Best Personal Radios for Running

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Sony Walkman SRF-59 AM/FM Radio

$23.00 Est. at Amazon

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i have had this radio for a number of years, and use it while running.
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4 months ago to use while running and paid $15 for it.
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i clip it to my running shorts for my daily 9-mile beach runs, and it works fine.
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i use this radio for running at the club.
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i am running an amd athlon 1600+, 512mb of 266ddr ram, and just bought a new 3d video card (msi geforce 440mx 128mb ddr) specifically for this application.

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Positives: Great Sound Quality, Nice Battery Life, Inexpensive, Design: Pocket

2 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for RUNNING

Sony ICF-B01 Radio

$40.00 Est. at Amazon

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i have been using this unit for about 10 days, and it is still running on the first charge.
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this little sony does the job, i love it's size and sound and that it uses crank power to keep it running.
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i thought i would try to see what kind of life it would get with only the crank power (i had assumed it was running of battery power) and what?....the switch was on generator.

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Positives: High Quality, Easy To Use, Good Sound Quality, Tuning: Analog

3 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for RUNNING

Grundig S350 AM/FM/SW Radio

$95.00 Est. at Amazon

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it arrived charged and is still running on that charge so that is good, too.
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running on aa batteries, it keeps us abreast with what's going on the past 11 days.
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i cranked the handle for about 90 seconds, and the radio was up and running!
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this thing just fell off a seven feet ledge and tumbled down into a culvert with running water.
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currently running mine with the ac/dc 6 volt adaptor.

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Positives: Great Battery Life, Easy To Use, Excellent Sound Quality, Tuning: Analog

4 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for RUNNING

Sony ICF-S79V FM/Weather/AM/TV Radio

$75.00 Est. at Amazon

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has sufficient power to allow you to hear it over the running water.
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the battery lasted in the first one for the whole year before my sister took it - it's probably still running at her house on the same battery.
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it gets good reception and the volume is fine with the shower running.
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it is still running on the same batteries i put in when i got it.
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both for reception and the volumn needed in a shower with the noise of the running water in your ears.

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Positives: Excellent Sound Quality, Easy To Use, High Quality, Tuning: Digital

5 RECOMMENDED by 6 people for RUNNING

Sony SRF-HM10 FM Radio

$43.00 Est. at Amazon

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i have had this radio for a number of years, and use it while running.
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4 months ago to use while running and paid $15 for it.
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i was also worried that it might not stay secured on my head but it works very well and doesn't bother me at all while running.
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i clip it to my running shorts for my daily 9-mile beach runs, and it works fine.
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i have a sony srf-m85v s2 sports walkman armband radio that i use for running.

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Positives: Great Battery Life, Inexpensive, High Quality, Tuning: Digital

Eton S350 DELUXE AM/FM/SW Radio

$96.00 Est. at Amazon

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currently running mine with the ac/dc 6 volt adaptor.
from A Customer from Long Beach, California, clickfrom.buy.com
in 5 years, i expect it to be still running like new or as good.

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Positives: Nice Battery Life, Easy To Use, Excellent Sound Quality, Tuning: Digital,Analog

Sangean DT-400W Radio

$71.00 Est. at Amazon

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i've been running mine in alert mode for a week on plain heavy-duty aa batteries, not even alkaline.
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cons: placement of weather band button.(minor)press it by accident when running.no big deal.could have more sturdy belt clip.

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Positives: Great Sound Quality, Nice Battery Life, Easy To Use, Tuning: Digital

Sony XDR-S3HD HD/AM/FM Clock Radio

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i was up and running with it- out of the box- plug and play in ten minutes.
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when it is running correctly all i hear is a slight fan noise.
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that's the short, if you want to read the excrutiating details of my background research pre-purchase, they follow below but you have the option of just running with what you've read for now -- for

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Positives: Great Sound Quality, Easy To Use, High Quality

Sony XDR-S3HD Radio

$140.00 Est. at Amazon

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that's the short, if you want to read the excrutiating details of my background research pre-purchase, they follow below but you have the option of just running with what you've read for now -- for
from www.amazon.com
i was up and running with it- out of the box- plug and play in ten minutes.
from www.amazon.com
when it is running correctly all i hear is a slight fan noise.

