Hey I get mine today, order to Las Veagas AEA and get it 7 days later, it works perfectly, I get 8 NIMH maha batteries this are 1550 mah and should last more than the NICAD Yaesu offer as an option, also the manual indicate that to charge the NICAD take 10 hours, and I have a little Fast Charge from MAHA that charge nimh in less than 2 hours, also it is a lot more economic than a nicad, this shoul cure a little power hungry radio Dan