August MB225

Excellent radio, never been off since I bought it. Easy to operate excellent tone and very compact

Solid feeling little radio, holds it's charge well. I would have deducted 1/2 a star as the sound is not the best but it suits me very well as I mostly want it to listen to news. The tone is rather too thin and tinny for music but clear for speech.

I bought this to use in the bathroom; white colour matches well. Size is pretty small (what I wanted), while sound is much louder than DAB sports radio it replaced. Pretty intuitive to scan etc but needed to download PDF for full set-up instructions. Few niggles- I can set up the display as wanted ( date and time) but this seems to need resetting each time I turn the radio on. Also, need to press 'power' button twice to turn on/off , as first press goes to standby. Finally, although battery life is fine and as expected, the radio turns itself off showing 'low power' message when battery symbol on display still shows about 40%

I was initially drawn to this radio for the 20 hour battery life and not much else. I didn't care for something with the best sound quality, or the most user friendly design. I just wanted something to take with me to the allotment to listen to in the shed when potting or something to break the silence when digging that wasn't going to cost the earth or be bulky and a pain to transport. But I've been pleasantly surprised by the sound quality which is, for it's size and price, at the absolute top end of what you could expect. It's crisp and doesn't go tinny on higher volumes. It's also very compact and very nicely designed and doesn't look out of place in the home or at the allotment. The battery life is as expected; I haven't timed it but it had it on for at least 6 hours yesterday and another 5 hours today and the battery indicator has only gone down slightly. The instructions are quite poor (they're basically picture demonstrations so it's a bit like playing Catchphrase when you read them) but it's simple enough to work out if you play about with it. It also has a handy reset button should you do something that you cannot put back when fiddling about with it. All in all it's a really good product and brilliant value. Anyone in need of something cheap but good quality look no further.

Brilliant little radio. Good quality sound for size. Build quality and reception are excellent. Easy to setup and use.

Bought for friend in hospital, it stopped working after 2 weeks and was impossible to tune to radio 4 for example.. so it got thrown out and no one told me, so I cannot return it either.Why did you choose this product over others?:it looked perfect for a personal bedside radio

Bought as a portable DAB to use when travelling and to use sleep function.The bad. Sleep function is accessed thru' a complicated menu. I want to just press one button, not go thru' a hit and miss menu that may work.The good. Sound is fine for a small device. Size is small, easy and comfortable to hold in hand. Design is attractive and preset stations are easy to set up and recall.Conclusion. A great little radio if you only want a small DAB Radio. I didn't use the alarm, so no opinion on ease of set up or effectiveness.Due to ineffective/complicated Sleep set up and operation, I returned it. Shame as otherwise, I liked it.

Very happy with this nice and small and good sound.