inputs.text: great radio preppers - sony seems best radio market days one lives expectations cant find anything criticize styling controls fine especially like hiviz tuning indicator shows station better anything ive seen signal indicator light unnecessary doesnt hurt anything either selectivity good antenna brings stations want wgn chicago comes loud clear south central illinois say go cubs ive radio three weeks use days 3 hours four aa nimh batteries still strong expect last several weeks least making excellent radio emergency use using earphone batteries would last months cant figure people keep recommending cheap crappy windup radios emergency preparedness really want gamble piece junk may may not work emergency situation nimh batteries solar charger would power fine radio years update aug 2016 radio appears died well almost anyway plays couple minutes volume goes way barely minutes comes back not long something overheating sounds like thats beyond capabilities im pronouncing dead going backup radio expected better sony last three years daily use however maybe not terribly bad id buy eneloops still going strong buy bunch