That is great, I'm the same way, there is absolutely no way in hell I will go back to analogs. I can go without my pv when i have to, it doesn't kill me. Its not the same as cigs for some reason.
As far as the batts go, I love the check battery feature, I don't have to drag out a damn DMM every time I want to check my batts, haha. But yeah, after I got my first 6 AWs I decided I liked having the freedom to not charge, theoretically if I charge once a week, and nothing happens, low end 300 charge cycle lifetime would put me at close to 6 years not needing to
buy new batts lol.