wavetrapper wrote:

There may actually be value in going this way. Depends on if the %
life improvement exceeds the cost difference of course.

Even if the price/performance swap from alkaline to lithium were a bit
less than even, I'd consider the relief from changing batteries so
often in the 398 a big plus of the lithiums.

One thing to know about lithium....they pretty much provide full power and then
crash on you. Alkaline, on the other hand, tends to die gradually. It

is harder to know when you are losing power with lithium...however
performance holds together better during its life.

Just as long as the rapid end-fade doesn't cause an electronics
problem, I could live with that.

Thanks!
Bruce Jensen