Hi Sarah: Actually, I did not wish to purchase a power supply charger from Radio Shack originally. However, I COULD NOT CONCEIVE paying $27 plus $5 shipping for it. Sounds like just a few dimes, but, when I took it to Radio Shack, the folks over there were able to FIND A POWER SUPPLY CHARGER that works. I had a chance to TEST IT right there in the store, and, believe it or not, it continues to work like a charm!!
As for batteries, I do TRUST THE FOLKS at Batteries Plus!! If they can't do it, they'll tell me right off the bet. Blazie Engineering (or is it now Freedom Scientific) will also have you believe that their kind of batteries are SECOND TO NON and out of this world; alas, Batteries Plus CHANGED THE BRAILE LITE 40 BATTERIES for me for about $50 and that's including all sales taxes and NO ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGE, <smile>!! I'm quite willing to let Batteries Plus EXPERIMENT with my BrailleNote; if they get it right, voila!! If not, I'll SULK for a while and SHELL OUT another $5000 to get a new one, <grin>!! This will be keeping Pulsedata-Humanware for a while, <smile>!! For now, I hope this battery never goes flat; or should it choose to go flat, I can be in California for an assignment so I can get the equipment back same day if I'm not dreaming, <haha>!! Sincerely, Olusegun
