On 10/3/2015 9:45 AM, Don Y wrote:
On 10/3/2015 6:11 AM, Bill Gill wrote:

Cuts down on trips to the store, to stay a bit
stocked up.

The biggest problem with staying stocked up on batteries is
that it is getting harder and harder to find a pack of
batteries that qualifies, at least to me, as 'that will
be enough to keep me going for a little while'. The packs
are getting bigger and bigger.

Planning on replacing particular batteries at particular times
(instead of letting the device complain when *it* wants the battery
to be replaced) means you can buy what you need and *when* you
will need it. Instead of finding a place to *store* (isn't that
what "stores" do?) those additional cells!

Costco has some eneloops going on sale...

what I am talking about is the fact that the packages they
come in are growing. It used to be you could buy packs of
2 AA cells. Then it went to 4, not you are lucky to find a
pack of 8. I prefer to keep enough on hand replace the
batteries in one remote, and get more when I run that bunch
down.

Bill