Thanks for the review. I am in the market for a handheld having just got my tech. license (almost got anyways, since the FCC website is still down). I found your complaints about almost all ham radio equipment very useful. I was looking for long battery life and common modern conveniences like USB charging and was surprised at what I was finding. Your comments suggest I need to be approaching this acquisition differently than I do other electronics products. (I just tried to post something similar to this but I did something and it vanished. Apologies if this is a double-post.)