On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 12:00:38PM -0500, Chuck Cole wrote: > You probably will get better lifetime and better cost from good throw-away > batteries like Duracells. Rechargeable would be a real nuisance for me on a > vacation trip. Huh? Have you tried rechargeable batteries lately? Sure you probably get lifetime out quality disposable batteries than lower end rechargeables, but metal-based rechargeables last _longer_ in digital cameras and the like [1]. As for price, even alkaline rechargeables end up being a win in the long run. I get lifetimes only a little worse than high quality disposable batteries (and better than cheap disposables) from rechargeable alkalines, I get at least 20 charges out of them, and the price is only twice that of high quality disposable batteries. 1. http://www.greenbatteries.com/documents/battery_myths.htm -- Jim Crumley |Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List (TCLUG) crumley at fields.space.umn.edu |Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Ruthless Debian Zealot |http://www.mn-linux.org/ Never laugh at live dragons |Dmitry's free,Jon's next? http://faircopyright.org