[bookport] Re: against a proprietary battery pack
- From: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 07:34:38 -0500
I get tired of battery packs where I have to send back the unit
for their replacement - the Braille Note, the Braille n Speak,
etc. I think we have the best of both worlds now - buy and throw
away, or buy rechargeables.
I'd work on other features - such as the battery clips which are,
by my observation, the weakest part of the BP design.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Will Smith" <wilsmith@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 7:25 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: against a proprietary battery pack
Actually nimh batteries are rechargeable for hundreds of times.
I am
usingthe same two nimh double a batteries I put into use almost 2
years
ago, and they still work as well as when new. I have recharged
them
almost a hundred times, and probably saved around $30 so far.
This in a small pocket tape player. I have only recharged the
set in the
Book Port about 10 times, and they are doing fine too.
Will
wilsmith@xxxxxxxxx
On Sat, 9
Apr 2005, James Jolley wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You also need to consider the overall life span of a battery
pack. You can't
> recharge them forever and what's the use? You may as well just
use Double A
> batteries in it, even cheep ones last ages when reading via the
double talk.
>
> Best
>
> -James-
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Clarence Whaley" <clarence@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 10:27 PM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: against a proprietary battery pack
>
>
>> I totally agree. I can't tell you the times I've been on a
long
>> flight, batteries go away and I simply insert new ones. Also,
>> traveling internationally no need to worry about difference in
>> current with batteries. <smile> Good point about sending in
for
>> repair too. I just ordered 40 aa batteries for $9.95. No big
deal;
>> I like it like it is. <smile>
>>
>>
>> At 04:10 PM 4/8/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>>> Whatever you'd gain in thinness would be more than made up
for by
>>> inconvenience of having a proprietary built in inflexible
system.
>>> The bp isn't all that thick now. Flexibility beats a
reduction in
>>> thickness imho. Smaller
>>> isn't necessarily better; and what happens when the built in
>>> proprietary battery dies? Send it back for a costly fix? No
thanks.
>>> The nice thing about these units as they are now is that its
really
>>> easy to swap batteries,
>>> and we already have the ability to use nimh if we so choose.
>>> Mary
>>> mary
>>
>>
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