This is a good weather radio.
Pros:
- It allows you to program the S.A.M.E. codes for weather alerts for selected counties.
- The speaker can reach a good volume without distortion.
- Reception of weather signal is very good.
- Travel mode enables easy finding of strongest signal
- Alert can be display, tone, or tone followed by voice
- Rechargeable battery with dock
- Feels nice in the hand, good grip
- Strong belt clip
So why only 3 stars?
Any button press produces a loud beep. Even button presses to turn the volume all the way down produce loud beeps. There is no way that I can find to turn this "feature" off. This should be a no-brainer for Midland. All of my other electronic devices that have a beep option have the ability to turn it off.
If you wanted to listen to the weather forecast and had family or roommates sleeping and you wanted to turn the volume down to not bother them, in order to turn the volume down you would have to press the volume button several times, with each time making a loud beep.
If you wanted to set the alarm for the next day, and had family or roommates sleeping, each button press needed to set the alarm would produce a loud beep.
I hope that I am overlooking something and that there is a way to turn the beeping off. If that is the case, I will be happy to delete this review and post a 5 star review. Midland HH54VP2 Portable Emergency Weather Radio with SAME (Black)
I purchased the package with the rechargeable battery pack. Very impressed with the standby life of the battery. Took it on a 2 week trip, listened to forecasts a few times per day, left it on during 2 severe weather episodes, still had battery left at the end of the trip.
Why not 5 stars? There is an audio confirmation "beep" everytime you press a button, including the volume, that is WAY too loud. No instruction to shut this feature off, e-mails to Midland asking for a work-around have gone unanswered.
We bought this as a replacement for an older weather alert radio that was beginning to fall apart from old age. The charging base is nice, but even better, if you are travelling for an extended period, you can disconnect the AC adapter from the base and take it along to charge the radio directly. You can also use the supplied battery pack and standard AA batteries interchangably, The radio also offers several alert options that our old unit didn't have. We are impressed with the features Midland has included in this package!
I purchased this radio a few months ago but unfortunately didn't use it right away so now I missed my opportunity to return it. When I did open it, I fully charged it and then checked out some of it's features. It all seemed to work fine until the next day and I noticed the battery was dead. I fully charged it again and within 24 hours it was dead again. Long story short, after a few weeks, the battery will not longer take a charge at all in the cradle. I tried plugging the dc directly into the radio and the clock and all comes up and everything seems to work. But, after having some storms come through, the radio never alerted us. We own a different Midland radio and that one did alert us. We purchased this one because of its travel feature and rechargeable batteries, both of which failed. This radio is a piece of junk. Save your money. My parents bought a travel weather radio a few years ago from Radio Shack and it is still working. Go there! :)
Reception is good. Easy to operate. sound quality is good for such a small unt. Travel mode is a good feature. Needs a car charger. Battery life is short on the first charge(less than 24 hours)but gets better on the second and consecutive charges. Three second delay on the power button and beep when a button is pressed are very anoying features. You need a microscope to read the manual. It does the job for the price.
I had the radio setup in under a minute. Very easy. Not a ton of bells and whistles, but it has everything you need. The rechargeable battery is a nice feature (no batteries to replace). Would highly recommend this model over the Oregon Scientific radio. I've owned a couple of the Oregon radios and the Midland is much easier to setup with a comparable feature set.
I have had this weather radio for close to a year now. My first radio, a non-portable non-Midland, failed to work after only a few months. I then bought this portable Midland and have been very happy with it. We keep it on to hear severe weather alerts. In the midwest, this means thunderstorms, high winds, tornadoes, or winter storms. It has a Home and a Travel mode. The Travel mode allows it to search for the different weather signal sources as you travel. The rechargeable batteries have been working well. - Emergency Radio - Weather Radio - Noaa'
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