I received the products below in exchange for sharing this information and my honest opinion.
The holidays are something I love. We visit family all over the place, many whom we only see at Christmastime. With three kids and all the driving around we do, I do though need to pack a lot and have a lot to worry about. Did I pack presents for everyone we will be seeing? Do I have a hostess gift? What dish am I making and bringing?
I’ll never forget, it was my oldest son’s third Christmas where he was actually old enough to get real toys. He got a truck toy he really wanted and it of course needed batteries. Batteries though were not part of the gift and I hadn’t thought to bring any. My son cried and cried because he wanted it to work and he didn’t understand why it wouldn’t work.
The next year I brought a whole Ziploc bag of various batteries, scissors and a screwdriver, I was prepared! We had no crying kids and all toys were in working order right out of the box.
It is crazy nowadays how many toys need batteries and how tightly packaged they are. Seeing my kids open presents though is something priceless to me and I love every moment of it. I feel so fortunate to be able to give my kids some of the toys they ask for.
With Star Wars being all the rage now because of the new movie coming out December 18th, of course Star Wars toys are at the top of my kids lists. Well recently I got the chance to partner with Duracell, Hasbro, Disney and Toys “R” Us to feature one of the hottest toys this holiday season.
Head to your local Toys “R” Us for one-stop-shopping this holiday season for all the toys on your kids Christmas lists and the Duracell batteries they will need. Don’t forget too to give batteries when you give a gift!
I received the New Luke Skywalker Light Saber Toys to give to my boys and they were beyond excited. I let them open the box and their faces were priceless.
But what I didn’t do was give them batteries right away. Now they are old enough and know that pretty much all the cool toys require batteries but there was no batteries in the box, or so they thought.
Well I couldn’t let them be sad for too long, and honestly I was excited to check out the new Light Sabers, so I handed over some Duracell batteries for them. I knew they were going to be playing with them non-stop and I didn’t want the disappointment of them running out of batteries, Duracell is the way I assured that from happening.
So how did my kids like the New Luke Skywalker Light Saber Toys?
Um, needless to say they are the coolest Light Savers we have ever owned. They have been playing with them non-stop as I expected and even my 4 year daughter joined in the fun in a Jedi costume. I love that you can add on parts to make it a bigger Light Saber both vertically and horizontally! Seriously you can make some crazy combinations with additional pieces, which is why it has become the coolest Light Sabers we have owned.
Since the Toys“R”Us Big Book came out, my boys have basically circled every Star Wars toy in the catalog. Luckily Toys“R”Us makes it easy to be a one-stop shopping experience for the toys, batteries and even wrapping paper you will need to ensure there are no tears or sad faces this December.
To power up all those toys you’ll be giving and receiving, here are some Hot Duracell offers that will be available at Toys“R”Us:
On November 22, look for a $3 OFF coupon when you buy any 2 packages of Duracell batteries (AA/AAA 16pk, D/C 4pk, 9V 2pk or larger, Quantum AA/AAA 6pk, D/C 3pk or larger). You’ll find this coupon in most Sunday newspapers.
On December 13, look for a $1 OFF coupon when you buy one package of Duracell Coppertop and Quantum. This coupon will be available in most Sunday newspapers.
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Join on November 19th at 1pm (ET) for a Twitter party using #TRUBatteriesIncluded and share your tips and tricks for making holiday toy shopping stress free!
WIN IT: (1) US winner will receive a $100 Toys“R”Us gift card and AAA Duracell batteries
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This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Duracell & Toys “R” Us. The opinions and text are all mine.
GIVEAWAY ENTRY:
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brittani adams says
AA’s for sure. We need them for EVERYTHING. Always.
Tasha Wilkerson says
Double AAs always are a need at our house!!
Michelle S says
We use AAA batteries the most!
Tammy Greer says
AA batteries are the ones we use the most.
Tina Reynolds says
We use the AA ones the most
Terry Cross says
We use AA the most
Angela Newsome says
We are constantly buying AA Batteries around here!
Richard Hicks says
We use lots of AAA batteries.
Jackie Burns says
I use AA’s most often.
Blythe J says
Definitely AA batteries are used the most around here.
shelly peterson says
I use AA batteries the most.
Emily Smith says
We definitely use AA the most.
Evelyn Goettner says
I tend to use AA the most.
Nannypanpan says
We use lots of aa batteries
blyskalp says
Great Sweeps keep up the good work.
Laura B says
We tend to use a lot of AAA batteries.
AEKZ2 says
We use a lot of AA batteries
Julie Hawkins says
I would say we use AA the most
Julie Hawkins says
I would say we use double a batteries the most
Leah Shumack says
AAA more because of the remotes!
