[vespine]

Hmm, good point, I guess you are right, I was probably being overly stingy. I'd feel a lot safer if I had a back up battery, I'll get one. I'd still worry about leaving it on after packing it away....
If the switch was just a button that turned it on for 5 minutes. When I'm spotting for something that's how it normally goes: use the spotter for no more then 5 minutes then view and scan around for considerably longer then 5 minutes. If I need to use the spotter again, just press the button again.... *thinking*