I record using a PDA. Never had a write or read failure on my hitachi microdrives. I haven't done 24/96 on them though, just 24/48. After a few shows I re-format and cluster them. Also, never had a vibration issue either. Power, I use a battery extender and 4 AA's and never had a power issue. I have even ran without it and with the HP dual slot and Ipaq battery never ran even close to running out of power. Just my .02
Clint