Retekess TR618 Portable FM AM SW Radio, Digital Shortwave Radio, Mains and Battery, Vintage Transistor, Antenna, Headphones Jack USB TF, Site, Work, Bathroom, Kitchen, Outdoor (Black)

I was looking to purchase a portable radio for the bathroom, so I could listen to BBC Radio Three, BBC Radio Four and the World Service on FM.I wanted a radio which was robust in design, simple to operate, aesthetically pleasing on the eyes and would sit well in the bathroom. I wanted a radio with manual rotary dials (frequency tuning, volume control, function selector, band selector) instead of push button operation. I also wanted a radio which was reasonably priced and available in Black, because the colour really does matter.With this in mind, I searched through the website, spent a considerable amount of time looking at all the radios. Most of them were disappointing (poor design, wrong colour, poor display) in one way or another. In due course I found the following Retekess brand and three models, TR618, TR604, TR633 of great interest.My only disappointment, a small one at that, is that it would have been even better had each radio come with a good quality, black leather zipped case thickly padded. I would have been happy to have paid more to include a case.I'm extremely pleased with the purchase.

Excellent radio qualityBest buy and works on batteries as well brilliant

It is sound and solid. Reception good

It's a brilliant radio clear sound good value for money

It is as shown beautiful built portable quality at its best. With a USB slot for MP3/4 audio. Brilliant. O and it arrived on time and day promised.

Love this transistor radio .You can tell I,m of a certain age. I love taking this with me when I'm in the garden .Easy to use much easier than a DAB radiothat I had before.Reception is very good. No problem with this whatsoever.

Somewhat smaller than I anticipated and the casing much lighter in weight than I thought it would be. Decent sound from speakers -they don't sound too tinny, but they're small, so not going to sound like Jansen studio speakers anyway. The volume and tuning dials are very easy to use, they don't wobble on their spindles and are responsive to turning. The smaller dials are wobbly on their spindles and don't seem particularly robust; this could do with improvement. Battery compartment properly soldered and accepts standard D batteries with secure tension and fitting, and the radio does run on batteries. Carry handle works and feels tight in the housing. The antenna works and pivots easily and well, but isn't very robust, so needs handling with care. Cord could have been 20cm or so longer, but it's adequate and well made.I would recommend this radio overall, but think the price point is a bit high (close to £50 at time of purchase) because the casing isn't very strong and the 2 smaller dials feel flimsy.

This is a really cheap product. Poor controls, poor sound quality. Avoid.