Robert the Expert

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $149.00 from C Crane Co.

Summary:
This product claims to be the world's best AM radio. Not a chance. Sensitivity and selectivity are pretty good, but the quality is poor. LCD display not working after about a year, knobs falling off, speaker doesn't work anymore (I have to use headphones), power switch on top doesn't work. I have never seen even much cheaper portables fall apart like this.

I will never buy another...

Strengths:
Sensitivity and selectivity good.

Weaknesses:
Poor quality, bad LCD display, wayyy overpriced.

Similar Products Used:
many radios over the years.

Price Paid:  $159.00 from C. Crane & Company

Summary:
Practical, solid design of a type that has filled a real gap in the market for broadcast AM listeners.

Strengths:
Digital tuning, ergonomic shape and heft, battery life almost too long to believe, big LCD display with LED backlighting, rotary tuning knob, excellent AM reception.

Weaknesses:
Mine hums a bit with AC cord, so I stick to batteries, which means the backlighting times out after a little while. Some of the knobs on the front are a little oddly placed. FM sound only OK, but that's why you should buy this. External antenna hookup not really useful.

Similar Products Used:
GE Superradio, various Grundig digital SW radios, Sony IFC-2010, various analog AM radios.

Price Paid:  $50.00 from Target

Summary:
This radio is a piece of garbage - It's reception is worse than a radio I bought at a thrift store from the 1970's! Total 6 months!

Strengths:
None - unless you have money to waste

Weaknesses:
Poor Reception - Breaks after 6 months

Similar Products Used:
Thrift Store Radio from the 1970's was SUPERIOR!

Price Paid:  $50.00 from Target

Summary:
This radio is a piece of garbage - It's reception is worse than a radio I bought at a thrift store from the 1970's! Total 6 months!

Strengths:
None - unless you have money to waste

Weaknesses:
Poor Reception - Breaks after 6 months

Similar Products Used:
Thrift Store Radio from the 1970's was SUPERIOR!

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
I bought this Radio to use in a RV while traveling. I could not find where it was even as powerful as the RV Radio and was very disappointed in using it. After a year the digital numbers on the front started disappearing and now we cannot even read those. Totally useless for me.