To add to being around outlets, from personal experience always charging gets old. My first ecig was a blu, which granted the new cartimizors aren't to shabby, but the battery life is terrible. Then again what do you expect from a small automatic battery. I found myself always charging one batt as I was using the other, and if I didn't keep up with that cycle then I'd chance both of the batts being drained at the same time. I finally upgraded to an eGo and haven't looked back. Going days on one batt charge is so much better lol. To be honest the constant charging before was a real ecig killer, and made analogs seem less of a pain. Glad to hear that you went with the eGo, you won't be disappointed.