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Midland 74250 All Hazard Radio with S.A.M.E. Technology | 
 enlarge | Brand: Midland
Category: CE
List Price: $69.99
Buy New: $40.69
You Save: $29.30 (42%)
Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 48892
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 3.1 x 1.4
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 74250
Model: 74250
UPC: 046014742505
EAN: 0046014742505
ASIN: B00005AK7D
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: WE CAN NOT SHIP TO THE FOLLOWING DESTINATIONS, P.O.B, AK, PR, HI, or MILITARY DESTINATIONS
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| Features:
| • | Handheld weather/hazard alert radio | | • | SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) technology | | • | Instant weather reports with the push of a button | | • | 7 NOAA weather channels | | • | Includes a dual alarm clock with date, snooze, and built-in thermometer |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
The 74-250 N.W.R./S.A.M.E. (National Weather Radio/Specific Area Message Encoding) Weather/All Hazard Monitor provides you with constant monitoring of your local National Weather Service broadcast for messages warning you of hazardous conditions. The NWR/SAME decoding allows you to hear only messages concerning the area concerning you. You now have a choice as to what information will be brought to you. No more will you be awakened to hear of a problem many miles from your home that will not affect you. A clock with alarm is also featured. The 74-250 N.W.R./S.A.M.E. Weather/All Hazard Monitor is the latest advance in weather monitoring technology providing you with the information you need for your greatest safety from the effects of weather and other external hazards. Digital panel displays up to 56 messages. The 74-250 N.W.R./S.A.M.E. Weather/All Hazard Monitor also features a built-in Farenheit/Celcius thermometer.
Amazon.com Product Description
Get round-the-clock, up-to-the-minute weather and hazardous-conditions information with Midland's compact handheld weather/hazard radio. It comes with SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) technology, which gives you the option of hearing only those warnings directed at your local area. With its seven channels and nine memory settings, this small, compact radio will receive all warnings of severe weather or other hazardous conditions. The Midland radio features an "alert" mode that monitors NOAA signals for any alert, and includes rechargeable batteries and a wall charger. It also has a built-in Fahrenheit/Celcius thermometer with freeze warning alert, is waterproof for outside use, and includes a dual alarm clock with date and snooze.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
Has all the features you need! With an almost unusable interface! March 7, 2008
This has the features you want - being able to select multiple weather stations, set the S.A.M.E. info so that you only get the alerts you need. Water resistant. Supports rechargeable batteries.
Now for the bad stuff...
I can see and agree with most of the other reviews.
The battery life if left uncharged is not very long. When I ordered mine (not through here, cough, cough...) it included ni-cad batteries and a charger, which some people seem to say is not included, and the charger is not even available.
If left unplugged the batteries will go dead in a couple of days. **** NOTE WELL **** quite often when it gets recharged the radio does not work to start with! What needs to be done is to take the batteries out for a couple of seconds and then put back in. When I do that the radio functions again. So, perhaps the people complaining about dead radios may of had this happen to them.
About the interface in setting the weather alert function:
First, let me say my level of tech savvy - I am the type of person who would reset people's flashing VCRs from 12:00, even without the manual. I have two technical master of science degrees. I love tech stuff.
With all that said, I would suggest that you don't loose the manual, since squirrels must have designed the interface for this! You can set the time, alarms, degree display choice easily. Now, to set the SAME interface you must: press the radio on button on top, wait till the "NO MESSAGES" scrolls by twice, and be pressing the "SET" button. Then you can get into the radio codes section. WHAT?? They have a MODE button, they could have added one more step in that cycle.
Right now, I have not had any alerts for the last year or so. I think I took it to a different area and used it there and though I think I had reset the home area, perhaps I did not. The weather radio does still work manually, so I don't know what the problem is.
 Utter JUNK! Might as well burn your money! April 30, 2007
This piece of junk finally did it for me! I will never buy another Midland product ever! This "thing" is a waste of money, and a health hazard! First off, it doesn't scan between the stations you program into it, it severely overheats and smells like its melting, and sucks batteries dry in less than a week, and thats with it turned off! If you turn this piece of crap on, it gets so hot after awhile you could use it to start a fire. Really this thing is junk! Do not buy it, just "X" out of any midland product you come to... I haven't gotten another NOAA radio, because quite frankly this thing really turned me off to them... so I'm sorry I can't make a recommendation for a better NOAA radio... but I know this thing sucks!
 Midland leaves 74250C customers holding the bag July 22, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Fully charged rechargable batteries last two days in "alert mode" and new alkaline batteries lasts about six days. Without a radio battery charger, a 74250C is high maintenance with high battery costs. If your families safety is important, the radio should always be in "alert mode" 24/7. Midland lets their 74250C customers down because they should provide a charger with the radio and Midland doesn't offer any for sale. Midland tech advised me to get a 6-volt 100mAh charger. The smallest charger Radio Shack offers is 300mAh which will heat up your unit. Luckily I had an old charger and after changing the plug to a "B", our unit is functioning as it should, not heating up, and should serve our safety needs at home and in our motorhome traveling to different parts of the country as well as unplugging the unit and taking it on day trips in our toad or on hikes. Programing to a specific NOAA is difficult and takes a long process to master the complexities of this radio. Midland seems to have built a good radio otherwise and hoping it will continue working for long service which is in question according to other reviews. Currently it is the best radio on the market to fulfill our desired portable applications and this is because we have a charger for our rechargable batteries in the unit.
Don't waste your money! June 8, 2005
I got this radio less than a year ago, and I'm replacing it because I can't keep the batteries charged. The thing is ALWAYS hot, and after the first 6 months of having it, it won't pick up our NOAA stations and give us alerts anymore. And, the range on it is pitiful. I live on a farm at least 7 miles away from any tornado sirens, so it's VERY important that my family is protected from bad weather. I don't feel safe with this product in my home. I bought it because I thought it would be great to have a portable that can go to the basement with us, but the batteries kept dying. Take my word for it, FIND A BETTER PRODUCT!
 Excellent Product November 27, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After having problems with the model made by Oregon Scientific I purchased this model from Amazon. I'm in Texas, so a reliable weather radio is a must and this product hasn't disappointed me.I can, however, understand a couple of the points made by other reviewers, If you were driving across the country it may be a bit difficult to program and reprogram the SAME codes as you move from location to location, but I would think that you could get the hang of it after a few changes. Overall, I would highly recommend this product.
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