World Band Radio at Lidls

saintsfan

From next Monday, Lidl's have a portable multiband radio for £9.99.

I bought a similar one from them last year and they are a German make called Bench. They are well constructed and give a decent sound quality for a radio of that size.

Very good value for that price.

gekktel

saintsfan wrote: »

From next Monday, Lidl's have a portable multiband radio for £9.99.

I bought a similar one from them last year and they are a German make called Bench. They are well constructed and give a decent sound quality for a radio of that size.

Very good value for that price.

These radios are a bloody nuisance - they eat up you battery power even when not on. If you remove the batteries then you loose all your pre-sets !! Its a difficult & complicated Radio to navigate - its a case of going back to the manual every time to re-set the pre-sets.

This radio was designed by twits.

bucksliz

gekktel wrote: »

These radios are a bloody nuisance - they eat up you battery power even when not on. If you remove the batteries then you loose all your pre-sets !! Its a difficult & complicated Radio to navigate - its a case of going back to the manual every time to re-set the pre-sets.

This radio was designed by twits.

Come on now, you just say what you feel! :rotfl:

I'll_Be_Frank

gekktel wrote: »

These radios are a bloody nuisance - they eat up you battery power even when not on. If you remove the batteries then you loose all your pre-sets !! Its a difficult & complicated Radio to navigate - its a case of going back to the manual every time to re-set the pre-sets.

This radio was designed by twits.

So just to be clear. You wouldn't recommend this radio as a good buy?

saintsfan

gekktel wrote: »

These radios are a bloody nuisance - they eat up you battery power even when not on. If you remove the batteries then you loose all your pre-sets !! Its a difficult & complicated Radio to navigate - its a case of going back to the manual every time to re-set the pre-sets.

This radio was designed by twits.

A bad workman always blames his tools. I get very good battery life from 1800mah rechargeables and have no trouble with the presets - all seems quite logical to me.

gekktel

saintsfan wrote: »

A bad workman always blames his tools. I get very good battery life from 1800mah rechargeables and have no trouble with the presets - all seems quite logical to me.

Setting up the presets may be logical - but its not simple or straightforward. Its not possible to work out from looking at the buttons how to do it. If you havent used the radio for a while its very likely you will have to recourse to the manual to remind yourself how to do it. But then, if you havent used the radio for a while its very likely the batteries are dead!

Whats the battery life you get from 1800mah rechargeables got to do with this radio?

To summarise this offer - "you get what you pay for"