How is it powered? For instance does it need to be plugged in? If so how long is the cord? Batteries? Reliability opinions?
1385956
it uses 4 AA cells (or AAA, don't recall - but they are included) so it is easily moved. it is 'reliable' enough as far as the clock/timer and pill mechanism goes. the metal frame is a bit of a kludge and the tilt-to-dispense-pills is not an intuitive motion
2014079
Same question twice...It uses both battery and corded power...it's small, though. I sent mine back.
818313
When I purchased my 7200 it came with a power cord so I could plug it in while in the house. Otherwise it has a power cord attached to the unit for mobile use. Yes it is large and has no built in battery but I've been very pleased with it's performance. I'm glad I got it at the time because it hasn't been in production for quite sometime. When I do see a used one for sale it's at about twice the price I paid for it.
1144041
This unit isn't battery powered. Don't know why they don't show the cord in the picture. You need to plug it in to a wall socket. :-)
2092680
No it has to be plugged into a socket. It does come with an AC power cord. It's a bit on the short side, you may need to use a light weight extension cord to help reach the socket.
1167495
It is NOT battery powered. Power is supplied by extension cords. I bought this for my 82 yr old mother-in-law. It is very light weight and meant to blow off a sidewalk, and not an entire lawn. It is however quite powerful for it's size.
1506238
What do you mean "how long does it work for?" It's not battery powered. It runs off the car cigarette lighter. It runs for as long as you have the key in the ignition allowing power to the cigarette lighter. If you mean like how reliable is it? Well... that I don't know. I've only had mine for a week or two. It says it has a 1 year warranty so I expect it to last at least that long.
2246250
It plugs in and doesn't have a very long cord, maybe 3 feet. It has a lot of power so make sure you are holding onto the glass or bowl and it is also somewhat top heavy and will tip over quite easily as my husband found out. Hope this helps.
1332262
Mine came with 3 different ways to be powered: it can be powered either directly to an electrical outlet, or by a double A battery or to your computer through USB. And it came with both cords and the battery!
1074143
Not sure.Mine is corded, and I didn't realize it was described as being battery operated.
1908469
No, this is not battery operated, it does come with a wall plug. The cord is a decent length too.
2044011
It is USB and battery powered. It plugs into your USB port but the base of the unit (where the "on" switch is), has two AA batteries.
1618146
This is the battery-powered model. They do have one that works with an electric cord, however, but from my research a lot of the people said it didn't work as well as the battery one so I purchased this one for a friend of mine and myself. It works great.
214567
It's only battery operated. I'm sure a cord would present a safety hazard. I'm not sure of the battery life span. I never used that part of it. Sorry. I used the music on my smart phone. I can say that this was a life saver early on when baby was just home. It must give them a sense of security being so close yet protected. I used this with our first child too. Highly recommend it.
220037
Just measured it and it's a 60 in (or 5 ft) black wall plug in cord. No battery. My typical daily use is simply plugging it in to the wall, turning it to "Hi" and that's it. It's actually a very easy, straight forward unit.
1819489
No, it plugs in. When I first saw it, I assumed it was battery-powered (and weak), or even manual. But it plugs into a standard outlet, and is plenty powerful.
1296884
It is not battery powered. It comes with a plugin transformer. Settings are retained in non-volatile memory, so if there is a power interruption, the settings remain intact.