[Ekcrbe]

To make sure you always have the battery you want, organize them in some way. We have a system that seems to work well for keeping batteries straight.

1. Number your battery with its first year of use and a designation number (to distinguish between multiple from the same year).
2. Color code the batteries with some sort of easy read system (i.e. electrical tape) for how they should be used (for us, silver is competition ONLY, orange is practice/maybe competition, black is poor charge/too old, and red is Do Not Use, i.e. cracked).
3. Sort your storage location, ideally for every designation, plus one for all designations waiting to be charged.
4. Label your batteries with their post-charge voltage for reference (remember to wait a few minutes after they come off the charger to settle to their actual voltage). Sticky notes do this well.