Panasonic® RF-P50 AM/FM Portable Radio

Comments about Panasonic® RF-P50 AM/FM Portable Radio:

Quite possibly the worst radio I have ever owned.I don't mind the poor sound quality, but after less than one year the volume control cannot be controlled. Turn on the radio and hope you get sound without a blast of static.It is impossible to adjust the volume. Save your money and buy something else. I give it 0 stars

Comments about Panasonic® RF-P50 AM/FM Portable Radio:

I bought this at [...] after reading good reviews. The one I have is mono and not stereo, and you use it with earbuds or rather only one earbud. You can also use with earbuds.On the beach, you get much static and not great sound quality.It replaced a Coby that had great sound but broke within a relatively short period of time.

Comments about Panasonic® RF-P50 AM/FM Portable Radio:

This radio is just a radio. No weather, TV, CD, fancy display, presets, clock, or 30 page instruction manual.

You turn it on with the volume control, just like a real radio, there's a slide switch on the side to select AM/FM, a tuning dial, a telescoping FM antenna, and that just about covers it.

The sound is pleasingly full for something this size and it can be turned up quite loud without distortion. FM performance is satisfactory for most locales, but I'd only rate the AM section as fair as it just doesn't seem sensitive enough to pick up some of the more distant stations I listen to.

It runs on 2-AA batteries; I've had mine for 3 months and I'm still on the first set and it's been left on overnight a few times. Panasonic claims 100 hours and for once, that seems a good estimate.