Quote: Ah, I see. :)

Where are you getting the 250 number for pico power? Only the Pico Slim had the limited lifetime warranty for the first 250...

Quote:   Are you thinking of the Pico Slim? This thread is for the Pico Power.

Quote:   ...and others are allowed to point it out ;)

Even if a commercial version of the DIY T2 was made, the price required to make it viable would simply price it out of existence :p

Quote:   It looks like they've rolled the "own it" part into the review process. They have a spot to put your purchase date and price when you click the "review it" link.

I've enjoyed my Pico for quite some time now, it's nice to see the measurements confirm what I suspected...that it performs well :) I do hope that Tyll gets a chance to measure the Pico Power. I think I actually prefer it's sound to the Pico.

Quote: Yup, I saw that. The Powerex Imedion are also low self-discharge but I haven't gotten mine and on general principles I don't like recommending something that I haven't used.

You don't have to fully drain NimH before charging, for the most part that's a leftover myth from NiCd batteries. There are also low self-discharge NimH batteries which store well.

Quote:   I was never too worried about it working or not, just wondered if the components tolerated the extra bit of voltage. Unlikely but I'd feel safer knowing that :p

Mine was waiting for me when I got home. Thanks Justin :)

Yeah, I remember building my first watercooling system with a swiftech block and a heater core. Those were fun times with the 300A.   For what it's worth, the folks that don't know the difference between a custom wc rig and an all in one probably wouldn't benefit all that much from the...

I'm fairly close by so hopefully I should be receiving mine soon. I'll report when I get it :p

Quote: http://michaelbluejay.com/batteries/9v.html has a pretty good chart of the different NiMH and Lithium rechargeable 9v batteries.   Generally speaking Lithium batteries aren't worth the hassle unless you absolutely need the extra capacity/current.

Quote:   Thanks Justin! I'm really glad I got in on the preorder, I really enjoyed the demo unit when I listened to it.