[Conor]

Thanks for the thoughts.

The environmental issue is something I consider, but as posted before the actual impact of disposable over rechargable is difficult to judge and in fact is a case study that they use on environmental Life Cycle Analysis courses to show the difficulty of such assessments. Simply put, you are seldom comparing like with like, i.e. the impact of the recurring energy supply + impact of charger production/disposal + impact of battery manufacture/disposal compared to manufacture and disposal of the ordinary batteries. It should reach a point where the rechargable outweighs the disposables but where that point is can vary. Sorry, pet subject....back to torches.

Having said all that I think if I can get the C8R for £100 (as one company is advertising it) then I should go for it, other wise I look into getting a charger that'll fast charge 8 NiMH and then buy the base model.

Thanks again