Shayna says
WE USE AA THE MOST 🙂
amy deeter says
I tend to use a lot of Double A batteries in my house
Jerry Marquardt says
I use AA batteries the most of all batteries.
Breanna Pollard says
We use a lot of Double A Batteries!
Daniel G. says
AA batteries of course
'jennifer Whalen says
Double AA is our most used!
Kathy Pease says
I mostly use triple a batteries
Amy Deeter says
Double AA battery is the size I use the most
Crystal Gomez says
I use AA the most, but I also use a lot of AAA too!
Lesley F says
We go through a lot of AA Batteries
Amy Deeter says
Size Aa is the batteries that we use the most in our house
Buddy Garrett says
We use AA most often.
Francine Anchondo says
I use double A the most
Stephanie Larison says
It seems like we go through mostly AA batteries. Between the kids’ toys and the remotes to everything, lol they all seem to use the AA.
Tod Winkelman says
May the force be with me.
rosemary says
double a
Cynthia Sizemore says
I always need AA batteries
Megan C says
I use AA batteries the most.
marie Cantelli says
We tend to use double A batteries the most.
Barb Stenby says
we use AA the most
Barb Stenby says
mostly AA some times C go through a lot
Barb Stenby says
mostly AA some times C
Sarah Cool says
day to day i use AA batteries most
Terri Irvin says
We go through a ton of AA batteries around here. Lots of kids.
Joshua says
AA always running out of those
Carolyn Daley says
I use AAA batteries more than anything between the Xbox One controller, remotes, and misc items around the house.
Amanda Sakovitz says
i use double as the most
Laurie Smith says
We use batteries like crazy at my house.
Susan Smith says
We use AA batteries the most around here.
Sarah L says
I use AA batteries the most.
Thanks for the contest.
Rick Wilson says
AA are the bomb dizzle :3
joni mitchell says
we use more AA than any other size battery out there. I hardly use any other sizes.
DEBIJOT says
We usually use AA batteries the most.
Kristina Potter says
We can never have enough Double AAs in our house.. That picture of your boys being sad, is what my kids look like after the game stops because there battery dies..lol and my hubby when the remote control is dead.. We can never have enough batteries here.
edq143 says
I tend to use AA batteries the most
christina barnes says
I use AA the most.
Kate F. says
I use AA batteries the most.
Stacey B says
We definitely go through AA batteries the quickest!
SASHA LANG says
WE USE AA THE MOST. I SWEAR WE USE THEM LIKE TOILET PAPER. AND THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO DISAPPEAR.
Alex W. says
I tend to use Triple A batteries the most.
richelle bowers says
I think we go through AA and AAA equally lol
Karen Drake says
We use a lot of AA batteries. All of our remotes use that size.
Cindy says
In my house we use more AA than AAA
paige chandler says
I use lots pf AAA
Theron Willis says
I use nine volt batteries for vintage 1970’s WalkieTalkites
Theresa Jenkins says
It’s a toss up between AA and AAA batteries
Jessica Miller says
double a
crystle tellerday says
AAA and AA
Denise B. says
Usually, we use a lot of AA batteries; but, lately, we have been using a lot of AAA’s.
kath g says
I keep tons of AA’s on hand because I use them the most.
Kaitlin says
We typically go through AA and AAA batteries pretty quickly!
Brittany H. says
We tend to use AAA the most!
Cynthia Mercado says
We use a lot of AA batteries!
Karen Propes says
Even though we have things that use all types, AA is the most popular with out products.
Lana Simanovicki says
We use aaa alot
denise low says
Most of the time we use AA. Thank you for the entry.
Holly Thomas says
We tend to use AA batteries the most around here.
Annmarie W. says
It seems that everything we have takes AA batteries…we go through so many of them!
Deborah D says
Double A
Jean Millsap says
We use AA the most.
Amber L. says
We use AA the most.
debbie says
We go through AAs like crazy!
Bo Simms says
I use AA batteries the most.
Ally G. says
I use AA and AAA batteries the most.
amber cheras says
we use AA the most
al says
AA batteries, definitely.
Laura J says
Oh I think we use the AA the most, but also alot of the AAA!
Stacy says
I think everything in our house takes AA, and we go through them quickly.
Mandy Bruenger says
We also mostly use AA and always never seem to have AAA when we need them. lol
Audra O'Hara says
We use AA batteries most often, followed by AAAs. I swear, I think my daughter has some toys that eat batteries for breakfast.
