pconcidi:
In my experience batteries are batteries, some will last longer (the expensive ones, Ni-MH, Energizer, ETC), some won't last as long (dollar store brand) but all will work in the car and radio. "BUT" (very important but) some Fail Safes require a specific type of battery so be sure to find out what kind you have, most rquire Ni-Cd's. I had to look to find one that could use Ni-MH battery's (my personal preference, as I have a 15 minute charger). Different types of batteries discharge at different rates and fail safes are designed to work with a specific types of batteries.
As for question #2 can't help you, buy my batteries at the big chain store....
Hope this helps.....
ORIGINAL: pconcidi
Well my car's supposed to arrive tommorow, so I went the LHS and got some fuel, after run oil, and a fail safe. Now some questions about batteries:
1. Does it matter wheter you use rechargable Ni-MH, Ni-Cd, or alkaline batteries in the car and controller (I've seen some disagreement about this earlier in the thread)?
2. I'm seeing offers of a dozen Ni-MH batteries on ebay for $12-$15. Does anyone know if these batteries are any good?