Mike, The only place where I've seen a small difference in performance between 1600's and 1850's are with my high power flash units for my 35mm setup. The 1850's seem to last just a little longer and their short recycle time stays that way for an extra 10-20 full power flashes. I would make sure that if you purchase the 1850's or 2000's that you also get a charger that will fully charge them. A lot of the cheap charges are on a timer and as a result won't fully charge the newer high capacity NiMH's. Ed I've seen a web page with informal tests done on NiMH batteries in GPS receivers and under those conditions, there is little difference in performance between 1600 to 2000 mAh AA batteries. I've also found a web page that measured the true capacity of these various batteries and found that they often end up around the same regardless of rated capacity. It seems that some manufacturers are overly optimistic while others are conservative. I have 1600, 1700 and 1800 battery sets and while I haven't measured anything, I haven't noticed a difference that stands out. Rather than pay a premium for 1800-2000 mAh batteries, good 1700s or 1600s are a better deal. If you don't want to mail order, Wal-Mart and Home Depot have decent prices in my neighbourhood. Mike PS - I don't have the web URLs for the above. The first was a GPS enthusiast's and the second, I think, was a digital camera review site. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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