Originally Posted by
warpig
No, it is not. I haven't found a reason to have a hard cased battery.
I'm a numpty and keep dropping my batteries!!
Nab seriously, not sure of the pro's and con's, but a fair few places here in the uk demand hardcased to allow you to run 10th, though normally that's for indoor meetings, but I may get more restricted race options if I go soft cased!