no big suprise here, let me second Dave's suggestion for batteries. I started using the SMC packs about 6 months ago and havent bought another pack from a different company since. I have the 2400 and the HV's as well as 3-4 SMH packs from SMC and they outperform all the other packs that I have seen. The way that the guys at SMC match the cells leave very little room for error, and because of this you get superiorly matched cells that dont change numbers after a few cycles on your equipment. The majority of my packs from SMC have actually gotten better as they have aged, and this is a shocker for me becuse of the way that I charge my NiMH packs. The "other" companies batteries have not faired so well to my "prefferred" method of charging, but the SMC's have gotten better with age. Like a Fine Wine or a Woman
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IKE