Degenerate
Contributor
The AA battery was one of the stronger selling points when I bought my Perdix.
After having experienced a dead battery (not due to replacing it too late, it just straight up died) on a Suunto D4 that I couldn't change in the field the idea of just throwing a new AA battery in my computer seemed like a no-brainer.
Not going to be too excited if Shearwater moves to an internal rechargeable battery in the future for their Perdix 2.0, the AA battery is genius.
Also, rechargeable batteries degrade over time, which is why your two year old phone doesn't hold a charge as well as it did when it was new.
Obviously a dive computer wont degrade as fast since it is not hooked up to the charger every night, but throwing a new AA battery in my Perdix once a month is so much easier than giving a crap about an internal battery that I can't swap out in a minute out in the field in an emergency.
After having experienced a dead battery (not due to replacing it too late, it just straight up died) on a Suunto D4 that I couldn't change in the field the idea of just throwing a new AA battery in my computer seemed like a no-brainer.
Not going to be too excited if Shearwater moves to an internal rechargeable battery in the future for their Perdix 2.0, the AA battery is genius.
Also, rechargeable batteries degrade over time, which is why your two year old phone doesn't hold a charge as well as it did when it was new.
Obviously a dive computer wont degrade as fast since it is not hooked up to the charger every night, but throwing a new AA battery in my Perdix once a month is so much easier than giving a crap about an internal battery that I can't swap out in a minute out in the field in an emergency.