Portable Radios > Panasonic Portable Radios

Advantages: Great and reliable
Disadvantages: No Alarm

Panasonic RFD3 DAB Radio I would like to tell you about my very well used radio which I bought to listen to music in the kitchen whilst doing all kinds of chores. I bought it on account that I had been making do with an old alarm radio in the kitchen and though I would treat myself to a nice new DAB radio. I considered quite a few when I decided to start looking but settled on the nicest looking I am a big one for appearances and the shiny silver ...
...is a brand that I have known for a long time and this settled it for me and I parted with £75.00 and took home my nice new toy. I was very impressed when I got home upon opening the box up as the instructions were very detailed and it was very easy to set up as soon as I turned it on the display lit up and the digital radio stations were already there waiting for me to select. As well as the digital radio I could also select stations manually using ... Read review

Advantages: It just keeps going!
Disadvantages: Isn't digital.

It depends what you want from a portable radio, but if you're not interested in having a digital one, are not too concerned about looks, and just want reliability, then this is for you. It already looks slightly old-fashioned, but then that means it will no doubt soon look retro and regain its coolness, so you could see it as an investment for the future! It's only about 24cm by 14cm by 7cm, so it's small, light and easily portable, with a large ...
...pulled out easily when in use. It also has a long aerial, but I've found that you generally don't need to put this up. It takes two C-size batteries, but they last for ages (literally, I can't remember the last time I changed them, and it's in use most days). It's easy to change them, though - a panel at the back slides off and on with no problems. You can also plug it in to a mains supply if you have a two-pin cable. One advantage of being old-fashioned, ... Read review

Advantages: Great DAB
Disadvantages: No FM/AM

A very good DAB clock radio, allows you to set a weekday or weekend alarm, stylish snooze handle and clear time display, great sound quality and good DAB reciver - more expencive than other but worth every penny! Good extending ariel also allows use in more rural areas, has no FM/AM tuner although this is not really a disadvantage as most traditional stations also broadcast on DAB. The clock raido function is also very smooth and automaticaly swithces ... Read review

Advantages: Two alarms and radio
Disadvantages: time taken to reset

This is a very good alarm clock with lots of usefull features. The green lcd screan makes it possible to see the time even in complete darkness. The dual alarm system is pretty much unique to this product and alows you to do things automaticaly which you would not be able to do without this alarm clock, such as; set an alarm for a certain time to wake you up, then play the radio whilst you lie in. on the downside of this product; it does take up ... Read review

Advantages: Portable, durable, good looking
Disadvantages: A little trebley sound wise, a little bit unsteady on its feet

This is a really nice compact (205x38x105mm) and light DAB radio. It comes in a variety of colours - red, black, purple, silver or blue and looks great. The 3 watt rms speaker gives out a decent sound and also decent volume for a radio of this size. However, the sound is maybe a little on the trebley side and there is no bass control. Its still a pretty decent audio experience though for your average listening on a day out ,or while taking a shower, ...
...up as it doesn't have an alarm feature), or cooking the dinner. It would be unfair anyway to expect top of the range audio from a very portable DAB radio costing less than 40 quid. It has all the usual visual display features you would expect from a DAB radio and the tuning is done via a rotary tuning dial. The volume control is at the side of the unit. You can also store up to 10 digital stations and also 10 fm stations as presets. This is all ... Read review