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Here are some of the downsides, yes the buttons are LOUD, you definitely can not set this thing with your spouse sleeping next to you. It was such a good radio, we bought our parents one as well. Overall great product, it does what it says it does and not a whole lot more. We have been using the Midland WR300 for about a year now and it works perfectly. We have been alerted of a tornado in the middle of the night, even were told of a rare Winter Storm warning here in the great state of North Carolina. The clock is pretty much worthless in the middle of the night as you need to feel your way around to get it to turn on.
It is therefore useless.Unfortuantely, the other SAME radios seem about as bad. The way it "works" (and I use that term loosely), I can't tell if the various alarms are on or off. I've had this radio for a while. radio is too hard to program and it has to be reset every time you change battries etc. Further, even in downtown Stamford CT, the radio has major reception problems.
If you're looking for a great AM FM radio, buy one that is designed specifically for AM FM reception and audio quality. WR300 can be customized so you only get notifications for the counties you choose,and you can deactivate many of the notifications that might not apply to your area or that you might not be interested in. The AM FM radio is a bonus feature in my opinion. If you are looking for a great weather radio I don't think you can find a better one for the price. Before buying the Midland WR300, I read many user reviews on various web sites that complained that the sound quality for the AM FM radio wasn't very good. My response to that is, "What were you expecting." Like most (if not all) weather radios it has just a single speaker with the primary purpose of delivering a spoken weather message, and it performs that job very well. It has even warned me about severe thunderstorms before the local news stations.
Easy to use and easy to set up. all we wanted were the tornado alerts and not the thunderstorm warnings. Worth the money. Most importantly, allows you to exclude alerts you dont need e.g.
I have it set to my county and so far it has worked great. Definately worth buying. This radio seems to work well. I like that you can press the snooze button on the top and get an instant weather report for your area.
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