PURE Move, Portable Rechargeable palm-sized DAB/FM Radio

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Binding: Electronics Brand: Pure EAN: 0759454808334 Label: Pure Manufacturer: Pure Model: VL-60917 Publisher: Pure Release Date: 2007-08-09 Studio: Pure
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: 1000 Charges 1.5 days SOLID use from each, Thats over 4yrs if you never turn it off!!!! Comment: OK this thing sounds great and is far better than much larger units I've owned. I'm getting roughly 35hrs from a charge which lasts me a week at work. Based on this rate of recharging the battery should reach the end of it's life in around 19yrs. Well done to the person who was worried!!! Please buy one you won't be dissapointed... Customer Rating: Summary: Good, but not a perfect Pure. Comment: I bought this for use in the bathroom, where there is no power supply. The good points are that it has no problem pulling in a strong DAB signal and, using it for about an hour a day, I have been getting about 6 weeks of life out of each battery charge. The bad points are: a below average speaker performance - whether it is the metal casing vibrating I cannot tell, but at mid-high volumes the unit frequently produces a slightly rattlely sound, even on spoken word (this is something I can live with for bathroom listening, but not if this was my main radio.); a strange design function that one must hold down the on/off button for several seconds to get the unit to switch off. If the sound was better, then this would be a dream of a radio. Customer Rating: Summary: 'only' 1000 charges!!!!!???? Comment: Don't own one, yet. Am thinking about buying one. Just thought I'd comment on the goon who criticised the mere 1000 charges that the product can take! Using basic maths, and even with varying permutations of usage per day/week, that would still give you in excess of 15 years use!! Not good enough for you?? Div. Think before you write... Customer Rating: Summary: My first Dabble in DAB Comment: I wanted a small portable radio mainly to listen to while getting ready for work in the mornings. One that I could keep mostly in the bathroom & that could be used with batteries, so I could take from room to room without the hassle of mains leads etc. I have seen a plethora of DAB radio's recently so thought I'd give them a try. I didn't want a 'Brick' that seems to be all the rage in the DAB world, so when I saw the dinky 'Pure Move' I thought it would be pretty much ideal. I wasn't wrong, as it truly is portable - it is small enough to carry in a coat pocket & the inbuilt lithium rechargeable battery gives a very respectable 40 hours use, which for my measly 30 minutes each morning equates to over 2 months between charges. At that rate, the 1000 charges that the battery can take would equate to over 150 years use! I live in Southampton & found that it tuned in to approximately 28 DAB stations from my kitchen, which included mostly the usual local & BBC radio stations. Strangely though when I did another scan upstairs, it found about 10 more stations, although some had a low signal strength? It really does depend on where you are, even within your home, which stations you recieve & contrary to what I had previously thought, the signal will drop if you're too distant from the DAB transmitter, giving you a gurgling garbled sound. Local & all the BBC stations are picked up loud & strong though & to be honest I generally only listen to a handful of radio station (BBC radio 1-4 & Wave 105 etc) You can switch between DAB & FM and store 10 of your favourites on each. At work I can't recieve hardly any DAB stations but on FM however, I can sometimes recieve several. The sound is adequte for a small radio & it does have several EQ presets such as Jazz & Acoustic etc but really annoyingly, the volume can only be incremented in steps! This can be a tad frustrating sometimes when the audio is either slightly too quiet but the next increment is a tad too loud. I would have prefered a volume control that was much smoother, with many more steps to suit any situation, especially on a radio that cost me £80! Using the Pure Move is pretty much like any other digital radio & once you've set your favourite 10 channels for both DAB & FM, it's a simple case of scrolling through your selections using the central 'joystick' button. It can be used with headphones, giving a wonderful rich stereo sound, where transmitted, & has an input jack for mp3 players etc, which may be useful for some. It would have been nice on a radio of this price bracket to have the ability for it to be used as a radio alarm - this would have been a handy feature for me, especially when on holiday but sadly it is missing, which is a crying shame considering its price. in hindsight I am not sure whether DAB was the best route to go, as in all honesty I listen to local radio or the 'big four' BBC radio stations & these have a very healthy signal in FM where I live. The FM & DAB stations sound EXACTLY the same with equally strong signals, so it sort of begs the question "What's the difference between FM & DAB?" The difference is that I could have bought an equally good little FM radio (with an alarm function) for about a third of the cost of the Pure Move. If you really need the few extra DAB stations or need to listen to TalkSport for instance, then the DAB route is the way to go. For the rest, stick to a good quality FM only radio and save a fortune... Customer Rating: Summary: Good radio with a few niggles Comment: This is a very good small radio with excellent reception and reasonable sound. I've found DAB very good at home and have therefore never used FM!The battery life is really excellent. I have a few small niggles with it that prevent it getting a five star rating: 1) It doesn't have an alarm/ wake-up feature. Given that almost every electrical device in th world now does this I was amazed. Add this and it would be the ideal travel radio/ alarm/ ipod player. 2) The on-switch is so recessed that I can't believe anyone has needed to use the travel lock! Quite a fiddle to switch on (followed by the usual digital delay as it gets itself going). This said, I have yet to find anything better, so if you wanta small DAB radio to use on battery, this is recommended. More Reviews