Radio Reviews

I thought this was a fantastic alarm clock. Although it could have been the gental alarm could be a tad louder. The numbers were large enough to see. Otherwise there is nothing wrong with it.

I like the tradtional alarm clock styal. I was more impressed with the quality of this clock better then it's T112 counter part. I would love to see more of these made then the other one witch I could do without.

I like haveing three options of bells & not two. This electronic is pretty to look at also.

It was the look of the clock that first caught my attention. It's very unusual and it's also small for those of us with limited space. The time is easy to read as it is large, red, and digital. All the buttons are on the back so you don't have to do a surface check every time you want to set it. The snooze button is on the top and is smaller than some others, but it works for me. The sounds are very clear and pleasant. My alarm clock used to be my worst enemy, not anymore.

This clock was even more than I expected it to be. It is fully electric with a battery backup. The 3 types of wakeup sounds are crystal clear and very interesting. Timex's reputation is even higher in my mind now that I own this clock.

I have a slight variation on the black-finished radio here; mine has an all silver front. Probably a custom model for Restoration Hardware stores. Anyway, it's a beautiful radio with incredible sound. It gets better reception than any other FM radio I've had in my office (24th floor of a tower in downtown Minneapolis), getting more stations than I ever knew existed. The sound is full, and loud! Really, that's my only issue with this radio. On a desktop in an office setting, it's pretty tough to adjust the little volume knob to a quiet enough level for daytime background listening. It's awesome when you crank it up, but I don't want to disturb my coworkers.

I was sure I would be disappointed with this radio given all the rave reviews I had read about. After all, it simply couldn't be that good, could it? I am quite happy to say that I was wrong, it is every bit as good as everyone says. I am full of admiration for the engineers who worked on this little marvel.

My listening is 95% classical, so my attention is always focused on the sound being natural, detailed, and musical. The Model One starts out with the best FM tuner on the market (hands down), which pulls in signals cleanly, even weak ones. My immediate reaction upon first hearing the sound was surprise at the details that were present in the music over an FM signal. I had always imagined that the reason my radios sounded so poor in the past was that the FM signal simply could not hold enough detail. The Model One proved this reasoning quite wrong, there is a lot of music in the FM signal. In fact, I could effortlessly pick out every instrument in the orchestra on this radio.

In the beginning, I was not overly impressed with the low frequencies produced by this radio. But then, I had simply set the radio down on an old desk, and could feel the desk vibrating in sympathy with the low frequencies from the radio. So I went to Home Depot and got a very heavy piece of ceramic tile to place under the radio to prevent the table from siphoning off all the bass. The difference was dramatic. This radio produces a LOT of bass. Very clear and musical bass. The elephant from Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals placed the string bass right in my room, I could swear. I found that when I placed the radio about 8 inches from a wall, the bass was even further enhanced. Other reviewers like to marvel at how much bass there is coming from this tiny radio, but I am much more impressed by how tight and musical the bass actually is. This is not to take anything away from its very clear and reliable treble range; it is just that one can't help noticing how small the radio really is, and with all that bass, and .... well, you know.

This is by far the most value I have ever gotten out of this little money for a piece of audio equipment. The Model One is very, very, sweet and musical, and this description is true for its entire remarkable frequency range. I listen to it about 9-10 hours a day, and weeks after the first listen, I still catch myself looking up from what I was doing at that moment to admire its sound.

I bought this radio for my office. (Hence the black finish. The computer's black, the phone's black, etc.) Radio reception in the building is normally crummy, but the Model One pulls in my favorite stations clearly, using only the included antenna, and the sound is exceptional. Even at low volume (don't want to disturb my co-workers), lows have pretty good weight, and the mids and highs are clear. Turn it up a little, and it fills the whole room with sound that's way out of proportion to its tiny size. One of the best FM radios you'll ever use, and for a lot less money than the other "premium" radios available.

This product works well especially for those people that can't ever seem to find a pack of batteries around the house. Nothing like going to the gas station and pay $10 for a pack of batteries. I think this would be a great investment for you if you use your radios a lot.

I love this battery this is what i use for my cobra frs 250 and it works perfectly!!! Thank you !

I originally purchased a set of older FRS radios for camping and caravaning. Unfortunately, these radios were not very usable in the real world - too much noise, bad reception, and so on. A few days ago, I happened to find this Cobra 310WX, and I might as well throw the other radios in the trash. The Cobra FRS features not only the standard 14 channels, but also 38 subchannels - so you can be sure not to run into other conversations. You can even scramble your conversation so that only your family can hear you, using another Cobra radio. If I was using this radio at work, I can preprogram several frequencies into the presets. I can also scan all channels for traffic, scan just the presets, and even listen to two channels at once. Another great feature - 10 weather channels. Now, onto its' Nextel-like features - you can press the Call button, and your friends or family will hear either a tone or feel a vibration (it vibrates!) letting them know a conversation is about to happen. When you let go of the talk button - the other party hears a double-ding (so they know to answer). You can turn off all of these features, or turn them on selectively. I can't say enough great things about this phone. Few more things: really small, fits like a pager on your belt. Antenna swings out of the way, behind the radio. Optional batteries can be charged in the case - there are charging pads on the back. Learning curve is somewhat steep - but after reading the manual, the functions are well laid out.

