Kaito KA390 Portable AM/FM Shortwave NOAA Weather Radio with LED Flashlight, Color Black

This is the PERFECT radio for your emergency kit. Simple, easy to use (my wife doesn't like my digital tuning radios, as they often get stuck with a lock feature on or some other feature that impedes tuning.) Yet, this is DSP-based, and it locks right on to signals. The flashlight is just an added convenient bonus. With something this simple, there's so little to go wrong - and when the power is out or you're stuck in the blizzards we get here in the higher elevations (7500ft +) in Colorado, you want something that just works. This radio just works, and I anticipate it will for the next 20 years. At the price, it can't be beat. Perfect for the job. It's not high-fidelity, but that's not the idea. A basic, good radio - with reception LIGHT YEARS better than the cheap chinese cracker jack toy types. As a 20-year plus Extra level HAM operator, this is hands down one of the best receiving AM/FM tuners I've had for the price. If you want something equivalent in a more high-end radio, prepare to spend $150 for a C. Crane or Sangean. $20 bucks for this AND it has weather band? Come on. Get several, and always be prepared.

I was looking for a small quality radio to use in emergency situations. It sounds great and appears to be high quality. It takes 3 D size batteries. It does not come with a AC power cord. Bought one from Amazon for $4. But of course in an emergency, you would not need this. Happy with this radio and you will be too.

First, the dislike: the clear plastic facing that display the stations came off during shipping. It still had the adhesive so I stuck it back on, fell off an hour later. The tuning knob has came off twice. I’ll have to get some super glue to keep those pieces down. The good part: having it for one day I like it. For the price it has good clear sound and goes a decent volume. I didn’t have a problem tuning into stations. I use 3x d batteries which give it some nice but not heavy weight. You can also use an adapter but that is a separate purchase. Overall it is a nice radio and does what it needs to do. Good for Camping, office, backyard, garage, etc

I've been looking for a radio receiver that is not too expensive, portable, and receives all of the major broadcast bands, and the Kaito KA390 does a great job. The 3 inch speaker provides pleasing sound that is not muffled or tinny like some small radios sound, and the volume is loud enough that I can listen from across the room. The tuning dial is easy to use and allows for fine adjustments of stations, and the D cells will give you hundreds of hours of listening time. I am happy that this radio includes both weather band and shortwave, because not many radios have both. On weather band from where I live I pick up the Scranton / Wilkes Barre NOAA station clearly and I can also get Honesdale with just a little static. The only disappointment I have is with the shortwave. It only picks up a few stations and it is hard to get the stations to come in clearly, so if you are serious about shortwave you would probably want something else. I sometimes listen to China Radio International on the 9 Mhz band which is interesting. But for slightly over 20 dollars I really can't complain; it is a great value in a small package.

I've had this radio for about 6 months now. I'm mostly happy with it mainly in the area of good quality sound and the tuning on FM, AM and NOAA. The World Band straight up doesn't work LOL! Seriously I haven't been able to listen to ANYTHING on the WB side as it doesn't pick anything up zero. I was hoping to get some action there which was why I bought this model Kaito. The flashlight is really nice, can't say I'll ever use it but if I do its nice and bright. The Antennae is nice and long seems to work well even on am/fm even without it extended. I ike the headphone jack, so far haven't needed it but like the flashlight its nice to know its there. I mainly bought this as an every day listener while at my desk, but also I can grab it and go in an emergency or take it camping or fishing. It runs on D cell batteries and so far even with inexpensive Harbor Freight batteries it runs great. Still running on the original batteries I bought 6 months ago. I bought the adapters to AA sold here on Amazon for flexibility and in case of D not available I can throw in some AA rechargables. I also ordered the corded wall plug for it direct from Kaito as the one suggested here arrived and wasn't correct size. The main reason for the 3 stars instead of 4 is that the plastic face that shows the bands fell off. I had the radio on for a long time one day and the glue holding it in place must have softened. This will be easily fixed with some super glue... but I have to go buy some now which is a little hassle. Plus if you screw up and put too much super glue on the needle is right there and you could mess the whole thing up! So I will carefully do that when I have a minute. Overall, I'd say I'm okay with this radio. I use it almost every day and it does receive FM really really well as other reviews have stated. The NOAA band is not as nice as my radio shack NOAA only radio, but it works good enough. AM is good enough and I rarely listen to AM anyway. I know Kaito makes other models and possibly I should have just gone with a non-world band model with the crank arm for power. Hope this helps with your purchase.

I bought this with a 12-pack of D batteries. I started using it around the start of May, the first set of batteries (the first 3 batteries I used) lasted until the end of October. Six months of use with one set of batteries! I use the radio about 4-5 days a week, for about 2-3 hours per day. Sometimes I use it only ~1h per day. Sometimes I leave it on all day on the weekends. It has been a good little radio.

I like

Solid FM performance and build quality is good.

Fm reception very good, radio is not loud, No AC cord , AM reception is poor , Weather Band is correct...please pay more and buy A good Sangean Weather radio AM\ FM with line out you can connect iPod PR D 4W !!

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