rechargeable batteries

[buckhunter]

I use ranger old radios with a UHF 151.5 frequency or as we say around here The Contractor Frequency. Pretty heavy duty radio's. Get about 4 or 5 miles on a level ground. Radio are a little heavy. The batteries are about the size of a pack of butts. So far I have no complaints with them. If I charge them fully I can get a couple of days out of them. That not using them constantly but mostly just checking in. I have to change batteries about every 4 or 5 years at about 40 bucks a pop although expensive it ain't bad.

I will atleast 2 or 3 times a years charge these up, turn them on and drain them to nothing. Charge them again and drain them. Then charge them a final time and put them away. Kinda like excercising them. Seems to work.

I stay away from the radios that take AA and so. Just don't seem to cut it.