I recently purchased a pair of these little radios for a hunting trip and I Love them! They are very handy! I was able to communicate with my friends easily and the range is really 1.5 -2 miles. The signal is very clear and the weather radio is a life saver! It started to cloud up on the second day while we were out in the field so I turned on the weather radio and sure enough there was a storm front moving in, we had plenty of time to get our rain gear on and get started back to the base camp before the storm hit. These radios also have many other useful features. The radio also has a vibrating call alert that can be turned on and off a privacy (voice scrambling) mode and a channel scan feature.I highly recomend this radio to anyone! We also used the radios to communicate from car to car while traveling to and from the field. I have several of the Cobra radios and this really is the top of the line!

My family bought Cobra PR 3000 radios for a cruise in December 2003 and were pleased overall.

They are simple to use. The LCD display is excellent. Volume and voice quality were good. The CTCSS tones worked well to screen out the many other passengers who had similar radios.

They are light and small enough that it was never a chore to carry them.

We often used the call signal and vibration features to initiate contact, because those work better than a voice in noisy areas.(Too bad those features are missing from every higher-powered, commercial-quality radio I've found.)

On the down side, within 48 hours of use, the poorly designed pocket clips broke off two of the four radios.

And their power and range were less than ideal. At high power (2 watts), we could easily communicate between five decks. Reception was sketchier or non-existent when trying to communicate from the bow on deck 11 to the stern on deck 3.

Ashore, the radios worked well over about 1/2 mile of hilly terrain. Beyond that, little or nothing. They did much better over open water, of course.

Cobra does make a 3-watt model, which might perform slightly better. But the built-in stubby antenna on all Cobras limits their performance, from what I've read of how UHF radio works.

Commercial radios, which would undoubtedly perform better, cost at least $130 each and are far less user-friendly. Makers include Icom and Vertex.

I purchased two pairs of Cobra PR 3000 GMRS 2 watt radios for our ski trip this year. It's one of the best purchases I ever made. I looked at Motorola and Midland before purchasing these. They have more power than Motorola and better built than Midland. I like that most of the buttons are on the face and you don't have to do a lot of menu browsing. We skied at Alta and Snowbird Utah. The ability to talk over the slopes really amazed me. We tried them out in our neighborhood and they worked pretty well. We could converse for a half mile with no trouble at all through trees and houses. However if you go behind a hill the ability to converse is greatly reduced. At Alta Snowbird you are in a canyon with granite walls, so I think the signal is bouncing off the canyon walls, becuase we could talk for miles, even with ridges between us. At the frequencies and power levels of these radios you should get great reception if you are in line of sight without too many obstructions. But don't expect to go much over a half mile if you have a lot of obstructions. If you are true line of sight with no obstructions, you can go further than the 5 miles advertised. In a granite canyon like little cottonwood canyon they were great! We were in a group of 8 skiers and it was snowing hard and difficult to stay together. My 12 year old daughter got separated from us and called in to let us know where she was. It saved hours of anxiety for us and kept us from ruining our ski day. Same thing happened the next day with my 11 year old daughter. As far as I'm concerned it was well worth the price.

My grandmother bought me this item (in color black) for Christmas and I am listening to it right now. I have tuned it to a radio station here in Oregon where I am on vacation visiting all of my family and they are playing various piano music. Thank you! It is small and the neck strap is handy for riding buses. The strap is conveniently not a band (Width bigger than depth) so it does not cut into/scar your neck. My previous ipod's strap created a red mark unless I wore high-collared shirts.

I've had my radio for about three years now and it's a pretty good value. The radio is quite light and is easy to carry while exercising. It comes with a belt clip or a special cord which allows you to hang the radio from your neck. Radio reception is pretty good on both AM and FM. Battery life is pretty good.
The included earphones are adequate, but you may find them to be a little uncomfortable for long periods of time as they are not "sculpted" to the shape of the ear. I personally use my own.
Overall, due to its light weight and good radio reception, this radio is highly recommended if you like to listen to the radio while exercising.

Well, I just bought this today, and I loved it ever since I've had it. Blue lighting, auto dimmer, so many options. This was the cheapest I found with the standards I had (digital tuning, CD player, etc.) The remote is very useful, but too bad they don't save the radio stations (have to tune every time). But they do save the order of how you want your tracks to be played on your CD. The motorized door is such a special thing. The themal snooze is also sweet, so you don't have to find the snooze button to keep on sleeping. I did find it hard to use set the minutes and hours for the alarm and clock (hit one accidentally). But, the light on the side of the glass makes up for all of that (it looks so cool...) Pros: Digital FM/AM radio Motorized door to play CD Auto Dimmer CD-RW player Thermal snooze 2 3 inch speakers 2 antennas (for AM and FM) Memory for track order Cons: Confusing for setting time and alarm Small wire is antenna for FM radio No saved radio stations Knob used for tuning Have to hit the alarm off button after snooze (probably standard for all alarm clocks) If they had saved radio stations, I would've given this a 5. Its kind of a hassle using the knob to get to the exact station.

