Works great! I got great reception with it, even with the antenna down (on FM) AM requires some fenagling, but doesn't it always unless you have an amazing antenna? And this is just a regular pole antenna. But I did get several news stations and even some jazz radio. I absolutely love the look of this thing. It's old school looking and fits in with my aesthetic. Which albeit, is all over the place, but this fits right in. The sound quality is nice and warm, no shiny and bright here as you might expect. No, rich and warm which is very nice. The volume is a slider knob on top, the dial around the tuning knob lights up, not too bright but just bright enough to see. The knob is a great size, and the unit stays put when turning it. I stopped listening to the radio years ago, but when I seen this I had to get it and now I've been listening. I have the commercials but it's another way to discover new music that I can add to my playlists later. If I like a song I just pull out my phone and tap on Google and see what song is playing and you know the rest... I would recommend this to anyone looking for that old school experience, it would be great for a senior as it features an actual tuning dial they would be used to and not digital tuning. I actually like having to tune it in as well, it makes me feel like a spy trying to tune in perfectly to the station. Yeah, definitely get this.
2023-11-23
f****v
The radio is of good quality. Reception is good I have no problem. The device is not heavy and it’s worth the price
2023-11-22
k****j
Radio picked up quite a few AM and FM stations here in Ohio. The multiple options they allow for power-in is great design; greatly appreciated. Even in poor light conditions (not directly facing sun, in garage with just a small ray of light coming in via garage door window slats on a cloudy day), a small solar panel is able to power the device at loud volume output.
The dial feels reasonably nice; certainly a lot better than clicking + and - signs on modern car radios.
The receiver radio consumes very little power; I measure less than 0.2 watts on an audible setting for personal listening in low-noise environment, 0.32 watts on a setting I would call loud suitable for whole-room listening in a somewhat noisy environment, and 2.7 watts in my entire body is shaking apart, please work quickly auto-focus so I can turn this off mode.
The low-wattage requirement and versatile power-in options makes this receiver radio suitable for using with a 5V solar panel with USB-C-out (battery optional assuming it's reasonably sunny).
Edit: I struggled quite a bit to get a USB power bank to work with this. The receiver radio consumes so little power while at a not-extremely-loud volume that power banks see the <0.5W load and shuts off. I considered opening up the radio and adding 2-3 220-Ohm resistors in series so the radio would waste enough electricity to work around the goofy behavior of the USB power banks, but instead settled on simply slotting a single LR6/AA-sized LiPo cell into the battery compartment and soldering a wire so both ends of battery go to the load leads (I had to tin the terminals in the battery compartment to get it to take the solder, and it didn't turn out very nice, but it works), conveniently with a charge board able to remain in place with the compartment lid closed (with the battery rotated a bit from how I have it pictured), and a connector I have an adapter for to recharge it in-place. I did note the radio seemed a bit more static-y with the LiPo at full charge, probably from being a bit above the voltage it was designed for; a LiFePO4 LR6/AA-sized cell would probably be a better option, but I don't have any spares on-hand atm. None of this is the fault of the receiver radio, and I judge it to reflect well on it; it is so efficient that USB battery banks assume it is a vampiric load, and it is the versatile power-in options which give me the space to slot in a LiPo with little effort.
2023-11-21
A****a
This radio comes with parts of the past and some pieces of modern technology all rolled into one. Sadly, I have not touched a radio like this since I was growing up in the early 90s. It comes with an antenna, am and fm switch, a charging brick, and a c charging cord. I like how you can choose between plugging it in with the usb-c cord or insert 4 double a batteries to use on the go. I gifted this to my son, who was born in 2012 and is absolutely fascinated with having to turn a dial to find a music channel rather than finding one with the push of a button like he’s used to. It is lightweight and is not anything strenuous at all. Great size for easy storage.
2023-11-20
L****.
Got this radio for my Dad to listen to his morning news stations. His old radio was have problems with reception and not being loud. This new radio performs real well, it is very loud and get better reception than his old radio with no static. Love the fact you can run the radio from the A/C adapter or from 4 AA batteries. Hope this helps.
2023-11-20
G****.
This radio works excellently! It's kind of nice to have something that looks really both modern and old. I get almost no static and the size is perfectly to take anywhere really. The quality is really clear as well as far as sound goes
URADIO112CE3
The dial feels reasonably nice; certainly a lot better than clicking + and - signs on modern car radios.
The receiver radio consumes very little power; I measure less than 0.2 watts on an audible setting for personal listening in low-noise environment, 0.32 watts on a setting I would call loud suitable for whole-room listening in a somewhat noisy environment, and 2.7 watts in my entire body is shaking apart, please work quickly auto-focus so I can turn this off mode.
The low-wattage requirement and versatile power-in options makes this receiver radio suitable for using with a 5V solar panel with USB-C-out (battery optional assuming it's reasonably sunny).
Edit: I struggled quite a bit to get a USB power bank to work with this. The receiver radio consumes so little power while at a not-extremely-loud volume that power banks see the <0.5W load and shuts off. I considered opening up the radio and adding 2-3 220-Ohm resistors in series so the radio would waste enough electricity to work around the goofy behavior of the USB power banks, but instead settled on simply slotting a single LR6/AA-sized LiPo cell into the battery compartment and soldering a wire so both ends of battery go to the load leads (I had to tin the terminals in the battery compartment to get it to take the solder, and it didn't turn out very nice, but it works), conveniently with a charge board able to remain in place with the compartment lid closed (with the battery rotated a bit from how I have it pictured), and a connector I have an adapter for to recharge it in-place. I did note the radio seemed a bit more static-y with the LiPo at full charge, probably from being a bit above the voltage it was designed for; a LiFePO4 LR6/AA-sized cell would probably be a better option, but I don't have any spares on-hand atm. None of this is the fault of the receiver radio, and I judge it to reflect well on it; it is so efficient that USB battery banks assume it is a vampiric load, and it is the versatile power-in options which give me the space to slot in a LiPo with little effort.