Blacky, I don't mind going through the trouble if it means my plane is safe, anyway, no-one looks at me strangely, 'cos theres no-one around. We have a farm, my dad and I fly full size (Cessna 172 + Microlight) and i just fly off our runway and in any case I have a spare batt to swap if needed, but somehow my Tx batt will run for bout four hours straight before suddenly dying, I had the unlucky experience of that once when in the morning I woke up and unplugged my tx from the charger, turned everything on , tested the flight controls, left it on to disconnect the rx first, fixed a glitch on the wing, went to fly later on and did a radio check only to find I had hardly any batt left, that was after 4 hrs.
So... I am happy, not in a rush when at the farm, i can see your point though if I were flying something like an Extra or Cap,
Good flying, Cheers
Ledz