POWER OF ATTORNEY							Exhibit 24


	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
John Wilson, Tracy S. Wrycha, Ian Kaminski and John Alessi individually and not jointly, as his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

       (1)	prepare, execute in the undersigned?s name and on the undersigned?s behalf, and submit
to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the ?SEC?) a Form ID, including amendments thereto,
and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the
undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

       (2)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer
or director of Spectrum Brands, Inc. (the "Company"), any and all Forms 3, 4 and 5 required to be filed by
the undersigned in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder;

       (3)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be
necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any
amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or
similar authority; and

       (4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in
the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned, pursuant to this Power of Attorney, shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his discretion.

		The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform
all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, and proper to be done in the exercise of any
of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned
acknowledges that no such attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned,
is hereby assuming, nor is the Company hereby assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

		This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

		IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as
of this 1st day of June, 2007.





	/s/  Anthony L. Genito
	Signature

	Anthony L. Genito