Ace
Member
Ok, I have seen people buying the rechargeable packs from Minelab at ridiculous prices, a 1500MaH pack for $70?! 1800 MaH for $100!?!?!?! No, just NO! It's RIDICULOUS!
Here's my solution and probably the one that lots of people do, you can buy any normal alkaline battery pack from Minelab for around $17 from any Minelab dealer, get a rechargeable battery with charger combo for $30 like this one from Energizer:
http://www.amazon.com/Energizer-15-Minute-Battery-Charger/dp/B0000DIIAS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1206871814&sr=1-3
And it's a 15 MINUTE charger! In other words if you forgot to charge your batteries, just wait 15 minutes and you're good to go! Comes with Four 2200MaH batteries included which brings me to the next part since you need Eight for the Explorer, for $11.87 you get Four more batteries of 2500MaH (Remember, the more MaH the longer the battery will last)!
http://www.amazon.com/Energizer-NH15BP-4-Rechargeable-Batteries-Four-pack/dp/B00000J47L/ref=pd_bxgy_e_text_b
So for a total of $59 you got a charger which will charge rechargeable batteries in 15-Minutes or less, they're NiMH which means no "memory" on the batteries, charger will work with any other brand of rechargeable batteries, you get 2200MaH & 2500MaH batteries, and an Alkaline pack, so if the batteries die on you, you can just swap with some fresh Alkalines OR buy 8 more rechargeable batteries and carry them with you charged just in case.
So basically you're not stuck with one pack that takes a LONG time to charge and you can swap the rechargeable.
Yeah I sound like an advertisement, but it's something for people to take into consideration, it's easier, it's cheaper and it's much more reliable.

~Ace. HH!
Here's my solution and probably the one that lots of people do, you can buy any normal alkaline battery pack from Minelab for around $17 from any Minelab dealer, get a rechargeable battery with charger combo for $30 like this one from Energizer:
http://www.amazon.com/Energizer-15-Minute-Battery-Charger/dp/B0000DIIAS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1206871814&sr=1-3
And it's a 15 MINUTE charger! In other words if you forgot to charge your batteries, just wait 15 minutes and you're good to go! Comes with Four 2200MaH batteries included which brings me to the next part since you need Eight for the Explorer, for $11.87 you get Four more batteries of 2500MaH (Remember, the more MaH the longer the battery will last)!
http://www.amazon.com/Energizer-NH15BP-4-Rechargeable-Batteries-Four-pack/dp/B00000J47L/ref=pd_bxgy_e_text_b
So for a total of $59 you got a charger which will charge rechargeable batteries in 15-Minutes or less, they're NiMH which means no "memory" on the batteries, charger will work with any other brand of rechargeable batteries, you get 2200MaH & 2500MaH batteries, and an Alkaline pack, so if the batteries die on you, you can just swap with some fresh Alkalines OR buy 8 more rechargeable batteries and carry them with you charged just in case.
So basically you're not stuck with one pack that takes a LONG time to charge and you can swap the rechargeable.
Yeah I sound like an advertisement, but it's something for people to take into consideration, it's easier, it's cheaper and it's much more reliable.


~Ace. HH!