Hi, Larry. I can go either way. One thing, as you said about the springs is the ease of identification of the negative terminal. When I have a battery compartment with springs, I always insert the negative end against the spring first so I don't damage the springs. At 2/2/2005, you wrote: >What do you all think of the merits of spring based battery connections vs = >the clip type connectors currently used on Book Port? > >One appealing thing about the springs, of course, is the fact that it is = >easier to identify the correct orientation of the battery, but what about = >the possibility of damage to springs? The clips don't seem nearly as easy = >to break.