Swiftie wrote: > My approach is to leave the controller in the charger at all times when > not in use, and to wait until the battery life is getting low, then > buy/fit a new battery. > > The cost is less than buying a cheap coffee in Starbucks about once > every 6 months... and that's assuming a battery lifetime of 2 years. > Mine usually last more than 5 years. > > Of course, my gameplan falls down when there are no more batteries in > stock. Perhaps I should stock up with enough to last me the rest of my > life? At my age, that's not too expensive, about 65 cups of coffee.
I have two controllers in use. One for about 7 years and one for 5 years. Never replaced either battery. And like swiftie, when not directly using, they are sitting in charging cradle. *Home:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win8(64) > LMS 7.9 > Squeezelite *Spares:* Transporter, Touch(3), Radio(3), Boom, SB3, CONTROLLER *Controllers:* iPhone6 & iPadAir2 (iPeng8 & Squeezepad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win7(64) laptop *Files:* ripping: dbpoweramp > FLAC; post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes; Streaming: Spotify ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106209 _______________________________________________ Duet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/duet
