This device utilizes two 3-volt batteries and has a battery self-tester. The recorded messages not lost when the battery is changed. This item weighs about two ounces and has also a one year warranty.
This item costs $29.95. (http://test.abledata.com/abledata.cfm?pageid=113583&top=0&productid=113886&trail=0) S. similar device is known as Medical Medallion, and it is manufactured for the same purpose. It has the same easy-playback and update options, the same word capacity, the same storage features, and so forth. The only noticeable difference is that the Medical Medallion has a leather cover.
Although in essence these are functionally the same, the Medical Medallion, is $49.95, a full $20 more expensive. (http://test.abledata.com/abledata.cfm?pageid=113583&top=0&productid=113887&trail=0)...
However, I know that the parent will push for the more expensive item to be purchased, even though it is not in the best interest of the child. The devices are functionally the same, and only have he difference of aesthetics. I will explain to the parent that although the more expesnsive item is also functional, there is no reason to spend the extra money which could instead be put towards other learning aids for the student.
In our consumerist society, it is easy to get drawn into the idea that a more expensive product is a better one. However, this is often, as in this case, far from the truth.
