Tesco Value RAD-306 Wind-Up Radio

Review of Tesco Value RAD-306Wind-up Radio **The product** This is a bargain priced Tesco Value product. A neat little radio ideal for use at home or when traveling. The radio is AM/FM with a headphone socket. The controls are basic, two slider type controls, one for frequencies the other for volume. Channel selection is via a dial on the front of the radio. An antennae style extending aerial is mounted on the top of the radio and this is fully positionable. The radio is an analogue model, no DAB (Digital Audio Broadcast) here! The controls are simple and easy to use and the reception I have found to be excellent, even when in use inside ...  Read the complete review

Ever since I was a child, way back in the days when there was no colour in the world and, everything was black and white, I have always been a radio fan - or 'wireless' as we called it back then. With the birth of wind-up radios I have often been tempted to buy one; being impressed with the total simplicity of the whole idea. Being in a Tesco store last year, browsing and comparing computer keyboards, my eye was caught by a little wind-up radio in a 'Tesco Value' box. I could not resist the impulse to buy, and couldn't wait to get it home to try it out. Straight out of the box I was impressed. Although the RAD-306 as it is known is made, ...  Read the complete review