Be fair, in those threads where I said Reos turn people into pod people, I also said that was an indication they were a good device.

About the only other thing that has attracted that kind of following has been the go-go. Now that's been diluted by the Igo.
I don't care for LR. I'm not cannibalistic enough to enjoy my own cooked tongue.

Give me a 2.5 ohm 901 at 4.7 volts. It will violate the Reo's all mechanical principals but, really the device should provide the voltage regulation not the battery. When (not if) there's a VV Reo, I'm sure it'll have voltage regulation. In the mean time, the mini will be handy for out and about.
I do have one question. As I said, I got this on classifieds. So, I don't know how old it is. It's in excellent shape. Was there ever a model of the mini that did not have a locking button? I can turn this button all day without it locking.