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First Alert CR-100 AM/FM/SW Radio

$20.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it is also the easiest radio i've ever had to program and set up.
from www.amazon.com
what you want in a weather radio is for it to work when it's supposed to and be easy to set up.
from www.amazon.com
this unit is basic and to the point, it is a weather radio with an added alarm function, and i found it easy to setup.
from www.amazon.com
the first alert manual is easy to follow and the radio was a cinch to program.
from www.amazon.com
it was very easy to program, too.

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

2 RECOMMENDED by 53 people for EASE OF USE

Sony Clock Radio

$22.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
what's great about it:?sound, looks, easy to use what's not so great:?none "this is a great little clock i use the radio to wake me up every morning and i can hear it loud and clear even from the
from D, www.circuitcity.com
easy to use, clear wake-up buzzer, excellent radio reception.
from DV from Brookfield, Wisc, www.circuitcity.com
easy to use.
from www.amazon.com
the price is right, it's easy to set and use the dual alarms, and the radio is ok.
from www.amazon.com
this radio was purchased for my wife as a birthday present, it is great it has large easy to read numbers and is very user friendly.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Inexpensive, Nice Battery Life, Display: LED

3 RECOMMENDED by 19 people for EASE OF USE

First Alert Wx-150 Radio

$38.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.qvc.com
it's very easy to set up and the alarm is very loud so if you are sleeping and a storm comes you will know it.
from www.amazon.com
it is also the easiest radio i've ever had to program and set up.
from www.amazon.com
this unit is basic and to the point, it is a weather radio with an added alarm function, and i found it easy to setup.
from www.amazon.com
what you want in a weather radio is for it to work when it's supposed to and be easy to set up.
from www.amazon.com
the first alert manual is easy to follow and the radio was a cinch to program.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Nice Battery Life, Good Performance, Design: Pocket

4 RECOMMENDED by 91 people for EASE OF USE

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

$75.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.abt.com
this radio is easy to setup and easy to use.push-button tuning and large accessible volume knob make it ideal for persons with physical limitations.great sound quality and station
from www.target.com
the sound is good (great for a shower radio), it's easy to use and the screen is clear.
from www.abt.com
radio would be a hinderance, but batteries last a long time.$[...] seemed expensive for a radio since i didn't particularly need the tv/weatherband features nor did i plan to use it in a shower.
from www.abt.com
great product, could have more features and brighter light but over all great and good nam pros: easy to set up, good sound cons: difficult controls best uses: basic systems
from www.abt.com
i am a sony fan and this product will keep me as a sony fan pros: accurate controls, clear signal, easy to set up, good sound best uses: smaller rooms bottom line: yes, i would recommend this to a

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

5 RECOMMENDED by 22 people for EASE OF USE

Sony ICF-S79W Radio

$54.00 Est. at Amazon

from "Jerry", www.abt.com
batteries last a very long time, and the presets make using it very easy to use.
from www.amazon.com
i only paid slightly more for this radio than the others but it's so much better and easier to operate.
from www.amazon.com
the controls are on top, which might normally make them harder to see while the radio was hanging up, but it hangs low enough in my shower to make them easy to use - even for my 8-year-old son.
from www.amazon.com
the radio was very easy to use out of the box and so far it works great.
from www.amazon.com
it's easy to use, large visual clock and fits perfectly on shower ledge.

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

Crane amp; Co SNR Radio

$90.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the manual is well written and edited, it takes 10 minutes to go through the whole thing and figure out how to use every function of the radio with confidence.
from www.amazon.com
i think that this is a excellent weather alert radio because it serves it purpose and is easy to operate.
from www.amazon.com
the ease of operation and simplicity of set-up is again top in my book and i've researched many before deciding on this product.
from www.amazon.com
easy to use and program; a great product.
from www.amazon.com
this product is great - not difficult to operate at all, nice and compact and sturdy.

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

Midland Weather/Hazard Radio

$40.00 Est. at Amazon

from By JoyceH, reviews.homedepot.com
this product is very easy to learn and offers many features, my husband loves it, and so do i.
from www.amazon.com
i highly recommend this product, it is very easy to use and you can get up to date weather reports surrounding the area in which you live.
from www.amazon.com
the radio was as advertised, easy to install, and it sounded an alarm the first evening of its use.
from www.amazon.com
if you want a weather radio that is very easy to program, easy to use and does what it's supposed to do - alert you to hazardous weather, this is the one for you!
from www.amazon.com
i recently purchased a midland wr-100b weather radio and found it to be very easy to set up so that i receive all of the local weather warnings.

