RE: cuddeback
I guess I'll throw in my experience here. I have both of the Cuddebacks as well but my experience was just the opposite. The older one is on the floor beside me because it quit working and after a couple of months I gave up on the support over the phone. The new one is still in use. It isn't the best thing since sliced bread but as compared to the older one it's at least still working. I'm also getting a little better battery life with rechargeable batteries in the new one.