I have a Stealth 1.3 digital and I broke down and purchased the external lead battery pack.
The instructions,(or lack thereof) say to charge the battery for 15 hrs before first use.
Impatient as I am, I charged it for 6 hrs and hung it out on a tree with just some cheap rechargeables in the
cam itself. I came back a week later and the battery was dead.
I am hoping that it was just the 6 hr charge that caused the short battery life so I am going out right now
to put it back up with a fully charged external and fully charged rechargeables inside.
I am assuming the external battery is supposed to keep the rechargeables charged inside the cam.
If I dont get at least a month out of it this time, I will be pissed.