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Challenge: depict "insert the batteries any way you wish" with a "small symbol" that people will actually understand.

• michael_dorfman 16y ago
  That's a branding issue. You define it once, industry-wide, and blanket products with it. It's a challenge, but significantly different (and easier, in my opinion) than expecting that each separate device clearly labels which way the batteries need to be oriented in that device, in such a way as to be clear, and readable at an angle, like the parent post requested.
  • thwarted 16y ago
    The problem is often that the directional indicators are not in a readable place. Often you have to have a light shining on them, but they are in a cavity in the device that you can't look into and easily shine light into at the same time. This is what I meant by "at an angle that it's hard to shine light on them and look into the device at the same time", in case it was ambiguous. But I really think having them keyed is the way to go. You can put cylindrical batteries in either way, and that's the problem. You can't even reliably attach a 9-volt the wrong way, and often times the 9-volt battery compartment won't close unless the contacts are fully attached.