Julie, I think the my compact Sony is great (although a different model to yours)!! It has endured a lot of knocks and bumps and still functions fine I have a new charger and battery that aren't the Sony brand and they work fine thus far. The biggest downfall my cyber shot has is that it's capacity to take macro shots is very limited... but for family shots it's great

Good luck and I am sure you will be happy with your purchase

Tanya