DAB/DAB+ & FM Portable Digital Radio | Bluetooth | Remote Control | Rechargeable Battery | Dual Alarms & Sleep Timer | Perfect for Home, Office or Outdoors | AZATOM Blackfriars 2 (Black)

Good compact size, colour nice although I did think facia would be all chrome but it was white with chrome knobs. I went for black wood effect to go with my kitchen. Very easy to set up. Not done an extensive test of battery life yet, when I've left unplugged (fully charged) 1 bar out of 3 have been used overnight on the battery 🔋 indicator. I can get more channels than I need compared to my old radio, I can now get Gold (🇬🇧 london), I live in Hertfordshire. Preset stations are easy to store, I didn't even need manual to help work through what radio functions do. In settings there are different sound modes (pop, classic, normal ect) BUT the base is not enough for my liking and it appears I can't give any more depth to sound. If you are in your 20's or even 30s this radio probably might not be for you. I'm 57 I do like a bit of boom! Anyway it's sufficient for my needs. I don't have the aerial fully up because my kitchen cabinets prevent that as there isn't as all round "pivot" but you still get a crystal clear sound. Unit is light and stations are displayed with what song is playing, time and date, love that feature as my old one didn't. You can dim display or off mode. I think this radio is great also coz I can link to my phone through Bluetooth but sound is lower than if I just had radio. I would rate this as a medium range quality but for price it's really good. Perhaps manufacture could introduce more base, I would be really happy then. Hope this helps you decide. UPDATE.. I forgot to switch on to charge, leaving power to drain but system goes into standby type mode. If you hold power button for a few moments it comes back on. At least I know how long battery lasts. I guess if you want to unplug and say have while your gardening eg on allotment I'd say 2-3 hours run time without electrickery.. 🤭😆 ANOTHER UPDATE: I've hooked Bluetooth to my PC and films sound better through radio. PC speakers are boosted with this little radio.

The radio looks great with a nice blend of an old fashioned and modern style and appears to be easy to wipe clean. Handy in a kitchen environment. The sound quality is really good for the price and size of radio, which is helped by the subwoofer at the back. DAB auto-scan function was very easy to run and found all the channels I would want, with no need to move the radio around to find a signal or extend the aerial. FM had a number of stations all ready available, however auto-scan for others was easy. Bluetooth was straightforward to set up a connection to my mobile phone. Noticed the volume on the radio was quieter with this connection, then realised my mobile phone volume was low and could be adjusted, or just have the radio volume increased. Setting the alarm was straightforward, it has a minimum of 15 minutes of ringing/music and you can set the volume maximum you want the alarm to sound at. It increases in volume and gradually reaches this limit. You can dim the digital display as the default is quite bright and the remote control is very handy. The setting up of station presets was a little tricky at first and I spent 10 minutes trying to do the first one. Finally I realised that to set up the preset you need to first find the channel you want, then press and HOLD the Preset button and then press Enter. If you do a short press of the Preset button, it will just act as a function to navigate to which station you have already stored. I can understand why this proves very frustrating initially, as the instructions don't make this distincton that clear. Overall, I think this is a fantastic radio for the price, with good sound, nice large front display of station, song and artist.

Aesthetically pleasing and a solid substantial feel. Volume achieves decent levels before distortion (all amps distort at their upper end) and the size of the unit and speaker cone provides a sound with decent enough bottom end without it being described as hi-fi. It suffices for a 5 metre by 4 metre soft furnished room. The (sort of) tower design reduces surface footprint but obviously the absolutely best thing about the design for a perpetual boy is that it's face looks like a 1950's robot. It's worth buying for that aspect alone to be honest. Two minor negatives:- 1. It didn't auto change the time today at the start of BST. An easy manual change though. 2. Bluetooth is as receiving paired device hence I was unable to pair with my sound bar which behaves in a similar manner. Cabling is an option to achieve that but that's not something I want to do.

i wanted a medium-sized DAB radio .and i decided to purchase this radio .despit its low price [remember when DAB radios came out they cost hundreds ] now for less than £40 you get a device that you can use as a portable speaker it sounds excellent too because it has a subwoofer and you can hear it [pitty there is no control for the subwoofer ] but you can adjust the bass and treble to get a good sound [you're not just limited to the usual jazz/rock/ rubish that you get with some devices around this price ..by the way, you are offered various preset sounds but i advise you to adjust using the bass and treble as you will get a better sound than just using the preset sounds [they never sound good on any device i always use bass and treble on my audio devices .the radio is well made even the remote control is well laid out and easy to read .its easy to programme and it looks nice too .i bought this for my 80-year-old mum and she loves it .i would buy one for myself if i was looking to replace my DAB radio .this radio also has a rechargeble power supply making it an even better purchase .highly recomended .....