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As well as being one of the best performing. The buttons and selectors are tight and solid as well. Up against a wall for example. As for this units quality in manufacturing, I cannot disagree more with the reviewer here that referred to its as shabby and cheap. For trust me, this unit is as rugged as they come. The weather reception is as loud and clear as the come. (The speaker on this unit is of an exceptional clarity in my opinion). The only small complaint I would mention as to this units design is the location of the earphone jack.
Both desktop models and portables. Its heavy, solid, and could easily survive a sharp hit or fall to the floor. ( I happen to own the camouflage version of this radio. Its in the back of the radio rather than on the side. Making it a little more awkward than some considering it limits one as to its placement. Which is really cool by the way.
All Midland radios do). Its minor, but worth mentioning. We can't possibly own the same radio. I feel the Midland ER102 is the very finest made of all of them. (It has a very long, solid antennae.
Either that, or he doesn't own as many different ones as I do. They don't come any better in a carry along unit. I would recommend this unit for anyone that wants a good solid weather radio that will last for years. I own several weather radios of various brands. And the quality of the FM reception is excellent.
Underneath they are the same).
and nothing else competes in this price range. excellent "packaging". multiple weather channels ensure that one or more of them can pick up the forecast wherever you are. all the features work great. totally love it.
I did this, in fact, I exceeded 12 hours of charging. I can't speak for the FM, I only listen to one FM station and it's OK for that.Tuning AM is awkward, it is an analog radio with a digital display. except that the battery dies immediately. I didn't expect excellent radio performance. It pulls in some strong local stations but thats about it. At least you won't be disturbed by those pesky weather alerts.You can really tell they used the cheapest parts available to build this thing. For AM, it is simply awful. Great for the "emergency alert" because it may be in "wig out mode" when the weather service sends out the alert, you'll never get it.
The flashlight is great, produces more light than I'd expected. The weather radio (when it works.). This gave me about 1.5 minutes of power. is good. I was able to get more weather stations on this than I did on an SW-100 multiband. I did, however, expect it to actually work.First off, the quality of the parts are horrible.
all you really need is the local powerhouse station anyway, I guess. Hoping the switches clean themselves off so that at least I get the alarm to work.I can't say for sure, but I really doubt the thermometer is accurate.The feature set is great, it's a good concept radio but it would appear to need a lot of refinements in quality.Avoid it if you can. Don't get this if you want a good radio. It feels like a short.
well. Can't really afford to buy weather radios all the time. (even with 12+ hours of charging)I'm stuck with it. The tuning really needs a fine tuning knob. The switches don't work, you have to jiggle them and then, the radio periodically shuts off. The thin plastic volume knob really demonstrates this. (even a cheap clock radio is easier to tune than this thing) it drifts quite a bit too.Assuming you survive the tornado despite the cheap weather alert failing.
(again, this depends on whether the thing "feels like" being on)Battery life.The manual said to charge it for 12 hours. I didn't expect this one to even come close to the RF-2200, but the truth is, it doesn't even come close to a cheap $2.00 clock radio or novelty transistor. I got the radio (new) for the weather alert, alarm clock and flashlight. I'm surprised Midland put their brand name on it in such a pronounced font, if I were them, I'd be kind of ashamed of this product.As far as the radio itself, I'm a bit of a radio geek, I own a panasonic RF-2200, radio shack DX-392, several antique radios, etc. Moreover, the weather radio uses PLL circuitry, so, it's bound to be better.
Also,if you are listening to a station at 730KHz, you probably can hear 3-4 other stations in the background. In other words, if you tune to a local station at 730KHz, you can hear it loud at 650-820KHz, or so. My free analog AM radio I got with a purchase as a promotion, is perfect. It looks like a digital tuner, but it may be a simulated digital tuner, or a really bad digital tuner. Otherwise, the unit is OK. This blanks out the other stations in this range.
I thought the digital AM would be too, but it's not even close. Don't buy this radio for a good AM tuner. The crosstalk (overlap) of stations can run as much as 60KHz. You would think that the unit would be s a good radio first.
"Features" prevailed over weight. I tested the lentgh of life with power on board before having to use the crank. So far I am quiet pleased with the Midland 102. The LCD display is great. Light is small but ideal for searhing for something in a pinch. I will also be using this radio for backpacking/camping trips. It is small enough to fit in my backpacks upper cover pocket. The radio played for close to an hour.
There are many choices out there for this type of radio. Three differnt ways too power the radio is great. It was atleast two days of near constant use. The sound quality was exceptional for the speakers size. When holding the unit in your hands it won't feel like a cheesey piece of plastic. Or close to eight to ten hours.
Even indoors with the antena down it gets great reception. The only reason for four star rating is I can not attest to it's durabillity since I have only had the radio just over a week. Along with the other many features it has. After reading many reveiws I picked the Midland 102. The reception is great.
Tells Temp, alarm clock, weather alarm that can be set to silent flash warning. Hope my reveiw helps you out. If you get this unit you will have made a decent educated purchase, that was worth the effort in finding an emergency radio for your family. I have done a good bit of searching before getting this emergency radio. It's not the smallest radio.
After cranking for three minutes.
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