I was able to get the battery connector off the battery with a nice SHARP pair of side cutters. Gently squeezing and cutting and wiggling where the brass meets the white (or black) part of the battery will get it off without any major warping. I did this to attatch to a manual switch activated battery pack from Radio shack, and promptly killed my atomizer within about an hour Too much voltage, too much puffin', oh well, there's always spare parts around. It was awesome while it lasted!