XHDATA D219 Portable Radio Retro FM AM SW Radio Battery Operated for Household Outdoor Camping Hiking Pocket Radio Grey

Perfect , i cannot fault this radio at all for the price. Looks good, sounds good,very very sensetive and picks up lots of stations right across the bandspread wether that be fm/am or sw band. The tuning and volume control is very smooth and solid in use, i absolutely love it. Now if they could add ssb , ext ant, a light on the dial and airband to this model, then i would happily pay more money for it. If you want a very cheap but excellent receiver , this is the one to buy .

This is an excellent radio. Crystal clear sound. I was very surprised at the clearness of the sound for the size of it. Measurements are 3” high (7.5cm) 51/4” wide (13 cms) 1” Deep (2.5 cms) The photographs show the front with all the bands FM SW MW. If you’re in a good reception area you will be able to pick up foreign channels too. It has a little pull out rest at the back so you can sit it up. It takes 2 Double AA batteries you just open the little battery compartment..I have 4 rechargeable batteries and can use it all day for 2 or 3 days + before they go and I then switch to the other 2 while the ones I removed are on charge ready for next time. I also bought a power lead for it. I use Duracell 2500mAh. I’m mentioning that because other batteries may give different battery life than the life span I mentioned. I’ve also put up a pic of all the info about the radio as well how many bands etc. You can see it has an extendable arial a socket for a power lead and another for headphones. On/Off switch obviously and volume control and a wrist strap. All in all a super little radio..I had a Dab before this and got sick of the problems I had with it and now see we have to buy the updated Dab +. This’ll do me fine. Buy it! Excellent.

It looks bigger in the photo, so check the dimensions! The look and feel externally is very good, and is of high quality. My application is only for extreme emergency situations, so not ordinary use. The requirement requires reliability, and lack of digital stuff (which will fail in case of EMP for example). The sound is nice and clear on FM even down to 3.4 V. If sound quality is not an issue then it ran down below 3 V, which is very impressive. The spec says it takes 300 mA at 5 V. Even at high volume it was only drawing 100 mA at 5 V, with 50 mA being a more realistic current. The low voltage operating means it will certainly work on rechargeable NiMH AA batteries, and at 50 mA current it will give good battery life. I didn’t find a lot of activity on the 9 short-wave bands. The AM band was limited to above 522 kHz, which was a bit disappointing as I wanted to try picking up 198 kHz (Droitwich). There is an external power connector (which I was using to check the operating voltage). Frustratingly they don’t say what the connector is other than “DC jack”. (I would not call it a “jack” given the female innermost connection). You can see the pin on the radio body which the power connector mates with, but it is too deep in the socket to measure with callipers. I guessed that it was a 1.1mm inner diameter, 3.5mm outer diameter connector. That did not fit as the inner pin was too large :-( 1.3 mm inner diameter, 3.5 mm outer diameter worked. But that meant I had spent an extra £6 to get the right connector :-( That has to lose a star. Given the application, I think that wrapping it in several overlapping layers of aluminium kitchen foil is a cheap improvement for long term storage.

Excellent sound and easy to use buttons, particularly like the easy on/off button. good portable size and looks good. Just what was needed. Definitely would buy again, value for money. Excellent back up for when the electric and internet go down

Excellent pocket radio, F M particularly good. Value for its low price,.reception always depends on where used. My area ideal. Yes a good buy

Excellent small radio (smaller than I expected but perfectly fine). Does the job of keeping my pets company if I am out :))

Does the job, but goes through batteries fast

A brilliant highly receptive little radio. Better than some radios I’ve bought for more than 5 times the price. Ok, so it’s not got a digital display or digital tuning, or a memory function or an alarm clock but if you’re not bothered about those functions it more than makes up for it with its sensitivity especially in the 9 short wave bands. The backlight on mine was especially dim and I struggled to see the display in total darkness when camping but that wasn’t a big problem. A small candle lantern fixed that just for writing down the approximate frequencies for future reference. The speaker is more than adequate for personal use but I nearly always use in ear headphones for better clarity, privacy and to preserve battery lifespan. Takes 2 x AA batteries and will also run off a 5V usb input from a plug in mobile phone charger or power bank or suitably powerful solar charger during the day, but it will not charge re-chargeable batteries, but what do you expect for the price. I also recommend the purchase of a decent hard shell carry case for weather protection and to prevent tuning dial movement and it accidentally turning on and wasting the batteries.