Matthew, do you really need the portability of batteries? Many people find they are always within 30m of a 240V power socket even visiting dark sky sites. If you only go bush from time to time, may not be worth spending so much on batteries and chargers. The advice to buy a good quality battery and charger is wise. Powerpacks contain pretty small cheap batteries and very poor chargers. You might only get a year or two.
Decent 240V supply for DSE (or Jaycar) usually about $60 from memory. That's what I use 95% of the time now.
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