Katy Bell says
Wow! 100$ could go so far, and batteries are ALWAYS great in this house
Margaret O says
I use AA batteries the most but also like to get AAA on hand.
Jessica Cox says
We always need AA batteries
Sue E says
We use AA batteries the most but, size C is a really close second.
Julie Wood says
I use AA batteries the most at my house.
Patrycja Chudziak says
I use AA the most.
Cassandra Eastman says
We tend to use the most AA’s!
Athena S says
We usually go through a lot of double A’s for our cameras
Angie says
We use alot of AAs
Julie Matek says
We use aa batteries the most. Thanks for the chance; )
Cynthia R says
We tend to use AA the most, followed by AAA.
tara darity says
I would have to say AA!!
Joy Matthews says
We use Aaa and Aa the most!
Kathy Ross says
We tend to use AA. We use a lot of batteries. AA most then AAA.
Scott Poston says
We use AAA most of the time for the wireless headphones and my nephew’s toys!
Dorothy Boucher says
We use a lot of double AA’s and C batteries in this house and a lot of them lol
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Apryl Griffith says
I use AA the most
Linda G. says
We use AA’s the most, and I am stocking up before Christmas!
Jennifer Tilson says
A lot of my kids’ toys use AA batteries so we tend to go through that size the fastest.
Kimberly M. says
It seems to me that everything except flashlights that I buy uses AAA batteries. We go through them like crazy. Seems I am always buying them.
Tiffany Schmidt says
We use AA the most in our house!
Leigh Anne Borders says
Hands down–my fmaily blows through double a batteries. I should have stock in them!
Alyssa E says
We always seem to need AA batteries and we never have them.
Sally Wilsey says
It is really a toss up. I use alot of AA batteries for toys and small flashlights., but also use a lot of AAA for remotes.
Brenda Elsner says
We tend to use AA the most!!
Terra Heck says
I tend to use AA batteries the most. Thanks.
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nicole says
We mostly use AA
Seyma Shabbir says
We use AA batteries the most!
Kamla L. says
We use AA and AAA batteries most often. I can’t even remember the last time I bought or used C, D, or 9-volt (do they still make these?) batteries.
Ashley turicik says
I tend to use AA the most
Gina says
Mostly we use AA batteries, but I keep a supply of most of the other battery sizes as well.
Marian says
We tend to use AA batteries the most and we go through AAA a lot too.
Jenny Willis says
I use AA’s the most.
Shannon Weel says
I’d say I use AA the most, closely followed by AAA.
Jason Strickland says
We are heavy-duty AA battery users.
Katie Bellamy says
AA goes the quickest in our house!
Samantha Daleo says
We tend to use AA batteries the most.
Tanya White says
I use AA the most.
rajee says
We use AA
Denise L says
Seems like AA are used the most around our house.
Cindy Peterson says
AA are the most used in our house. I just checked all our flashlights and portable radio as we head into a winter storm watch.
Cindy Peterson says
We use AA the most.
sara b says
AA’s are the most used in our house.
Lasonda says
We use AA the most.
Heather S says
I use AA most 🙂
Douglas Houston says
AA are the battery of choice in our hhouse, nothing like trying to use the remote control or a camera only to find out one of the kids swiped the batteries.
Arielle says
We tend to use AA batteries the most for remotes, but 9-volts go quick in all the smoke detectors.
Susan Wilder says
Seems like we are always hunting the “AA” and”AAA” batteries for the most part for the kid’s toys! These Duracell “Copper tops” looks to be like great ones, since they last for 10 years!
Carol says
We seem to use AA batteries the most with AAA a close second.
Lisa says
I tend to use AA batteries the most. My wall clocks and remote controls use them.
Thuy Vu says
I use AA batteries the most and seem to run out of them constantly.
Kimberly M. says
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Birdiebee says
FYI – Picket Fence link is not working for an entry.
Ty says
We use a lot of AA batteries for all types of remote controls.
Barbara Butler says
we use them all I have 5 grandkids they have lots of toys that need batteries
Stevie says
We seem to use AA batteries the most with AAA a close second
Crystal F says
We usually need a lot of AA batteries every year. We also usually have to have some C batteries for a few things too. thank you!
Sarah Hayes says
we use AA the most
Meghan Malicoat says
We go through a lot of batteries but the ones we use the most are AA.
courtney hennagir says
I think AA are the most used lately but AAA are a close second.
Janet Woodling says
We go through AA the most.
Sharon Kaminski says
We use AA the most of all.
Debbi Wellenstein says
I’m with the majority here-AA for sure!
Carrie says
We use AA the most.
Julie says
I use AAA batteries the most.
