The remote is super easy. Pop the back off and you can just unplug the battery. The older LF coil you have to cut the bottom of the coil to get to the battery. Ive haven't tried it. It looks pretty simple though. Is a youtube vid on how to do it. All your transmit power comes from the coil. So if your remote batteries are weak wouldn't make a difference. Heck I had my second to last deus until the warranty was up so that was 5+ yrs. I didn't notice any change in the hunt power. I could tell the battery didn't last as long though. Im guessing it was only 70% of normal. But then I don't usually have setup to hunt deep targets either so might not have noticed a shortage of hunt power like you.

coil repair [youtu.be]

Remote repair: [youtu.be]

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