Having this radio for a week now, it's actually a great radio. The screen is big and very bright, setup was easy compared to my midland wr120, and it picks up AM, FM, and WX stations very well. Hell, Just like my wr120, this thing picked up noaa weather radio station WNG582 Sandusky (albeit in certain locations of my house) and my area doesn't utilize this station for weather alerts! It can also charge your phone in emergencies OR, if you're like me and you wanna play music from your phone, it can power a Bluetooth USB FM transmitter so you can stream on! The speaker quality on this radio is actually very good and the setup of this radio compared to my midland wr120 was much easier. The weather alert tone is a bit quieter on this compared to my wr120 and this unit has the EXACT SAME TONES as the wr120 just sped up. However, unlike my midland wr120, I feel this radio might be underpowered when connected to wall power. For instance, this radio requires 4 AA batteries for backup and is powered by a 5V DC adapter. On battery power, the display is brighter and all radio bands are picked up effortlessly. On wall power, the display is dimmer and there's a slight delay when you go to listen to any of the radio bands. My midland wr120 on the other hand (which requires 3 AA (4.5V) batteries for backup and is powered by a 9V DC adapter) doesn't have this issue regardless of wall power or battery power. I feel like midland should've provided a 9V DC adapter for this radio like their other radios but it is what it is at this point. Small nitpicks.

I able to figure out how to program it without even reading the directions, but I did go back and read up all the details to see if I missed anything. It actually has a lot of different alert options from visual, sound, and voice. The AM/FM works, although I imagine your reception has more to do with your location and surroundings than it does the radio.I see people complaining about it not giving off alerts, did you not choose your state and county? There’s no way it doesn’t go off unless somehow you screwed up when you were programming it. It’s not a smart radio, it doesn’t have GPS to locate your exact coordinates, so it won’t give you alerts without programming it. As long as you choose your state and county, you can know with certainty it’ll work. The S.A.M.E stations are pretty easy to check as there’s only handful of national codes, and depending on your region, the same codes can/will be different for someone in New York vs someone in Texas. I was able to pick up around 4-5 different codes (areas) within my state by moving the antenna around. I found most of them to be pretty similar in content outside of one that is located around 200+ miles away. The others were all about the same as far as areas covered and updates given. Check out the NOAA website and you can input your exact address. It’ll show you an interactive map, and show you the closest stations to you, the areas that your location is part of, and other relevant information.I suggest keeping batteries in it, and leaving it plugged in; as in the batteries should only power this radio whenever you’re without power. Some reviews complain about battery life, but if you have power, why would you ever waste batteries? I just don’t understand. It’s 4 AA batteries, not 4 C or D cell batteries. You can’t expect months out of a radio with this many features powered only by 4 AA batteries. That should be common sense. I spent a few hours messing with it, and left it on after setting it up. After about 5 hours, it still shows a full battery. (Batteries used: Duracell Optimum AA)After that I decided to plug it in, and leave it on my kitchen counter. That way when the power does go out, it’ll have batteries already in it, and it’ll be ready to go. At the end of the day, this is a weather radio.. with FM/AM radio/alarm clock features. Meaning this is a weather radio first and foremost, I don’t really care about the alarm clock, the AM/FM radio is a nice bonus, but I probably won’t use it for that to be honest. Living close to the Gulf of Mexico, I believe it’s a must to have weather radio for hurricane/tropical storm preparation. Hopefully I never have to use it, but if I do, then I’ll certainly be glad to have it. I don’t think you really put a price on peace of mind, but for me I’d say it’s worth it. Not only for peace of mind, but all things considered, it feels quality, and it performs well through the number of tests I ran it through.The alerts are loud. I’d suggest not keeping this in your bedroom, and especially not by your nightstand. I keep mine in my kitchen, and I can easily hear it from my bedroom; so just something to keep in mind.PS: To those upset about it shipping in the manufactures box; check before you buy. Amazon will warn you if the item ships in the manufacturers box. It’s literally right above the “place order” button, and it’s hard to miss. For something like this I don’t mind much to be honest. It arrived safely. Sometimes it gets thrown around more when it’s put into a larger Amazon box, so I only make sure to hide what’s inside when the item noticeably valuable, like a printer, security cameras, or a PS5. Mark the item as a gift if you wish to hide the contents, and it’ll ship in an Amazon box.

