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soondai · 09-02-2010, 03:30 AM

newegg seems to be offering good deals on these lately. 99 for new and 80 for unboxed right now. A no frills reader like this would probably work just fine for me and the price seems good, but then I noticed it takes 4 batteries which last 20 some hours. Seems like that'd make it a 250 dollar reader within a year buying batteries every couple weeks.

So do you guys use rechargeables and if so how often do they need to be replaced? Does a set last a year?

edit:
ack. Google is my friend. Looks like a good pack of rechargeables would probably last for the life of the reader (but add 20 bucks to the cost).

09-02-2010, 03:30 AM	#1
soondai Guru Posts: 672 Karma: 1109784 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Paperwhite	rechargeable batteries w JBL? newegg seems to be offering good deals on these lately. 99 for new and 80 for unboxed right now. A no frills reader like this would probably work just fine for me and the price seems good, but then I noticed it takes 4 batteries which last 20 some hours. Seems like that'd make it a 250 dollar reader within a year buying batteries every couple weeks. So do you guys use rechargeables and if so how often do they need to be replaced? Does a set last a year? edit: ack. Google is my friend. Looks like a good pack of rechargeables would probably last for the life of the reader (but add 20 bucks to the cost). Last edited by soondai; 09-02-2010 at 04:03 AM.