POWER OF ATTORNEY
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      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints John T. Wilson, Tracy S. Wrycha 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 12th day of September, 2009.



      /s/ Eugene I. Davis
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      Signature
      Eugene I. Davis