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camping scarlet

22/7/2007 at 1:24am
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I am thinking of getting a radio to listen to as there is no telly (or EHU). Hope that it doesn't break any campsite equitette by using one quietly.

The Pure Move (DAB) looked to fit the bill, but is quite expensive and didn't sound too great on the one I looked at in Comet.

Anyone care to share their thoughts please?

Graham

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SimKaz

22/7/2007 at 8:11am
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Have you looked at the Roberts range?
Whatever you get, be aware that the DAB processor is power hungry and as such battery life is lessened.

Dave+Maria

22/7/2007 at 1:04pm
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I use the radio on my phone

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22/7/2007 at 1:20pm
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I'd be keen to know the answer to this too. I've not found a decent digital pocket radio either. Seems a bit pointless having 'digital' on a 2 watt speaker. Mind you, the other selling point is, that's is supposed to lock-on to a signal and keep it rock steady, than the usually interference you get. I bought a pocket one, which was worse than my analogue in some signal areas. I concluded I'd stick with Analogue for camping. I do have a digital one from Argos (about £24) which is nice and clear, but might be too big for camping and likely to consume as many D batteries as a large lantern!

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22/7/2007 at 2:37pm
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We got a roberts DAB radio £60 from Argos with built in charger, just forget about the batteries for a year or so. HOWEVER we only get about 8 hours of radio with the volume around 25%.
All Dab radios are way rubbish for camping if you dont want EHU.
The BIG plus for Dab is quality of sound/signal-locking.

sonja.p

22/7/2007 at 3:36pm
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we have found that you get what you pay for with DAB.

Unlike fm, where you can pick up something that will work from from the pound shop ,you really do need a decent receiver.

We have always been fans of roberts radios and now have 2 DAB ones indoors.

My husband has a sports DAB for the garden and camping (no sporting activity involved. . )

If you stock up on rechargeble batteries, it takes AA's, power isn't a problem.

however .. there was no DAB signal at all in cornwall

mattlad

22/7/2007 at 4:13pm
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Try the TEAC R-3W. This is a DAB/FM radio with an MP3 input that, unlike most DAB radio's, runs on 12 volts.

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22/7/2007 at 4:14pm
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we stick with a wind up analogue, although we plug it into our battery pack.

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The Pure Move is probably the best option for portable use. The Chargepak is a very high capacity rechargeable battery which you need for the power-hungry DAB system.

You could also use one of the other Pure radios that take the Chargepak. We have a Pure 2XT at home and take that with us. Fine for a long weekend, but any longer and we need to charge it up from an inverter in the car. The 'Aux' input is great for connecting an MP3 player to.

camping scarlet

23/7/2007 at 1:02pm
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Thanks for the input everyone. I hoped there would be a particular model that would make choosing easy. However, I guess they are all flawed in some particular way, so you have to select which is the best compromise.

Can't imagine having nothing, so will probably go for the pure move, but can't help thinking it's way overpriced. Hay ho.

Graham

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Bernie47

23/7/2007 at 2:12pm
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I would not use a DAB radio when camping, the battery life is deplorable.

Roberts make a very good fm radio with RDS for around £50. It is worth having RDS to enable you to find a particular station, and it will also search for a stronger signal if necessary.

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23/7/2007 at 4:06pm
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We have the Pure Evoke 1 and it is the least hungry on batteries of the lot. Roberts is the worst.

We get about 20- - 25 hours of listening from 1 set of batteries - we find it is best to get duracell as they will just keep on going

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