These heartbeats are battery operated, and the batteries are replaceable. Each heart takes two G13A button cell batteries. These are standard 1.5 volt batteries commonly used for many watches, toys, hearing aides, cameras, etc. They can commonly be purchased at hardware stores, Woolworths, camera stores, watch stores, K-mart, Shop-Ko, etc.

To "activate" your heart, you remove a small (and obvious) "battery protector" tab from the back, and then pull off the small cardboard "switch protector" tab (which is also obvious when you see a heart in its package), and your heart is ready to install in your doll or bear.

Click here to see a heart being installed in one of our heartbeat pocket bodies.