[ARCHIVED THREAD] - EoTech battery selection

Posted: 1/27/2012 7:54:04 PM EDT

So I recently purchased a eotech 512 and it should be here next week, but I have a probably dumb question. What kind of battery's should I be using? I want to keep them in the sight at all times but I have bad experiences with AA batteries leaking in electronics. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Posted: 1/27/2012 8:34:31 PM EDT

[#1]

Energizer Ultimate Lithium... Good for extreme weather as well.

Posted: 1/27/2012 8:36:16 PM EDT

[#2]

Neither lithium batteries (the 1.6v kind, not the 3.7v kind) nor NiMH will ever leak.

Go to Costco and pick up a pack of rechargeable Eneloops. They are very, very cheap (especially considering how many times you can re-use them).

After about a month of use in my 552, I got the "low battery" warning. However, the batteries were fine-about 70% charge. It's just that they have a lower peak voltage than alkalines, so the EOTech will give you the "low battery" warning sooner.

Posted: 1/27/2012 10:28:30 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
Energizer Ultimate Lithium... Good for extreme weather as well.

I agree. After reading post about AA's possibly leaking, I didn't want to take the chance so I swapped mine out with lithium batteries.

Posted: 1/27/2012 10:37:00 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
Energizer Ultimate Lithium... Good for extreme weather as well.

this is what I use

Posted: 1/28/2012 4:32:36 PM EDT

[#5]

When I first got my 552 years ago, I tossed the battery's that came with it and I have only used lithium.
Change them out once a year, never had a problem.

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