I record only once every week or two and have never had to intentionally charge the thing the few minutes i have it plugged in to transfer the recording between severalhourlong recording sessions is evidently enough to charge it which is desperately useful

Great audio quality i use it to record live music as a backup for when the deskaudiorecording has an error and my oncamera microphone is outclassed by the volume of an amplifier and find it a very useful safety net if not quite hitting the level a €500 zoom recorder would not only perfect size for the

A year later i found myself in need of a voice recorder and despite looking at all of the available models in my price range none of them seemed to surpass the quality durability and handyness of the sony offering