I just bought a Vertex VXA-220 for $180 (new). Nice compact size, body is heavy cast, you could drop it or club a baby seal to death with it. Operation is pretty intuitive, one pass through the manual to figure out memory channels, scanning, and running duplex mode. It's also "waterproof".
The Vertex comes with all the accessories: nimh rechargeable battery, a second alkaline backup battery case, desk charger, headset adapter, cigarette lighter adapter, and coax adapter (if you want to hard wire it to an external antenna).
You pay an extra $50 just for the headset adapter from Icom... so forget them.
Performance has been great. I can hear approach controllers on the ground 25 miles away sitting in my fist floor living room.
I decided to go with the 220 which has your standard COM and Nav channels but no CDI (so you can still duplex to FSS).... I just dont see myself needing a CDI or Glideslope on my backup handheld.