Midland All Hazard/Alert Weather Radios have an innovative automatic alert system In the event of special warning broadcasts the radio is automatically activated when the unit is in silent standby mode along with a loud tone a flashing red LED indicator and an alert message in the LCD Midland NOAA Weather Radios receive regional and localized warnings about severe weather and other emergencies affecting public health and safety All Hazards messages have been added to the existing NOAA Weather Radio system which provide immediate local forecasts weather-related travel conditions severe-storm warnings 24 hours daily and other emergency alerts S.A.M.E Is a feature in MIDLAND Weather Radios that allows you to program in your county code or counties codes This will eliminate any Alerts that are not within your programmed Specific Area For example if you only want to be informed for alerts within your county just program in your county code But if you want to be informed about counties that are North South East and
Helps you wake up, but more importantly, helps you rest easy
Rating
Written By akpalau
Date Written Dec 06 2006
Summary
First and foremost, the Midland Weather Radio Model WR-300 is a Weather radio. Sure, it has a clock radio capability, but it is more of a sleep saving device, rather than an awakening device. We live on the periphery of tornado alley, and...
Strength
24-hour weather alerts, battery back up, radio and alarm feature
Weakness
mediocre sound quality, interference and hissing through speaker at times
Bottom Line
This is a WEATHER radio, so get it for the weather alerts and associated peace of mind. It will only disappoint for playing music.
This is a superb weather radio. I have been searching and tried a number of consumer retail weather radios over the years in the moderately expensive price range. None have performed, as well as, the Midland WR-300. It works absolutely flawlessly as a...
Strength
Reliability, Ease of Use, Quality, Stability, Receptivity and Selectivity, Alert Volume
Weakness
Not good as an AM/FM clock radio.
Bottom Line
I give this a definite buy for principal use as a weather radio.
This radio is a vast improvement over my 15-year old weatheralert radio. The S.A.M.E. encoding means I can pick and choose what counties to program in. I chose the county I live in and about a dozen other counties to the north, west, southwest, and...
Strength
Features for the money, purchase price, easy to use once setup
Weakness
Difficult to setup, must download codes from internet, no wall bracket
Bottom Line
A potential life saver, well worth the money...more features than radios costing $20-30 more.
