Disposable Post-It Battery Reminders
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Staten Island, NY Posted: 2/24/2015 1:00:00 AM
You reach into your camera bag to get a fresh battery... but which one?
Anyone who has a lot of rechargeable batteries knows what a pain in the neck it is trying to remember which batteries are charged, and which ones you've already used up. The more batteries you have, the harder it is to insure you don't grab one of the discharged batteries by mistake.
Ideally, it would be great if all rechargeable batteries had electronic power indicators, but even a low tech battery cover or case with a slider would be a huge improvement over having no indicators.
A few companies actually have rechargeable batteries with LCD or LED indicators to let you check the amount of power left in your batteries, but pretty much 99% of them don't have any indicators at all.
One easy solution is to put a small Post-It on the outside of the battery or the battery case. Just throw out the Post-It before you insert it into the camera. Then when you need a fresh battery, grab one that still has a Post-It.
Sometimes a low tech solution is all you need.
The trouble with a solution like this is that Post-Its are sold in office supply stores, and you don't think of them when you are thinking about your camera. It would be nice if they included a dozen or so tiny Post-Its in the package when you buy batteries. After using the free ones for a while. you'll likely buy more.
PS... Tiny Post-Its are also a good way to remember which memory cards you've used up.
Joe Crescenzi, Founder
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