XHDATA D219 Portable Radio Retro FM AM SW Radio Battery Operated for Household Outdoor Camping Hiking Pocket Radio Grey

I bought this radio for 3 main reasons.1. To listen to on a night.2.For its short wave capabilities3.Because it was cheap.Now just because it is cheap doesnt mean that its rubbish. Infact, its far from it.The build quality is superb.Despite its size, (its tiny and will fit into most pockets with ease), the sound quality is fantastic and is quite loud. So if you are buying it to use in a quiet environment, you should probably use some earphones.I highly recommend this little radio.

The media could not be loaded. Wow, great retro look, great retro sound. I've found my perfect pottering about the house and garden buddy in this little radio. Everything feels solid and well put together, it's easy to tune and the volume is pleanty load enough. If you want a small anologue radio that won't let you down, I'd recommend this one wholeheartedly. Some of the reviews were a bit negative, but I'm glad I followed my instincts and went for it, honestly, the sound is good and the battery cover is in no way loose on my model. This radio is ace, well worth the money.

A Small compact radio - I found the Build quality and Finish Very good for the price, Midlands area found both FM and AM (MW) Signal Very good - SW a few stations but that is to be expected.Pros,Good Build QualitySmall and Compact and Easy to use3.5 mm Earphone socketUsed 2 AA Batteries ideal easy to get hold ofBuilt in AM Antenna is decent size but is placed at the bottom of the radio insideCon'sThe Built in speaker is nice and loud but the sound quality lets the rest of the radio just a littleThe Volume control needs to be smoother the slightest touch and i goes from quiet to loud to quickly especially on Speaker mode!Overall a decent budget radio, let down only by the speaker quality and urgent volume control other than that its a good radio that's compact and easy to useWould buy again and recommend

This is a fantastic wee radio with a retro feel to it, got the dark grey color that gave it a classic look of simplicity. IMPORTANT- Get the FM/ SW external antenna box . Makes a difference, love the size, not too bulky, takes 2 AA batteries, reception FM is awesome, SW, is better at night, tuning is good, handy to have in case of power cut or phones offline. It’s more relaxing actually to listen to a radio that’s not an iPhone app, a wee red light indicates power on, has a headphone jack, that is very important for me, overall a great wee radio, hope it stands the test of time

Brilliant radio for my mum. It's small and portable, but has great sound.

OK for a cheap radio, would have appreciated an SMA antenna port too, but I guess you can't have everything. Not wildly sensitive indoors, has a bit of noise on all SW stations that it can pick up.

Fantastic little radio with big sound, love it and very reasonably priced, thank you

Saw a YouTube review of this and just wanted one, partly just as a cheap battery radio that doesn't rely on the internet or mains and partly because I was fascinated to see what I could pick up on SW.It's compact, FM works fine without any need to pull up the antenna and lots of SW at night. Sound is ok, goes plenty loud enough and quality is not unpleasant. Separate power switch is good, better IMO than combining with volume. Really nice build quality and appearance - although a Chinese brand you may not have heard of I'd have been very happy 30 years ago if a leading brand like Sony or Panasonic had made this.Three things on power supply. I am so glad this just uses AA batteries, the radio won't get dumped because some proprietary rechargeable battery has failed. This is a DSP radio that has a processor running all the time it's on and I have measured the current taken, around 50mA with volume down to silent and about 60mA at a moderate volume. Battery consumption isn't terrible and I expect about 20 hours out of a pair of alkalines but not going to do 100 hours like the old fully analogue radios. Finally if you intend to run on mains power it will be annoying. The 5v input isn't USB so you will need a special lead and it is inconveniently mounted on the top of the radio. I would have preferred them not to have included this socket at all.