Abigail says
We use AA batteries like they are going out of style!
Rachel Trimble says
Definitely use AA the most in our home!
April says
We mostly use AA batteries.
sandra says
we mostly use AA
vickie couturier says
we use a lot of AA batteries
Margaret Smith says
Seems like we use AA batteries the most.
Ann Fantom says
We use AA’s the most
Claudia says
We use more AA batteries but do have those oddballs like D or C .
Michael Bratek says
It seems the AA batteries, with all the wands, remotes and such, just never enough!
Steven weber says
We use a ton of AA batteries
Sara Zielinski says
I use a lot of AA batteries but I could definitely use some C and D ones right now as we are out.
Janice Cooper says
I tend to use and always need AA batteries. Never fails.
Julie Lundstrom says
I buy AA batteries the most.
Jenny Q. says
We tend to use the AA batteries the most here.
Sarah Hall says
We tend to use more AA batteries than any other size at our house.
Bridgett Wilbur says
We use a lot of aa batterys in my house.
Allison Swain says
We use AA the most.
Thank you for the chance to win
Trisha Burgess says
I use AA the most in our house!
Wendy says
AAA and AA are always in high demand at our house. Between the toys, electronics and remote controls, we are always running out.
Janet W. says
We tend to use AA batteries the most!
Jennifer B says
We use double A batteries the most
Michele Behlen says
We use a lot of AA batteries. Most of the toys and remotes take AA.
Vicki Wurgler says
we use a lot of AA batteries
Kristi C says
We use AA batteries the most.
Kristen says
We use AA the most.
Jeanna Massman says
We use a lot of AA batteries in my grandson’s toys.
Colleen Maurina says
We use mostly AA batteries. We buy them in large quantities at Costco!
Betty B. says
We tend to go through a lot of AA batteries!
AmySd says
I always needs AA batteries. That is the size all of the remote controls use.
Julie says
I use double a’s the most..
Jan Lee says
I’m going to say it’s either double A or triple A….. I don’t always know, I just look in the directions for whatever I need batteries for, lol 🙂
Christy Caldwell says
We definitely use size AA batteries the most. Pure madness when we can’t find any!!
Christina Foley says
We use the most AA, although it seems lately AAA is pretty close too.
jessica z says
I think it is a tie between AAA and AA batteries
Natalie says
I most frequently use AAA batteries because it powers my portable radio.
Anita Yancey says
I usually use AA and AAA batteries the most.
Faye Gates says
I always seem to need the AA. Also, thank you for not having an obnoxious entry that takes 45 minutes to do all the task( just to enter) shy of asking for my first born child.
Dana Rodriguez says
We go through ALOT of AA batteries!
Elena says
I use AA batteries the most.
Nancy says
We tend to use AA batteries the most, followed by AAA batteries.
Donna L says
Thanks for the giveaway! We can always use batteries.
Michelle S says
We tend to use double As mostly!
Richard Brandt says
I use AA the most because that’s what my digital camera uses.
Tina M says
We use double AA ALL the time.
Kelly D says
We usually need AA batteries.
candy kratzer wenzel says
AA and AAA. Lots of remotes that wear out fast.
mycraftingworld says
We use AA the most. Everything uses them.
Essence Nuckolls says
Can’t wait to win
Ellen B says
we tend to us AA mostly although all sizes are good to have on hand just in case
Dawn Monzu says
Double AA’s FOR SURE!!! My son goes through them like crazy because of his Xbox controller! I need to get him a charger instead! haha
Kelly says
I feel like I am always looking for whichever batteries I don’t have in stock. If I just used my last AA’s then that is what I need. If I don’t have any D batteries, then I need those. I do think we use AA’s the most. All of the remotes run off AA”s.
Mia says
We go through a lot of AA batteries.
Colleen Boudreau says
We use a lot of AA batteries.
Kelly Nicholson says
Leave a blog post comment on what size batteries you tend to use the most?
mostly ther triple a’s in my remotes
latanya says
i use a lot of AA batteries
Terry Maigi says
I feel like we never have enough AA batteries! We go through them like crazy!
Angela W says
We us double A the most in our home. We finally bought a battery charger which helps a lot.
Tara O. says
I use AA the most for sure! I have learned to always keep lots on hand!
Jean says
We use AA and AAAs the most. And Santa is bringing those light sabers to my kiddos this year (shh)!
Mami2jcn says
We use AA the most.
Michelle C says
We go through tons of AA at my house!
Janelle says
I think we use AA the most, although it seems like we go through all kinds of batteries like water!
Lauren says
I use AA the most.