm clocks, flashlights, smoke detectors, digital cameras, children’s toys, remote controls, radios, etc.

Lithium Batteries

Lithium batteries have lithium as an anode and are rechargeable batteries. You can also use lithium batteries to power a variety of devices, such as PDAs, pacemakers, watches, smartphones, thermometers, remote car locks, laser pointers, and more.

Power Tool Batteries

Types of Batteries

You’ll find power tool batteries for equipment from Black & Decker, Skil, Ryobi, Panasonic, Metabo, Milwaukee, Makita, Hitachi, DeWalt, Bosch, Craftsman, and so on.

Cell Phone Batteries

Don’t replace your cell phone when you can replace your cell phone battery. Cell phone batteries range in composition from lead acid to lithium ion. It’s easy to find a replacement for your iPhone, BlackBerry, HTC, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, or T-Mobile cell phone online!

Two-Way Radio Batteries

Regardless of whether you utilize two-way radios from Icom, Yaesu, Kenwood, Motorola, Radio Shack, Uniden, or any other communications company, we’ve got it.

Camera Batteries

It doesn’t matter if you’re a traveler, a hobbyist, a student, or a professional. We have the camera batteries you need for the prices you want. It’s really quite easy.

Rechargeable Batteries

Rechargeable batteries are affordable and provide convenience when you need to power up. Rechargeable batteries are available for 9 Volt, AA, AAA, C, D, SC, and many others. They’re also available in many common chemical compositions, including lithium, lithium ion, nickel cadmium, and more.Why throw your spent batteries away when you could just recharge ‘em instead? We recommend choosing a rechargeable battery if you go through a lot of batteries.

Other Types of Batteries

We also carry batteries that are compatible with laptops, household appliances, phones, e-cigarettes, industrial systems, and several other different technologies.

Picking the Right Battery in a Few Simple Steps

Step 1: Determine the exact specifications that your device requires. Look for info like voltage, capacity, number of cells, shape/size, and anything else that’s pertinent. This is the primary step.

Step 2: Read about the various options that are available. We’d recommend checking out the categorical pages on our site. For example, if you’re looking for a lead acid battery, we’ve got ‘em.

Step 3: If you need more precise directions, you can speak with a professional. We can help!

Contact Us Today at BatteryDepot.com with Any Questions

Although we tried to be as exhaustive as possible, we fully understand that we couldn’t cover everything there is to know about choosing the right battery for your needs in a single article. If you still have questions, simply reach out to our Battery Depot team right now. We look forward to hearing from you!