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Positives: Good Sound Quality, Easy To Use, High Quality, Tuning: Digital

Sony Walkman SRF-M37V AM/FM/Weather/TV Radio

$34.00 Est. at Amazon

from VFS from Alabama, www.circuitcity.com
this was great when running and when listening at home.
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i also enjoy running a few miles a day, and i dropped it while running without a problem on numerous occasions (read weekly).
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this is a great little radio that easily clips on my running shorts.
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it even has a power bar to tell you when the battery is running low.
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i was looking for an am/fm radio to run with because i found i wasn't running with cd's, the reason i bought a sony discman.

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Positives: Excellent Sound Quality, Easy To Use, Excellent Battery Life, Tuning: Digital

Sangean DT-200VX AM/FM/TV Radio

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i wanted it for running while listening to the radio.
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the updated features are: you can now defeat the automatic shutoff after one hour of running time.
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i like the lock feature -- my other radios were forever turning themselves on and running down.
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i had a walkman that i dropped multiple times while running until it was all beat up and it kept on working.

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Positives: Good Sound Quality, Good Battery Life, Easy To Use

Sangean DT200V AM/FM/TV Radio

$52.00 Est. at Amazon

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i wanted it for running while listening to the radio.
from www.amazon.com
i like the lock feature -- my other radios were forever turning themselves on and running down.
from www.amazon.com
the updated features are: you can now defeat the automatic shutoff after one hour of running time.
from www.amazon.com
i had a walkman that i dropped multiple times while running until it was all beat up and it kept on working.

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Positives: Nice Sound Quality, Easy To Use, Nice Battery Life, Design: Pocket

Midland WR-100 Weather/RDS Radio

$28.00 Est. at Amazon

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programmed it myself (just turn off the weather alert switch to not hear the beeping), called noaa for my same channels, and all was well, it only took about 5 minutes to have it up and running.
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after dinner i had it up and running by about 645pm.
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the manual comes with a set of instructions on how to get the radio up and running.
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i have had no problems at all with this radio, it came to me in perfect condition.i easily programmed it myself (just turn off the weather alert switch to not hear the beeping), called noaa for my
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the nearest civil defense siren is audible, but not enough to wake anybody out of a deep sleep inside a house with the a/c running, not to mention the noise that rainfall/hailstones/wind make in

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Positives: Easy To Use, Nice Battery Life, Inexpensive, Tuning: Digital

Sangean SR-33CL Radio

$28.00 Est. at Amazon

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it would also be good for those, including the visually impaired, who have difficulty running a general coverage set with a digital display.
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i use it for running and it has basically worked for that purpose.
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i have been running the radio off of some "used" batts borrowed from one of my semi-retired sonys for a half a week and they are still going strong.
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good for running on treadmill.

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Positives: Good Sound Quality, Nice Battery Life, Easy To Use, Tuning: Analog

Grundig FR200 S

$35.00 Est. at Amazon

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i cranked the handle for about 90 seconds, and the radio was up and running!
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running on aa batteries, it keeps us abreast with what's going on the past 11 days.
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it arrived charged and is still running on that charge so that is good, too.
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this thing just fell off a seven feet ledge and tumbled down into a culvert with running water.
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the radio works fine , but you are constantly cranking this thing to keep it running, especially if you try using the flashlight feature.

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Positives: Excellent Battery Life, Inexpensive, High Quality, Tuning: Analog

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Personal Radios

Best Personal Radios for Running

Sony Walkman SRF-59 AM/FM Radio

Sony ICF-B01 Radio

Grundig S350 AM/FM/SW Radio

Sony ICF-S79V FM/Weather/AM/TV Radio

Sony SRF-HM10 FM Radio

Eton S350 DELUXE AM/FM/SW Radio

Sangean DT-400W Radio

Sony XDR-S3HD HD/AM/FM Clock Radio

Sony XDR-S3HD Radio

Sony Walkman SRF-M37V AM/FM/Weather/TV Radio

Sangean DT-200VX AM/FM/TV Radio

Sangean DT200V AM/FM/TV Radio

Midland WR-100 Weather/RDS Radio

Sangean SR-33CL Radio

Grundig FR200 S

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