Avantree SP850

This is a battery-powered FM radio, which can also be paired by bluetooth with your phone to act as a speaker. A micro SD slot also plays whatever sound files are on it. I have only used it as a radio and it's fine. The sound quality is clear. I haven't saved the radio station I listen to all the time but it stays 'fixed' to that one every time I turn it on and off. It is possible to save several stations. The little screen does not show what programme is on like a DAB radio would but that's fine for me. Comes with a longish rubbery strap that might suit someone who wants to hang it off a belt or something, I just wrap it around the radio itself (it give more grip to it, which isn't a bad thing). The battery is lithium-ion and rechargeable. A charge seems to be quick (an hour or so) and with the radio on a lot (6+ hours per day) needs recharging maybe every two days. My only quibble is that when the radio is plugged in via cable for recharging, the volume is LOUD LOUD LOUD, so it cannot be on at the same time as it is being recharged ... EDIT this only seems to happen with data cables rather than a cheap non-data charging cable. I took the battery out and plugged it in to see what would happen - again super loud volume. I still love this radio several years on. Advantages: neat size, can be recharged using a phone cable either connected to a USB wall plug or into a computer, good sound quality. Disadvantage: cannot recharge the battery while it's turned on due to the super loud volume but this can be fixed by using a non-data charging cable if you need this. PS This also has AUX in socket and headphone socket.

Well made and good quality at a great price. An aditional SD card allows plenty of space for tracks to be loaded. Just one small niggle with the operation of the software. The menu system has its foibles and trying to get it to play from files is not so easy. It also cuts out halfway through playing 100 tracks in a loaded folder. The user guide is not too helpful. Sound quality and battery life are really good.

I have had this little beauty since September and I am really very, very happy with it. I mainly use it for playing music from a memory card; but it also works very well when blue toothed to your phone. The radio is limited in the stations it can receive, but that has not been an issue for me The sound is fantastic and the off/volume knob is really easy to use and gives a good click, so you know the unit is off (it also displays “Goodbye” which is kind of cute) Battery life is superb and it doesn’t take long to charge either. The display is good quality (as is the whole build) and the ability to search down to a specific song is great, once you get the hang of it I am extremely happy and would definitely recommend

I treated myself to an early Christmas gift and I am happy with my purchase. I use a Mobility Scooter, and love listening to my music as I cruise along. I have had difficulty finding a suitable player that, not only sounds good, but has a traditional volume knob. With painful, swollen hands, and fingertips, it's not easy to turn up the volume, on modern units, without skipping the track I was listening to. Very frustrating when cruising along! This little beauty is fabulous and the sound quality is perfect. Warm, not tinny! I've not tested the radio (prefer my own music compilations), but I'm sure it will be fine because the quality of this unit feels good too. Not cheap plastic! Rechargeable battery, via USB, is a plus because my scooter has a USB charge port. An addional touch is the 2yr warranty (scan bar code) and, included in the package is a lovely, personalised note, with contact support details if required. Nice touch! Now that my music won't sound like it's coming from a speaker in a tin can, I'm looking forward to inserting my Xmas MicroSD Card, and tootling off out with my dog. I might even put some tinsel on my scooter this year😁 Merry Christmas everyone.

Product itself is fine. I wouldn’t pay that price for it if I was looking again. Definitely overpriced when you can get DAB for cheaper

This is an excellent and rare product: a basic portable mp3 player with speaker and simple button-based UI. The display shows the MP3 file name when playing the MP3, this is good. Sound quality is totally fine so far as I can tell. Also, wonderfully, it actually CAN be charged over a standard USB-C cable (it's not one of those myriad of devices that has a USB-C charging port, but are missing the pull-down Rd resistor so that the device will actually only charge when the other end of the cable is plugged into a old-fashioned USB-A port).

For the size and price, the sound is good. Radio reception good, there are 10 buttons on the top, and you can assign popular stations to them. (The tiny manual recommends using a power lead as an aerial if you need to - reception quite good though. Playing from a card - there have been several comments on how to find tracks. Here is something not in the manual - you can use the 10 buttons on the top to key in a track number (even a 3-digit number). The folders are sorted in the order of adding to the memory card. So say you have 10 tracks per folder, then 34 goes to 3rd album, track 4. In Windows, the folder properties tells you how many files in a folder.

God damn, I love this wee radio! I'm seriously thinking of buying a backup, incase I can no longer get hold of another when the sad day comes, when this one eventually passes on, as all must.. seriously I don't leave reviews and am normally skeptical when reading reviews. I love this, I work as an electrician in a factory, so if I'm not making a lot of noise, the building is, and this definitely kits through the noise. The size is small enough to fit in a work pocket, or as I like to do, clip onto my person, usually on my collar or bag. Today I noticed that you can choose from some sound equaliser options - not loads of choices, but damn you can still choose. So some cons, of you're still with me - the battery is not brilliant, in that it last about 14 hours, and takes forever to charge. My solution was to get a spare battery, so I'll not be caught with no battery. The signal is nothing to rave about, but like I said I work in a factory, which is huge and probably not the best place for FM signal. But I specifically got this small radio, because you can insert your own micro SD card, and have your own music - currently have 208 songs, that I put in their own folders. The wee screen is easy enough to navigate through, I don't know if you can jump between folders yet. But seriously if you need to cut through background noise - this bad boy is the one to get, I've not had it on full volume yet. Also feels super robust and of good quality..I've talked myself into getting that backup one..