2009 September

Fuji Goes Green With EnviroMAX Batteries: A Review and Giveaway(CLOSED)

Update: Comments # 4 & #6 are winners!

I don’t know about you, but in our home, we have a bagillion toys that require a plethora of batteries. However, as a eco-conscious mom, I worry lnav-feature about the effects those batteries have and will continue to have on our environment.

Improper disposal of batteries can cause run-off and contribute to the pollution of our drinking water and even the air we breathe. Normally we go out of our way not to purchase toys that do not use batteries, but inevitably every birthday/holiday one of the girls (or both) receive toys that batteries.

Recently, Fuji sent me a package of their EnviroMAX AA and AAA alkaline batteries for review. I set right out to test them on some of our toys. The Fuji EnviroMAX batteries lasted just as long as our Duracell batteries in KG’s Leapster and KJ’s talking Elmo doll.

Product Info:

*do NOT contain poisonous cadmium, lithium, or mercury
*are packaged with recycled paper and fully recyclable PET plastic.
*can be harmlessly disposed of through normal waste systems
*do not contain ingredients harmful to the environment
*are landfill safe as they degrade
*equal or exceed performance/longevity of major equivalent brands
*offer outstanding performance at an affordable cost

Fuji offers two types of their EnviroMAX batteries: Super Alkaline and Digital Alkaline. “The Super Alkaline, available in AA, AAA, C, and D (MSRP $3.99), offer unexcelled power for the most common applications such as toys, remotes, or flashlights. Digital Alkaline, available in AA and AAA (MSRP $5.99), are engineered to provide superior performance in high-drain electronic devices such as digital cameras, radios and video games.”

Fuji EnviroMAX batteries are made in some of the world’s most eco-respectful battery plants, operating under ISO 14001 environmental certification, under the strictest standards of environmental responsibility. Most of all resources used in the Fuji EnviroMAX manufacturing process are reused and recycled. The result is batteries that meet a world standard for environmental responsibility and recyclable materials.

For more information on Fuji EnviroMAX batteries be sure to check out www.greenfuji.com.

Want to hear the great part? The generous people at Fuji are offering 2 of my readers 2 sets of Fuji EnivroMAX to try for themselves.

Entry Details:

Comment here with how many toys/gadgets you have in your house that need batteries.

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*Valid entries will be received beginning Tuesday, September 1, 2009 thru 11:59pm Friday, September 11, 2009.
*Winner will be selected at random based on the list of valid comments using random.org.
*Winner will be notified via their email address and have 3 days to respond to the email from amanda(at)highimpactmom(dot)com

Good Luck! Happy Winning!

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Disclosure: I received 1 package of AA and one package of AAA batteries in order to do this review.

The Glue that Binds Us

Friday morning our friendly local DSL man stops by to try and figure why we lose internet connectivity every time it rains. Thankfully, he figured it out and I can now use the internetz all the time..I know my family is excited about that But I digress, I say all that to say, not long after he leaves I get a panicked phone call my KG’s school secretary. Now, panicked is not how you want your school secretary to sound when talking to you…especially not in reference to your child.

Normally, our G is a very calm, collected, beautiful lady…Friday she sounded less than calm and collected.

“Amanda, you might want to come out here, KG has fallen and split her chin open. She won’t let me look at it and there’s a lot of blood.”

“Is she freaking out?” I ask her…at this point I’m less than worried. KG is a bit dramatic (I have no idea where she could get that from..heh) and I figure she’s probably fine but just freaking out a bit.

“No, no. She’s calm, but I think she might need stitches.”

Now, I’m rushing around trying desperately to find my stupid shoes and where are my ever-loving car keys. Because, now you see, I’m imagining blood everywhere, a huge gash, and holding my poor sweet child down while they thread a needle through her precious chin. (Now I remember where she gets her dramatic side from…) “I’m on my way.”

I hang up.

2.5 seconds later I arrive at the school, my heart is pounding out of my chest and I’m starting to panic a bit myself.

“Must calm down. Cannot frighten the child. Must call Jon and the doctor and my dad and Mommaw and…”

G meets me at the door, “I really think she’s going to need a stitch or two.”

KG: “NOOOOO. No needles. No needles Mommy, they’re not going to use needles are they?”

Me: “Calm down sis, and just let me see.” Well, I can’t clear the blood enough to be able to tell whether she really needs a doctors visit, but at this point I”m so frazzled we’re going.

So I call our fabulous pediatricians office, tell them KG may need a stitch or two, and get an appointment 2 hours later…WHA? 2 hours? Jeeze, but we decide to wait it out…she’s not in pain and the bleeding has stopped (mostly).

We go shopping to take our minds off the possibility of stitches, then I take her out to lunch (even though she ate at school).

Finally we arrive at said doctor’s office. Where they proceed to look at me like I am somehow responsible for the cut and they ask KG 4 times how she got the cut. Four times by four different people.

Aside from the suspicious glances I get, the doctors, nurses, and medical student are all sufficiently impressed with KG’s vocabulary and interest in all things medical. She interrogates them on her blood pressure, pulse and temperature…then awes them with her intense insistence that she, too, will be a pediatrician some day.

We manage to make it out of there without a stitch, much to our delight, and with only some glue to hold her chin back together. Mommy thinks at this point perhaps she could use some glue to hold her sanity together, but settles on ice cream for everyone.

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