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

Sony ICF-38 Radio

$30.00 Est. at Amazon

from "LanDoctor", www.abt.com
the other plus is doesn't have the tv tuner which makes it easier to operate.
from www.amazon.com
it is refreshing to see that sony has produced a simple, easy to use product.
from www.amazon.com
it is a fantastic, basic ( easy to use ) portable radio reminiscent of portable radios we had years ago long before the digital tuning age.
from www.amazon.com
this radio is easy to haul around and i take it into the patio if i am doing some yard work.
from www.amazon.com
i needed an ac plus battery operated radio due to power failures during storms and got to test it yesterday.

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

Sangean DT-120 Radio

$46.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
but after a week, it was stolen so i decided i needed a small pocket size radio that i could listen to with earplugs so that i would not bother anyone and one that was easy to carry back and forth to
from www.amazon.com
i personally use this radio to listen to my favorite show coast to coast am at nights, so having it with ac power adaptor, would have been nice, without a need to use batteries.
from www.amazon.com
it has good reception and good interference rejection (i live downtown and radio signals like to bounce off of buildings and mess up reception!) controls are intuitive and easy to use.
from www.amazon.com
it sounds great, my radio station comes in perfect (except maybe inside big buildings), and it is easy to use.
from www.amazon.com
- it's not very easy to work out with this radio (no good belt clip and the size is a bit awkward)

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

Midland WR-100 Weather/RDS Radio

$28.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i highly recommend this product, it is very easy to use and you can get up to date weather reports surrounding the area in which you live.
from www.amazon.com
you should not assume that you know how to use this product intuitively, because it is not a very intuitive product at first.
from www.amazon.com
the radio was as advertised, easy to install, and it sounded an alarm the first evening of its use.
from www.amazon.com
i recently purchased a midland wr-100b weather radio and found it to be very easy to set up so that i receive all of the local weather warnings.
from www.amazon.com
for a mid priced radio, it contains the features necessary for advance storm warnings, including easy instructions for programing the radio to warn you about the areas close to your site.

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

Sangean PR-D5 AM/FM Radio

$84.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the timer/alarm function is very convenient to use, and it makes a great radio for dozing off to at night, and/or waking up.
from www.amazon.com
it is easy to program stations.
from www.amazon.com
half the price of my tivoli songbook, the pr-d5 has superior am/fm reception, dual stereo speakers, and easy-to-use ergonomics, making it even better than the sangean single-speaker sonido.
from www.amazon.com
i was looking for a portable am/fm radio that could operate on ac or batteries.
from www.amazon.com
i also ordered one for myself to use in my kitchen, but the sound is so good that i carry it around with me and use it in different rooms in preference to the radios i have in these other rooms.

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

Sangean H201 Radio

$75.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i was initially skeptical of a battery-operated radio b/c i didn't want to be replacing the batteries every week / month, etc, and there was no mention of expected batter life on the product
from www.amazon.com
it is very easy to take the radio on and off.
from www.amazon.com
this radio works well: it gets good reception, is plenty loud enough, and has large, easy to use buttons.
from www.amazon.com
the wall mount is solid and it is easy to take the radio on and off the wall (we took it with us to the basement during a recent tornado warning!).
from www.amazon.com
this product is easy to program and the sound is clear.

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

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

$32.00 Est. at Amazon

from RandyB from Spring, Tx., www.circuitcity.com
it is easy to change stations, or types of radio stations.
from www.pricegrabber.com
strengths: simple, easy to use, tv/weather bands weaknesses: reception isn't perfect, headphones are nothing special, tv channels are only 2-13 (vhf) summary: this is an excellent product for
from www.bestbuy.com
what's great about it:?nice design, easy to use what's not so great:?none "i bought this radio several years ago, and it has held up very well.
from shopping.msn.com
the radio is very compact and easy to use.
from www.nextag.com
it is so easy to use, comfortable and lightweight.

