I am a cheapskate, plain and simple. My little collection of XTS radios are for hobby use only, and I don't reply on them for any emergency use as I have other comms gear for that. All that said, the majority of my aging XTS batteries are dying a slow death, and yesterday, while monitoring a local house fire on my UHF XTS3000, I found myself frustrated when the battery warning started flashing after only running for about 30 or so minutes. The battery I was using is one of two decent batteries I have on hand, the other four I have are questionable. It's a Motorola brand Ni-MH Impres battery, and when used with my XTS 5000, despite a low estimated number of charge cycles, it never is able to charge beyond 1493 mah. It is however the only actual genuine Motorola battery I have, the rest are all aftermarket or counterfeit, with the other "good" battery I have being a Rayovac that came with an EF Johnson 5100.
Not wanting to spend a lot on a new battery, but still looking for something with better life and performance, I ordered a new lithium-ion battery made by Aria Battery through an eBay seller for around $40, plus a few extra to add a protection plan. They seem to be on the up and up, just curious if anyone else has tried their batteries. Also curious if they are Impres capable or not.
BTW, I have learned to stay away from buying Motorola brand batteries from eBay, as the last one I bought was counterfeit, won't charge in a genuine charger, and when charged in an off brand charger only lasts about 5 to 10 minutes.
Not wanting to spend a lot on a new battery, but still looking for something with better life and performance, I ordered a new lithium-ion battery made by Aria Battery through an eBay seller for around $40, plus a few extra to add a protection plan. They seem to be on the up and up, just curious if anyone else has tried their batteries. Also curious if they are Impres capable or not.
BTW, I have learned to stay away from buying Motorola brand batteries from eBay, as the last one I bought was counterfeit, won't charge in a genuine charger, and when charged in an off brand charger only lasts about 5 to 10 minutes.
