Originally Posted by
acdii
5 of those biguns would have helped balance the Rascal! That would be nearly 5 pounds of lead I could have removed.
At some point Ni-Cads will no longer be available, in fact the EU and UK banned their sales for everything except Medical and a few select categories.
Yes, the availability issue is a future concern.
In the meantime, I am very happy with the cells I have been getting. And the reliability, predictability has been excellent since first using NiCds in the 1960s.
I am also very pleased with how well NiMh work in transmitters but I no longer use Delta peak chargers for them.