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  • Maxell LR44 Cells: Packaging Glitch

    These look to be Maxell LR44 cells in OEM retail packaging, exactly as advertised, but … one cell seems odd:

    Maxell LR44 cells - hologram packages
    Maxell LR44 cells – hologram packages

    A closer look:

    Maxell LR44 cells - flipped cell
    Maxell LR44 cells – flipped cell

    The production values seem high enough to suggest that they’re Genuine Maxell products, hologram packaging and all, but you’d expect the Maxell end-of-line QC should pick out a flipped cell.

    If one were the wondering sort, though, one might wonder why the Maxell USA website search function doesn’t return any mention of LR44 cells…