PanasonicPocket FM/AM Portable Radio with Digital Tuner, Large Dial, Easy to See Fluorescent Pointer, Clear Sound, for Off-the Grid Trips, Blackouts, Battery Powered- RF-P50D

Good quality piece. Easy tuning and good sound for a small radio.

Great little radio. Sound is clear and loud. I recommend buying it.

After looking for a small, affordable, quality radio to carry on my person, I found the Panasonic RF-P50 exactly what I was looking for, on Amazon.com. Just to have a backup radio in case this radio was not the quality I was looking for, I also ordered a Sony ICF-S10MK2. Turns out both are Five-Star quality.The AM-FM bands work equally well. These radios have a great quality mono sound. If you wish to use the earphone plug for private listening, you will have to search for a mono head or ear phone. This may be hard to find as stereo phones are all I could see in stores. I am sure mono phones are available on line for very low cost. I modified one of the old airline headphones with the two mono plug types. All you need to do is remove one of the prongs, in order to insert the one plug. It works fine. I love this radio because it also has a extremely long battery life, using only two AA size batteries.When I work around the house, I just pop my little radio in my shirt pocket an listen. If I had only one thing I would change, even if it would cost a few dollars more, would be a digital tuner so the station would not change by moving the thumb wheel in my pocket. Regardless, I recommend this radio highly.

I wanted a small portable radio to keep me entertained without weighing me down. I was surprised that this is not something you can buy locally anymore -- all the radios I found in retail stores were headphone only or had CD players which made them anything but small. One store had a Sony on a hang card that was so old, it only tuned to 1600 KHz -- the AM band was extended to 1700 KHz at least 10 years ago.I found this little radio on Amazon, read the reviews, and figured for $10 it was worth taking a chance.This radio is a solid performer on FM, it has good sensitivity, and even works well next to my computer -- many FM radios are useless in that situation.The speaker delivers a surprisingly full sound for its size. It is powered by 2-AA cells with a claimed battery life of 95 hours on FM and 125 hours on AM.The radio is a bit bigger than it appears in the photos but still fits comfortably in a pocket. The wrist strap is a nice feature.Monophonic radios often have a headphone jack that will drive both ears of a stereo headset (in mono, of course). The connector on this radio is pure monophonic, that is if you plug in your stereo headset, the sound will come out of just the left channel.The telescoping antenna does not completely retract into the radio case. Instead it retracts to about 4 inches, then it pivots at the attachment point until it is flush with the length of the set.AM sensitivity is poor and the FM dial calibration is quite a bit off. This is probably the result of an internal mis-adjustment. I'll open it up this weekend and tweak the AM alignment (don't try it unless you know what you're doing!)

Great little pocket portable radio. Nothing fancy, 2AA batteries run a very long time in it. Telescopic whip antenna makes for good reception.

A serviceable basic AM/FM radio. I'd say the primary use for this is as an emergency battery radio. I'd buy it again even with my 3-star rating but only for use as an emergency radio or maybe for a kid's radio. If I needed a radio for daily listening, I'd spend ten more bucks and get a better one.One could argue the point that 'look at what you're getting for twenty bucks' but I disagree. See below.Pros: 1. Good size. 2. Decent full sound through speaker; not too biased one way or the other. 3. Batteries are easy to get in and out. 4. Battery cover is not flimsy (this is important.) 5. Materials are substantial. i.e. the plastic case housing is not flimsy. 6. The sound on FM in decent earbuds is actually petty good.Cons: 1. Headphone jack is mono. If you use regular stereo earbuds with this radio, you only get sound on one side. Deduct one star for this. I suppose one could find mono earbuds but I've never seen them (haven't looked actually). 2. The wrist strap is useless and only gets in the way. 3. Needs some type of case. I would have paid another $2 for this radio if it came with a case of some type. 4. There is a screw on the back that says "ANTENNA SCREW" but the manual says nothing about it. What the heck is it for? An external antenna connection? Since the manual says nothing, it must therefore be either a secret tuner to access the microwave bands, or is a decoder of CIA or Russian (or both) numbers stations. 5. Ergonomics of the controls are really bad. The on-off-AM-FM selector switch and the tuning knob are small and are somewhat difficult to manipulate for folks with big thumbs (me). I have big ole fat fingers so I have to use a thumbnail to provide enough dexterity to turn the knob. This makes it difficult to tune between closely-spaced stations on the band. Deduct the 2nd star for that. A person with limited use of hands (e.g. senior, infirm, physical challenges) would have a hard time operating this radio. This would not be a good radio for one's grandma. 6. The tuning frequency indicator is not accurate on FM. It is accurate for AM but is off about 10-15 MHz for FM. This is typical for small radios, so, no deduction for that one, although it's annoying.

Nice radio for the moneyIf you listen to news and sports

Great product! This radio is identical to several Panasonic radios I’ve had in the past. They eventually wear out, but I’m happy to have a new one. I use it on a limited basis in the mornings to listen to the local and National news station on am.