Pure Elan RV40

+ Design,sound.

- Expensive battery pack, The power supply remains 'on' using electricity when the radio is switched off.

+ Good looking & good sound reproduction

- Difficult to nderstand station setting instructions Battery drain very excessive

+ Looks good Gives good reception

- Power pack very expensive on top of original cost. Manual provided is very skimpy in detail - needs expanding. I cannot find how to have display illuminated at all times.

+ Good clear sound as qwe are in a good reception are. Good design and fits on bedside table easily.

- Menu very fiddly but you learn to cope eventually. Some things on menu I am still not sure what they do. Instruction book could be clearer and more helpfull

+ Nice styling. Good reception.

- Inadequate tone control for someone who's hearing is not 100%, I find that the sound is too 'mussy', Not enough control to allow a 'sharpening' of the sound. Sorry that this sounds so 'untechnical'! My old Sony VHF had a better sound for me. Sorry I hadn't been able to test before purchase, it was an expensive mistake. At least next time I will investigate further before buying.

+ Very good reception of DAB broadcasts and good quality sound overall. The design is pleasing and the optional battery pack is a good idea which I readily purchased.

- The display is too small and limited especially for people with poor eyesight. Tuning and storing of pre-set stations is not intuitive and even though I am in the brown goods trade I found it difficult to do.

+ The good point is, I liked everything about it .

- Only bad point,could be bigger screen.

+ Appearance

- No pre-set buttons

+ reception is always good in an area where analogue reception is variable depending on the weather.

- display is a bit small but can be read ok.

+ Reviewer left no comment

- time is difficult to read. alarm is difficult to set. timer is difficult to set. the previous pure clock radio was much better. a real disappointment,

+ Good sound, easy to use.

- would be better sold with chargeback.

+ Stylish. Good sound quality. Fairly simple to use.

- Small, hard to read, display. Marginal signal strength on some stations (eg Radio 3), leading to occasional sound break-up.

+ As above

- Dreadful instruction manual

+ ReVu works very well, Excellent value for money when I bought it.

- Sound is a little bit tinny

+ Radio is good in appearance. Sounds good .Difficult to convert instructions from book to machine.

- Reviewer left no comment

+ Very very easy to set up, great sound, alarm clock feature v useful

- An integral rechargeable battery would be useful

+ Reviewer left no comment

- it should come with battery's

+ Great Bass Sound

- Interference on many DAB stations when moving near extended aerial

+ Modern design. Light. Compact.

- Difficult to turn on quietly in the morning - defaults to last setting and solow to adjus. Risk waking everyone else up.

+ Good value for money for all the features that the radio brings. The Revu is really useful

- only picks out the BBC radio stations well. very poor reception for the others. I specifically wnated Talk Sport and this is very crackly. Back screen could be lit on difficult to see scrolling text against the dark background

+ Well designed easy to use great value for money. What more can I say.

- none really.

+ Love it.....looks great in our kitchen, sounds great - use our i-pod with the i-trip lots too - really chuffed great choice! Can't comment on the purchasing experience - it was a gift, but a great one! Thanks Mam

- None yet!!

+ Compact, slim, ideal for kitchen window cill Good sound quality Easy to set up

- Not so good fm receptjon as previous analogue receiver

+ Ease of use and reception quality

- Nothing bad

+ It can be Battery powered and it lasts well ** see below. You can view and rewind the text. You can rewind the radio! Quite mind boggling and occasionally useful. Sound quality with speech particularly good. Has good environmental credentials. Low power consumption.

- ** Battery suddenly dies. Yesterday it had to be removed and replaced to be able to charge. Maybe a fault there. Battery is RIDICULOUSLY expensive, but there's not much competition with battery DABS as they usually drain to much. Looks are a bit iffy. My wife was slightly dissapointed it wasn't like the 'wooden' ones she'd seen. However she loves the radio now.

+ easy to set stations,

- hard to read so time

+ Amazing self tuning feature- turned it on for the first time and a few minutes later all the stations were there! Lots of presets. Looks good too.

- None as yet.