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http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=160770 What's your favorite TB? Regards Otto, Norway PS, the treasure from Hans Christian Andersen: http://hca.gilead.org.il/

I forgot to compare with lithium batteries. Lithium batteries are not chargable and costs 15 times more than alkaline batteries, 150 times more than NiMH batteries. So use NiMH, I do. I found an online dealer in Norway who supplies Energizer 2500mAh NiMH batteries. Anyway, (almost) any NiMH battery will do. Otto, Norway

Slow-charging gives best battery performance, and Energizer is one of the best NiMH batteries.

I placed a cache on the highest mountain top in this area and reported it. It was denied because it was too near another cache. The next day I had to move it to another location and report the new coordinates. The trip, both days: 10km by car, parked at altitude 200m, walked 3-4km to the top at altitude 700m, and returned.

A geocacher is sporty by nature, can optionally give something without receiving anything back. The geocacher allways receives sómething, the cache experience.

Battery test I received in another thread. Alkaline batteries are at the lower end of the list, compared to NiMH batteries.

dkwolf, you're welcome. I hope you'll make the trip to Norway soon. I love lutefisk and lefse, make the lutefisk dinner myself, with mustard sauce, fried bacon cubes, green pea stew, potatoes, aquavit and good beer. I have relatives in many US states, after emigrants from Norway. I've planned to visit as many as possible, together with some or all of my children, time will show. And I most likely will use NiMH batteries if I go geocaching over there. Regards

Thank you. Regards

Keep 8-10 NiMH batteries constantly in the charger, ready to replace the discharged ones. I use a charger for 4 batteries, and circulate 8 batteries, only for my Garmin GPSmap 60CS. I've planned to buy a additional charger for 8-10 batteries, and circulate a total of 24-28 batteries with the two chargers. Then I can use NiMH batteries in more equipment, in remote controls, etc.

What NiMH battery brand and model lasts for at least two years with hundreds of recharges without loosing performance? If you've found this "state of the art" battery, what charger model do you use and do you recharge the batteries fast or slow? To learn more about batteries: What's the best battery? from The Battery University For the GPS it's rechargable NiMH My own favorite cache in the middle of Norway

4 NiMH batteries with charger, price: $27. The batteries can be charged minimum 500 times, ie you get 500*4 batteries = 2.000 batteries. Price per “battery”: $27/4 = $6,75. Price per charged battery is $6,75/500 = $0,01 + charging cost = $0,02 per battery. 2.000 NiMH batteries costs: 2.000 * $0,02 = $40. Good alkaline batteries, minimum price $0,20 a piece. 2.000 alkaline batteries costs: 2.000 * $0,20 = $400. Alkaline batteries costs 10 times more than NiMH batteries Environment: If you use alkaline batteries you get 2.000 batteries of garbage, compared with only 4 NiMH batteries. What's the best battery My source forum topic, in norwegian My own favorite cache in the middle of Norway