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Most storms seem to happen during the night when we are sleeping so we bought the weather radio to warn us of an approaching storm during the night. We know how far away the storm is and when we need to take cover.
We really like the Midland WR300 Weather radio and glad we bought it. It also has battery back-up incase the electricity goes off.
It has also been great when our Direct TV goes out and we can't get the weather to see what is happening. This is the third weather radio we have bought and this brand has worked the best where as the other two either didn't get good reception or quit working after the first year.
We live in the country where we generally don't get good reception. It has been great not only during the night but also during the day when we aren't paying attention to what the weather is doing.
We have gotten really good reception with the radio.
I purchased the WR300 primarily for tornado season but have been pleasantly surprised with it's effectiveness during the winter. The Midland has many weather alerts and you'll need to decide which alerts don't apply to where you live (i.e.
The WR300 works well and gives me peace of mind. High Wind Watch).
Hurricane Watch) or alerts you just don't want waking you up at 3:00 AM (i.e. I also like that I can press the Weather Hazard Button and hear the current weather conditions and the forecast for the next few days.
Living in the Midwest, I'm surprised I hadn't bought a weather radio years ago. When you are ready to program it, sit down with the directions and give yourself a few minutes.
You can program it to alert you for all counties within radio range of the National Weather Service or just the county you live in.
BTW, the top of the line Midland is somewhat designed in its set up and feature control like a product out of the 60s or 70s not the 2000s - so they are not evidently putting any R&D into this antique cash cow. Well one would think a responsible company would repair these while still relatively new at cost say of postage both ways. This radio was fine for a while and a few weeks ago we stopped getting the weather testing signal from it and could not get weather news or alerts - according to other users on news groups it is "defunct". Well they are probably not aware that many of us have been struck by another "natural disaster" called the "Great Recession" and it is not possible to replace equipment with built-in-obsolescence every two years as it might have been prior to 2008 so my family now will have to go without due to another in the increasing list of greedy, irresponsible companies that care more for a few points added to their bottom line than civic responsibility. hurricane, flood, tornado.
When I can re-purchase, I will seek out another brand of emergency weather alert radios, but NOT a Midland thank you please. Why will it still get FM radio yet not alerts from the regional NWS. this weather radio purchased less than 2 years ago put my family more at easy - we slept better at night. Living in Florida we have multiple perils. We also researched it thoroughly and thought we were purchasing the gold-standard of weather alert products and it was important as our county (Charlotte) does not have a public weather siren warning system (but that's another story of irresponsibility).
but no, they want you to purchase a new one (or rebuilt one at new Amazon discounted retail price) every couple years evidently.
This radio has all the bells and whistles, but the size of the time on the face of the radio is tiny. For this reason I returned the radio. I purchased this as a gift for an elderly aunt, thinking she would have a clock radio with the NOAA weather on it. Anyone wanting to know about a weather emergency will see very large print; anyone wanting the time needs to wear glasses to bed to read in the middle of the night.
Very satisfied at this point. Found that it is all that it was advertised to be. Haven't had a weather warning in my area since my purchase, so don't know if that automatic feature will function properly, but all the rest of the functions work, so am sure this feature also will.
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