Hi Lou, I think the key difference here is between Nicad and NIMH batteries. NIMH batteries last lots longer than Nicad. You don't really have to replace them all that often. I don't notice much difference between them and alkaline batteries. Angie On Sat, 9 Apr 2005 08:34:08 -0400, Lou Kolb wrote: >I haven't tried NIMH batteries yet and I suppose I should. Your claims >sound good but I'm somewhat reluctant having heard of people who have >developed trouble with the battery clips in the BP due to frequent >replacement of batteries. As I stated yesterday, I'm on my first set of E >squared energizers and, so far, they're holding up extremely well. I use >the BP at least a couple of hours a day and mostly to read text so we'll >see how far they go. Lou