I bought one for my daughter for Christmas and she loves this compact alarm/radio/cd player with remote to boot! The motion sensor to turn off the alarm is a real cool factor for her. Now my other daughter wants one when her boom box dies. I had a great experience with Target and will definitely purchase another one.

I've had this clock for a couple of years. I could really care less about the radio functions, I bought because of the dual alarms and the ability to set each alarm to ring only only on the weekdays (M-F) or only on the weekends (Sat-Sun).

The display on the clock is large and easy to read and includes a smaller day/date readout. The model I have is a few years old and the controls are a bit harder to reach in the back but this new model looks like they've moved the controls to the side where they should be. I like this clock because I never have to remember to reset for daylight savings time. When you plug it in, it should automatically pop up with almost the right time. If its not set for the right time zone the instructions tell you how to reset the clock--very easy. It uses a large and easily available button cell battery to keep the clock accurate when the power is off--this is behind a screwed down panel in the back of the clock. I've only changed this battery about twice in the several years I've owned the clock.

Now days we have the atomic clocks that pick up the time signal from the Western US and reset themselves daily but in some areas those clocks don't work because they can't pick up the signal through thick walls or electrical interference.

If atomic clocks don't work in your house then this gadget is the next best thing, no more waking up an hour late/early on Monday morning because you forgot to reset your alarm clock for the time change. An atomic clock is even better than this one but if they don't work in your house this is definetly the next best thing!

I've had this clock radio for a couple of months now and have been extremely pleased. I tried a couple of other clock radios before buying this one, and none had all the features I wanted. The best features of this clock radio are:

- The ability to set the alarm for M-F, Sat-Sun, or all week.
Since I am the only one who uses this clock radio, I leave Alarm #1 on all the time, but it is set to go off only on M-F. I use Alarm #2 for the times that I need an alarm on the weekends, and only turn it on when necessary. That way, I can reset the weekend alarm time without messing up my normal weekday alarm setting.

- Good radio reception.
I must live in an area where signals are hard to get, because 2 other clock radios were not able to pull in my favorite station. But this clock radio pulls in the signal loud and clear!

- The automatic time setup when you plug it in.
It's great to not have to fumble with the exact time, and to not have to reset the clock radio when daylight savings time rolls around (Note: You can override either of these settings if you live in a place that doesn't observe daylight savings time, or if you like to leave your clock set 5-10 minutes fast)

- The large display is both good and bad.
It's good because I don't need my glasses to read the time. It's bad because it's a bit bright. I solved the problem by taping a small piece of smoke-colored cellephane over the face.

All in all, I'm very pleased with this clock radio.

Eventhough this is made by the same folks that make Panisonic stuff it works great! It has lot of cool stuff, like a blue light that lights up the display, you may want to turn this off or on. On with all the lights off and some jazz playing makes for a great night! Some lowlights are, it only holds one CD so you have to keep getting up and changing the CD when you are done. It has another good feature called CD Text, this will list the songs for you on a screen. You can have it scroll or just view a portion of the title. (Not all CD's have this option) Check this out. GREAT PRICE 2!

Although there are four separate components and plenty of dials, toggles, and buttons, this is not the set for tinkerers who demand control of the sound. There's a button that gives you enhanced bass and a dial that supplies fine tuning of the tweeter, and that's it! Not even the ability to balance the speakers. The flip side of course is simplicity, and simplicity is the name of the game from assembly to operation of these handsome components and speakers. Just link everything together, plug it in, and enjoy impressive sound. Impressive, that is, for everyone but those who want to rattle the walls with amplified rock and loud orchestral compositions. They should look elsewhere. But for those who, like my wife and I, live in snug apartments and whose tastes run to small-group jazz and classical chamber music with emphasis on solo piano, violin, guitar, sax, and trumpet, Technics has put together a terrific audio system. Just squeeze it in wherever there's room and let it fill your space with warm, balanced sound.

With it's cool blue lights, this micro-system really has an incredible look. Even tough it's very small, the sound comes comes loud and clear. You can play your music as loud as you want without a bit of distortion! The only negative point I see would be the cassette player which looks very nice but maybea little cheap and complicated: a door similar to the one of the CD player opens and a little rack pulls out.

This product isn't perfect, but once you figure it out, it's not bad. if the mirror was why you bought it, send it back. it gets foggy before you can lather up. the radio is hard to tune. only major stations tune in decently, but flex out when you move your hand away from the dial. if you do get tuned in to a station you like (which may take few minutes) they're still a bit static-y, but that gets drowned out by the shower anyways. it's easy to set up, is fairly priced for performance, and quenches my thirst for music world domination furtherance.

This product is a must have if you like singing in the shower. The built in mirror is handy for those in shower shaving moments.

Great service and perfect condition. I even ordered another one I was so pleased. Thank you so much Joe P.