I know I want the Tokyo Marui M4A1 with the EG1000 motor. Out of the package, this gun uses the mini battery and runs around $240 without battery/charger at most online stores. While looking at batteries to purchase to go along with the gun, it looks liek a regular "mini" battery is 8.4V / Ni-cd 600mAh that only costs around $25.

While looking at other batteries for sale, I noticed more expensive batteries that claim to work with the M4A1 that are "special" 9.6V / Ni-cd 2000mAh batteries. These ones cost around $53. My question is, can I used this better 9.6v battery with a regular Tokyo Marui M4A1 AEG?

I found it interesting that while looking on Den Trinity's site they have their list of "special" guns for sale that contain their custome modifications: http://www.dentrinity.com/shop/AEG.htm#den

They have the M4A1 on there with the the standard battery already included and they claim it shoots at 400fps and costs $379 including the battery. They have the regular M4 on there with the mini battery listed as only 282fps. Does changing this battery make that much difference? If so, the bigger battery isn't that much more expensive and seems like the best bang for your buck. Will it wear my gun out faster using this standard battery and will I have to make any modifications to use it?

The 9.6v battery is simply an extra cell connected to the battery. What you will get using a more powerful battery is longer playing time without having to recharge your battery; you will receive higher rof, rate of fire. It may, I might be wrong, increase fps. The thing to remember about DEN is they are a company trying to make money. While their m4 claims to get that high fps it may not, who knows? Without actually buying it we cannot be sure. I can guarantee if it is achieving that fps it is not do to the battery alone. It will have had a lot of internal modifications. It is very dangerous to use the 9.6v battery in a stock AEG, it will ware out your gears a lot faster and may cause other internal problems. To tell you the truth there is nothing wrong with the 8.4v batteries. And until you decided to upgrade your m4 I would stick to that 8.4v battery. Lets hope we can get some more information on this subject by fellow posters.

I do believe that the 9.6v requires a little modification in the form of a bigger fore grip. I found this picture at DEN of the "special" equipment.

They have it listed for $87 USD.

Whether you go mini or full battery, you're getting a fantastic AEG. That is my next purchase.

It's a 9.6 1000mah that's made of 8 "aa" cells that are glued toghther in a "U" shape.

Take the top fuse plate out of the M4, and the battery fits it in nicely...

I'd take a pic of it, but it's currently with the remenants of my M4's that getting worked on 50 miles south...

K

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