It's not a problem to me I have 30 min ext charger 3 sets of batteries as I have for my Pro-96 Pro-106. The big thing is I can not look up RR database in the field and program my 96 106 as fast as I can pull out of the Lib if I end up in a new area. Plus I can run multi configs buy taking more mem chips to test diff configs when going to new areas> That can not be done with out taking the laptop for my other handhelds. Plus I am a scanner junkie and have no children so I can have all the things I want. All scanners have things people like and do not like. One thing to remember there will never be 1 scanner that will ever make all user happy.