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 enlarge | Brand: Midland Consumer Radio
Category: CE
List Price: $59.95
Buy New: $24.19
You Save: $35.76 (60%)
New (16) Used (1) from $17.93
Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 8306
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.6
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 6.8 x 2.5
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: Q2210A#ABA
Model: Q2210A#ABA
UPC: 046014742512
EAN: 0046014742512
ASIN: B00009Q39V
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: NEW. Factory Sealed. 95% of items ship within 24 hours.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Portable weather alert radio September 27, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Product shipped fast, was fairly easy to set up, while we haven't had any alerts yet since I received it, I'm confident it will work as advertised. I keep it in the car on a charger w/ NIMH batteries; when we're on the road, I will add more counties and states, and change them when we return home.
 Easier than I thought to program July 6, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I almost decided against purchasing this radio after reading the reviews concerning the difficulties people had programming this unit. However, I found a good deal so decided to give it a whirl. Well, I had very little trouble programming it and didn't find the directions all that unclear. I don't know if my lack of sleep was a plus or a minus but do know I had it programed pretty quickly.
Unfortunately I had another problem with it...there must be a loose connection in the headphone jack because you cannot hear anything over the speaker unless you manage to find and press the "sweet spot" which is somewhere on the rubber pad that covers the headphone and rechargeable battery connection. So, it'll have to go back but I am going to ask for a replacement as it works fine otherwise. I would not use the SAME technology for a long time as it eats up batteries...
 Piece of junk May 6, 2007
20 out of 29 found this review helpful
I consider myself to be fairly computer literate -- I chase storms with a laptop hooked up to a GPS unit attached to a virtual COM splitter feeding into several mapping and radar programs, all while sucking data down via EVDO on my mobile phone. I've been using computers since before there were graphical user interfaces. That said, figuring out how to even change the channel on this radio was like learning how to defuse a bomb built by a dyslexic, colorblind spidermonkey. Doing anything requires pressing a recursive set of buttons in a specific order, and each button press is accompanied by a loud, shrill beep that will kill mosquitos and make everyone within 20 feet of you begin stabbing each other in senseless anger. I swear to god whoever designed the user interface to this radio was angry with the world and was misanthropically looking for ways get back at the universe that created him. The feeling you get once you manage to actually figure out how to set the time, station, and SAME code on this radio would be akin to the feeling one gets after summiting K-2 without oxygen, sherpas, or legs, if only for the fact that deep down inside you will realize that you are not cool and you will never see K-2 and that the sum total accomplishment of your life is getting the cheap, plastic piece of junk you hold in your hands to turn on. The AA batteries run down after about a week even if you never turn the actual radio on, and the settings all go away when you replace the batteries, so you are sure to have hours of fun several times a month rexplaining your radio with six digit random Navajo code numbers exactly where you live.
The plus side to this radio is that the cheap speaker hides the hiss of static fairly well, which you will hear often due to the extremely poor reception. The stylish "eyerape" yellow will go great with your Mexican Hornet wrestling costume, and handy belt clip-on will be sure to attact muggers who will beat you for your expensive radio and then come back and beat you again after they spend three fruitless hours trying to program in the SAME code for their cardboard box under the bridge.
In summary, I suggest that nobody ever buy this radio. The only useful purpose I can devise for these units are to mark land-mines, since surely a field full of these radios would be enough to deter people of any nationality from approaching.
 Works well but tak a pass on purchase April 21, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This unit is difficult to set up as the functions are not at all intuitive. Once set up it performs well but battery life is short lived, about a week at most. After changing batteries you have to redo the complete setup again. There is an external battery charger port for rechargable batteries but no mention of how to purchase a charger.
There are other units that are user friendly w/ chargers in the same price range. Purchase one of them.
poor instructions March 13, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
the instructions were very complicated. if i had been previe to the instructions before buying i would not have purchased this item.
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