Thanks Angie. I think it might be worth investing in a system. I do like the idea of being able to recharge and reuse batteries. Lou ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angie Matney" <matneyar@xxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 4:51 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: against a proprietary battery pack > 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 > > > >