SangeanTB-100 TOUGHBOX FM/AM Aux Ultra-Rugged Digital Radio with Built-in Battery Charger, Green

This thing is rugged and sounds great for my purposes. Often times I'll take this boombox outside with me when I'm working on outside projects and doing some backyard gardening or even indoors in my basement shop. Plenty of volume for my purposes of working in the general vicinity of up to sometimes 20' of the radio itself and it doesn't soak the life out of my rechargable batteries in a hurry. I sometimes keep this on from morning and throughout the entire afternoon up until near dusk sometimes and the batteries still hold up for me. Not only do I use this at home, but it's portability and small size is a huge benefit for me. I have also taken this to picnics and when I spend some leisure time to myself in the park practicing and rehearsing my juggling act with my playlist mp3 player through it. This is also an amazing radio to take along to a drive-in movie with and save yourself from a dead car battery when the movie is over (yes, it's happened to me and this boombox now comes along every time now). This definitely lasts through the double features with clarity and plenty of leftover juice to spare.It's design and functions are straightforward, simplistic and practical. There are five user preset buttons, a band function button (AM, FM and AUX for an mp3 player), a volume knob and a tuner selector knob. A momentary (10 second) orange backlit display is a nice feature when switching stations/functions.I have done research before purchasing this and for the price range and positive reviews, I couldn't have been more happy with my decision to go for this. This is my first and only "work" type of radio, so I can't compare it to others out there on the market. My only con I suppose would be the lack of any sort of equalization and I find this radio to lean a bit on the bass side of things and is somewhat "boomy" at times, depending on the type/age/quality of music being played. Nevertheless, I've had this a few years now and has never let me down and for the price point, you can't go wrong if you're in the market to find a decent source of musical companionship. If you want a good reliable radio with a fair amount of power and one that doesn't eat up battery life, I'd highly suggest this one.

I've had this radio for a couple years and I really like it. Very good sound. Good reception and the 5-a.m. and 5-f.m. presets are enough for me. I take it with me wherever I'm working or relaxing.

There is nothing not to like about this radio. Got for the barn. Simple..no frills. Reception seems good..just took it out of the box and turned it on. Volume is very adequate. No bluetooth but I didn't want it..don't need it in the barn. Looks like it will take abuse with the crash bars (not recommended) Good weight but not too bulky. I'm done. If you just want a radio, this one is for you

Clear sound, accurate and deep bass. We use two of these at the pool, for separate left and right channel wide stereo. Splash-proof, for using at the swimming pool.ATTENTION, TECHIES!Using two $5 FM transmitters connected to a single, stereo sound source (a Bluetooth receiver), we broadcast on two separate, non-adjacent FM frequencies. We use the two Toughbox radios tuned to each FM frequency. Very impressive sound reproduction that uses ordinary FM technology, instead of far more expensive 2.4 GHz or digital technology.These Toughbox speakers have a somewhat narrow dispersion pattern, so on opposite sides of our swimming pool, pointed to the center of the pool, the sound stays in the pool, at water level, and is hardly noticeable by our condo neighbors. We play music from our phones inside water tight vinyl protectors. If you can understand what I've described so far, you already have figured out that you need to buy three splitters.If you try this, you need to be sure to transmit a mono right only, and mono left only signal ganged to feed each stereo transmitter. Each stereo transmitter must be fed the same mono sound source on BOTH audio input channels...T1○○T2 ○○T1○T2○L○○R ○○○ L○○R○○○Y ○○○○○ Y○○○○○○ Y○○○Bluetooth○○○ ReceiverThese Toughbox radios have just one speaker. If you want stereo sound, you'll need two. Having wires running between them (into the Aux. inputs) is unusable at a swimming pool, which is why we use two FM transmitters with the splitters. Power to our two transmitters and the Bluetooth receiver comes from a USB charger box plugged into a USB power hub. Just keep the Bluetooth receiver, dual transmitter array, and power source in a small, plastic (not metal) box, like a tackle box. We use frequencies 87 and 108. Entire project cost was about $150. Impress your friends and enjoy!