Giving some serious thought to add a HP to the family. I was just looking for some feedback pos/neg prior to doing so. I live in SW Ontario (Waterloo Region) and at persent own a Uniden BC 780xlt. Also your opnion on any "Extras" other then just the unit would be appreaciated. Thanking you in advance. ~ Jer
Jeremy: It is a great radio. When it first came out it was limited to what the database here had but they have upgraded this scanner tremendously. With the free upgrade you can create favourites and now you can scan more than one fave list at a time, up to 256.
The free upgrade allows for tweaking of how the information you can see appears on your scream.
It also now allows you to tag the UIDS, radio Id's so you can tag all the different cars and EMS units.
The audio is good, it is portable and like Kris said it comes with a car charger and a house charger.
You can also record what you hear, they give you a 2Gig memory card which is cool.
Buy a better antenna, Lakeshore has good ones as does Durham or RadioWorld.
And as Kris says, he sells them and I would stand by anything he sells, he is a great guy who loaned me, never met me yet, a scanner when I was selling my 396T , to use till mine came.
Hope your back is ok, I heard of some experiemtal treatment that might be able to help.