Livraison bien plus rapide qu'annoncée.Prévue pour le 18... Arrivée le 10.Photo témoin de la livraison (achat depuis la France)

J'ai eu pendant quelques temps, le modèle ancien, le WR300. Ce modèle-ci, le WR400, on a corrigé beaucoup des problèmes de l'ancien modèle. Surtout l'affichage! Très lisible, avec des GROS chiffres et le texte de l'alerte est très facile à lire.De plus les voyants d'avertissement peuvent facilement être vu de loin (ce qui n'était pas le cas avec l'ancien modèle).De plus pour nous les francophones au Canada, ce modèle est tri-lingue: Anglais, Espagnol et Français! On peut convertir les menus et le libellé de toutes les alertes en français! J'ai grandement apprécié cela! Le manuel est aussi dans les trois langues.Aussi grandement apprécié: On n'est plus obligé de connaître d'avance le(s) numéro(s) de 6 chiffres pour recevoir uniquement les alertes qui me concernent. Il n'y a qu'à suivre les menus et répondre aux questions! Quel pays? Quelle province? Et choisir la (ou les) région(s) appropriée(s). La radio connaît tous les codes! Pour quiconque qui a déjà eu à programmer ce genre de radio, c'est tout simplement génial! Ca facilite de beaucoup sa programmation.Réception: Selon ma petite expérience avec d'autres radios de ce type, c'est dans la moyenne. Pas extraordinaire, mais pas mauvaise non plus. Le même commentaire s'applique aussi à la bande AM et FM.Points négatifs: Contrairement à la plupart des radios météos, -incluant son prédécesseur-, la durée d'une alerte météo n'est pas affichée.De plus, seulement les alertes en cours peuvent être consultées. Lorsqu'elles expirent, elles sont effacées. Donc, si vous revenez chez vous après une journée au travail, il est impossible de consulter la liste des alertes météos qui ont été émises pendant votre absence.A noter que cette radio a un port USB pour recharger un appareil, mais l'ampérage est limité à 1A.Je suis satisfait de mon achat!

Gift for granddaughter and she is very happy with it

I ordered this unit after a particularly heavy summer storm hit us a couple of weeks ago. We're in south central South Dakota and while tornadoes do occur here, they're not a common occurrence. Setup was simple (with help from the manual), albeit time consuming to ensure we had all of the alerts set up to either sound the alarm or not (thunderstorms happen on the regular and I didn't want to get roused every time one was headed our way). I made sure to set it to only sound the alarm on tornado watches/warnings, as well as flood warnings and other potentially catastrophic events.I played around a bit with single vs. multiple counties. It's really smart in that if you choose Multiple and then select "near" counties for the additional items, it usually picks the correct ones. However, deleting a county from the list is neither simple nor intuitive. You'll have to Google it, but it comes down to pressing the navigation buttons until you get a numeric county code, setting to 0, and then performing another action. I ended up switching to Single mode because I noticed that my county was usually included in any weather activity that affected surrounding areas, and I didn't want alert overload.Reception is surprisingly good. I'm in a rural area where there is literally no TV signal, and 1 or 2 FM stations that come in decently. The weather station is about 25 miles away but it comes through loud and clear, with only a little bit of static.Anyway, last night the thing went off at 2:30 am. It was loud, obnoxious in a good way, and it woke us immediately. The display said TORNADO WARNING, the red light was flashing, and the voice announcement mentioned a high likelihood of a storm that could form a tornado over our county. I looked out the window and all looked pretty calm, so we just sat tight for a while. My wife went back to sleep but I stayed up to see what would happen next. About 10 minutes later the wind picked up and there was lightning everywhere, so I started collecting a few essentials to take into the basement if necessary. Then at 2:50 the alarm went off again, this time urging us to seek shelter, as a potential tornado was spotted about 20 miles away and headed in our direction. We unplugged the radio (it works fine on battery), flashlights, water and a few other emergency supplies to the basement and made ourselves comfortable. Radio reception was spotty down there, so I had to occasionally pick the radio up and stand in a certain spot to get a signal (there's a handy NOAA signal strength indicator in the LCD display). After about half an hour the red light stopped flashing, indicating the warning expired, and we went back upstairs.We found out later that there was definitely some rotation, but no tornado and it never got close enough to our home to do any damage; however, I highly valued the 30 minute warning, which gave us plenty of time to prepare for a possible touchdown. This little radio has already paid for itself in peace of mind.

Excelente producto. Llegó bien en tiempo y forma. Funciona perfectamente para sintonizar el canal de alerta sismica en cdmx. Totalmente satisfecho.

Buen radio, de buena calidad, tiene volumen aceptable, y en cuestión de la alarma aconsejo desactivar la prueba semanal obligatoria para que no los asuste cada 3.5 horas, tiene la opción de ponerlo en español, y aún no e tenido la oportunidad de que me alerte de un sismo en la cdmx.