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Stop buying stuff with internal/non-replaceable batteries!


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I just posted in the Black Friday post about how I picked up an old Rode Rodelink Filmmaking Kit for wireless audio because I refuse to purchase a system with internal batteries. 

 

Today Chris Judd just released this video about the topic.

 

There are a multitude of reasons to care about this, whether you just care about the financial side or you care about the environmental side (or like me, both!) The value just isn't there and the e-waste it creates is unacceptable. Stop buying this stuff and make it known why! 

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47 minutes ago, zlfan said:

it is no big deal. does not affect the final results. 

Yes it does. If the battery dies and your $300 Wireless mic no longer works, that affects the final result. We shouldn't be spending money on items that don't have replaceable batteries and will end up in a landfill. 

These companies could very easily make it possible to put in new batteries. They just refuse to, because they want you to keep purchasing the latest iteration. It's wasteful, in a multitude of ways. 

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"Dear Audio Companies"

 To be fair, it's only the consumer grade companies that do this. 

Generally speaking not a single professional level audio company does this. 

(with very rare exceptions, such as the built in batteries of the Tentacles, but you can buy replacement batteries for them as Curtis Judd mentions, that you can then DIY the replacement) 

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