Customer Reviews:
 NOAA WEATHER RADIO June 30, 2008
We received our NOAA weather and emergency radio one day before Iowa entered the worst month of tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, and flash flooding in the history of the state. Believe me, we were grateful to have it keeping track of each emergency as it arose! We recommend it to everyone - even if they don't live in Iowa.
Good Weather Radio June 30, 2008
Good little radio for the money. Battery backup is nice so you can take it to the basement with you. Picking your county is helpful so you don't have to wake up for every storm going through the state. Its still a little annoying for it to go off in the middle of the night for a thunderstorm watch, but better safe than sorry.
 Happy Customer June 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Easy to setup and use. We've had several storms since we received it and it works as advertised. Happy with the product
Does what it was made to do...warn you. June 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Seeing these in action (the organization I work for uses many of these), I decided to purchase one after one of the many tornado-producing storms our area has been struck by spawned an EF-2 twister about one mile from where I live. The nearest civil defense siren is audible, but not enough to wake anybody out of a deep sleep inside a house with the a/c running, not to mention the noise that rainfall/hailstones/wind make in competition.
Keeping in mind that any "warning system" is only as good or as fast-acting as the people monitoring the weather can declare a warning, I can say that this was a good purchase. Sure, it doesn't have an am/fm radio, but I already have a few battery-powered radios laying around. I bought this to wake me up when necessary. The SAME programming function is nice because you don't have to hear what counties not even close to you are getting. My only "complaint" is that you have to manually turn the NWS broadcast off once the alarm has sounded, but since you have to get up to turn it off, you would theoretically check outside or turn the TV or radio on to see what the commotion is all about.
Bottom line: if you want something with low frills that has a very loud alert siren, get one of these. For the price, you can't beat it, and it may save your life.
 Questionable quality, do not recommend June 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased the Midland a month ago and thought it was working OK because the radio on it receives a clear broadcast signal. But unfortunately the public alert function failed to pick up every single tornado watch, warning, and weekly test alarm that have been issued for my county. I noticed that every once in awhile a "Check Reception" message would flash across the screen, even though I repeatedly verified that the S.A.M.E. setup on it was correct. Finally one day I went to adjust the antenna--and was unpleasantly surprised by the antenna falling off in my hand! Now I can hear something rattling around inside.
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