I almost always use rechargeable batteries with my Bookport. The battery life is fine, I save money, and the environment wins! The battery monitor is a bit off with rechargeable batteries (they start "fresh" at around 70% and linger in the 50's for a bit), but once you have this calibrated, they are fine. -- Pete Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 09:54:32 -0400 From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx> Subject: [bookport] Re: One more suggestion Why would you want to add that complexity to the product, especially given = the fact that the battery life is awesome and that you would then have to = also include international voltage support? >>> clarence@xxxxxxxxxxx Wednesday, August 04, 2004 9:52:17 AM >>> Larry and guys for the cheap amongst us how about in a future hardware=20 revision that we have the ability to use an AC adapter.