As I get exasperated with how my 49G+ gobbles batteries, and I fret about the the cost and the waste, I am contemplating investing in a few of the highest rated AAA NiMH batteries I can find and seeing how I make out. I understand that the main beef with rechargeables and the 48 and 49 series is that they can conk out without adequate "low bat" warning and you lose the memory of the calculator. As the life of newer rechargeables increases, I am wondering if anyone has had better luck with the NiMH solution as opposed to plowing thru piles of alkalines. I find that just sitting around doing nothing is enough for my 49G+ to kill a set of batteries in a few short weeks. The 48G is much kinder to batteries, but still once under regular use it gobbles the alkalines too.
Les