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

Sangean SR-33CL Radio

$28.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it has good reception and good interference rejection (i live downtown and radio signals like to bounce off of buildings and mess up reception!) controls are intuitive and easy to use.
from www.amazon.com
it was exactly what he wished for- a very simply-operated radio.....not too many "bells and whistles".
from www.amazon.com
but after a week, it was stolen so i decided i needed a small pocket size radio that i could listen to with earplugs so that i would not bother anyone and one that was easy to carry back and forth to
from www.amazon.com
i personally use this radio to listen to my favorite show coast to coast am at nights, so having it with ac power adaptor, would have been nice, without a need to use batteries.
from www.amazon.com
- it's not very easy to work out with this radio (no good belt clip and the size is a bit awkward)

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

Sony ICF-SW7600 AM/FM/SW Radio

$173.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.pricegrabber.com
strengths: amazing reception for its size, sturdy yet lightweight, good audio quality, included retractable antenna weaknesses: a bit confusing to operate until you get the hang of it summary:
from shopping.yahoo.com
higher frequencys sound from the sony make it easyer to hear then the grundig's lower frequency sound .
from www.amazon.com
the size of the radio makes it easy to carry around whereever you go.
from www.amazon.com
it affords the average person a simple, straightforward and easy introduction to world-wide radio, which i find to be vital, intriguing and not-at-all replaceable by the world wide web.
from www.amazon.com
it has great reception, especially with the synchronous lock feature, and it's very easy to use.

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

Midland HH50 Radio

$22.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
if you want a weather radio that is very affordable, easy to use, and very user friendly and does what it says, this is the unit for you.
from www.amazon.com
the radio is small and easy to carry.
from www.amazon.com
it automatically searches for the strongest signal and is a no brainer to operate.
from www.amazon.com
it's easy to use and a great size for carrying.
from www.amazon.com
it's simple to use - not complicated at all.

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Positives: High Quality, Easy To Use, Good Sound Quality, Design: Pocket

Alert R1650 Weather Radio

$120.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
very simple to operate once you program it.
from www.amazon.com
it is pretty easy to setup and allows you to select just one county and supress certain alerts.
from www.amazon.com
the am/fm radio/alarm portion is easy to program and set to use as a personal alarm clock.
from www.amazon.com
regretfully, the last few that i owned would have the volume fade away over time, so that after a year or two they were too quiet to use even on their loudest setting.
from www.amazon.com
two features that make this the best on the market: easy to program so you only hear alerts of the type and location you desire, and no annoying eom (end of message) tones like other products on the

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Positives: Easy To Use, High Quality, Great Performance, Design: Pocket

Kaito KA1101 AM/FM/SW Radio

$53.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i was told by the it manager not to use the internet for radio streaming.
from www.amazon.com
10) finally, it has a nice and very easy to use reset button on the front panel just in case the system acts irregularly (which i have not observed at all).
from www.amazon.com
bottom lines first: i am neither audiophile nor shortwaver/dxer, rather someone who wanted a decent-sounding, easy-to-operate, small-as-possible radio for fm and am news and music broadcasts, albeit
from www.amazon.com
better instructions would not mitigate the fact that this is a complicated radio to operate.
from www.amazon.com
i've also heard from friends in the radio industry that the 1103, which gets stuck in certain frequency zones, is a pain in the [...] to use.

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Positives: High Quality, Easy To Use, Inexpensive, Tuning: Digital

Sangean DT200V AM/FM/TV Radio

$57.00 Est. at Amazon

from Dean from Lubbock, Texas, clickfrom.buy.com
overall, the sangean dt-200vx is easy to use, is of good value, is great for everyday listening on all bands and is excellent for mw (am) dx'ing for its class.
from www.amazon.com
the ease of use, the reception, the features, all combine to make it an excellent product.
from www.amazon.com
it has better am reception than the sangean dt220 that it is replacing and is very easy to operate as a bedtime radio.
from www.amazon.com
he loves it and it is easy to use.
from www.amazon.com
(less like a "transistor radio") the 210 has bass-boost to use through the earplugs, the 200 does not.

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

Sangean DT-200VX AM/FM/TV Radio

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from www.amazon.com
the ease of use, the reception, the features, all combine to make it an excellent product.
from www.amazon.com
it has better am reception than the sangean dt220 that it is replacing and is very easy to operate as a bedtime radio.
from www.amazon.com
this radio works great, is easy to use & has excellent reception.
from www.amazon.com
he loves it and it is easy to use.
from www.amazon.com
(less like a "transistor radio") the 210 has bass-boost to use through the earplugs, the 200 does not.

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

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