Emergency Weather Radio - NOAA/AM/FM Battery Operated Portable Radio with Best Reception and Longest Lasting Transistor. Powered by 2 AA Battery with Mono Headphone Socket, by Vondior (Silver)

This tiny WB/FM/AM battery powered radio is the perfect portable size. The set up is simple, just install the batteries that came with it, pull up the antenna, select the band you want, then tune to the station of your choice. The radio quality is very good and the noise level is very low if any. The features are very easy to use and understand. Nothing high tech, very similar to the transiter radios we had back in the day, but this one feels a lot more durable and solid. Not cheap plastic. I highly recommend for emergency use when there's no electricty.

Volume on AM seems week. FM is good and loud

I enjoy listening to cbc radio news and discussions throughout the day. Transistor radios are great when going from room-to-room.

Unfortunately they don't make them like they used to, I was looking for a reasonably priced am/fm pocket radio and after reading all the positive reviews I decided to order one, it worked problem free for a few days then turned itself off a couple seconds after turning on... It had gotten to the point where it would instantly stop playing a second or two after turning on, instead of dealing with the hassle of trying to return it I decided to cut my losses, upon hearing this my daughter purchased a 2nd am/fm pocket radio (in the picture, on left side) that also stopped working within a couple days after delivery , my daughter actually apologized for buying me something that didn't work, I said it wasn't her fault and you get what you pay for (and both radios were cheap in today's market), and I should know better and stay with a name brand known for quality... To my surprise she had purchased a Panasonic model RF-2400D AC/Battery radio that is fantastic, from now on its name brand only instead of trying to save a few bucks.

This is exactly the radio I was looking for. No, it's not one with all the fancy bells and whistles. In fact it's like the old fashioned manual tuning radio I used to have. The problem with automatic tuning in remote areas is it picks up on radio frequency signals but sometimes the actual voice/music signal can be slightly off where you can't get that part. Manual tuning you can fine tune in on the voice/music part you want. I like the sound, there's a speaker on the back as well as front and it sounds like stereo. As far as reception goes this unit picks up stations I didn't even know were there because due to a weaker signal. This right here makes it great, and I'm not even using the extended antenna either. This is it, back to basics and easy to use. The weather band works great also, no it's doesn't have alert function and all that, but when you tune the station you get your weather forecast. Small and fits in you pocket size but great overall unit.