That was a great thread that I didn't find. Thanks.

I'm still using a 14 year old cell phone so I think Doug would call me one of those pound foolish people.

I've done enough soldering in my life and enough fixing of LOTS of other stuff so the procedure to replace the batteries doesn't frighten me at all. Yes, I'm an amateur. An Extra Class Amateur licensee (who has built many, many Heathkits :-)

For $30 in batteries and about an hour of solder tinkering I can refresh my PLB. Spending $150 for someone else to do it or spending $250 for a newer unit just doesn't work for me.