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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 812026" data-attributes="member: 50197">I would have put it down to that except I got a fraction of the number of shots I normally get with my 685 prior to using the diffuser cap. The 350 was an unknown quantity, but still seemed to be far too few shots for a new set of alkaline batteries. Haven't gotten around to getting her some rechargeables for it yet. That and the fact that the &quot;dead batteries&quot; I pulled from the 350 fired up the flash today and popped it numerous times with normal recycle times, so I doubt they are really dead. My VOM is DOA right now, or I would check them with that.I have no doubt that the advertised flash count is inflated. I was, however, getting several hundred on a set of fully charged nimh batteries only rated at 1300mah on my 685, and never ran out before recharging. I got about 80 yesterday when it quit. And yes, the 350 uses 2 AAs compared to 4 in the 685, but the 685 has nearly twice the power.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 812026, member: 50197"] I would have put it down to that except I got a fraction of the number of shots I normally get with my 685 prior to using the diffuser cap. The 350 was an unknown quantity, but still seemed to be far too few shots for a new set of alkaline batteries. Haven't gotten around to getting her some rechargeables for it yet. That and the fact that the "dead batteries" I pulled from the 350 fired up the flash today and popped it numerous times with normal recycle times, so I doubt they are really dead. My VOM is DOA right now, or I would check them with that. I have no doubt that the advertised flash count is inflated. I was, however, getting several hundred on a set of fully charged nimh batteries only rated at 1300mah on my 685, and never ran out before recharging. I got about 80 yesterday when it quit. And yes, the 350 uses 2 AAs compared to 4 in the 685, but the 685 has nearly twice the power. [/QUOTE]

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