Review of Pure PocketDAB 1500 Personal DAB Radio

Review by Bill 22nd November 2011, 23:28Insanely tough - see below, excellent battery, excellent value for money, Excellent all round, even if my current one breaks i'm going straight back for one of these...

The good:

I've had mine for over a year and i listen to it at work on average for about 5-8 hours a day. The battery life is long, and the recharge time is not too bad either, if i ever forget to recharge it and it goes flat, a 30 minute charge will last me for the rest of my work day. I would definitely buy this again & i have had my moneys worth already, and they've come down in price since i bought mine. Insanely tough - the front and back are metal, but it's lightweight, I work outdoors at a golf club, the other day i was working besides a bonfire and through a stupid chain of events accidentally my radio got dropped into the hot coals of the fire and i mean the fire had been burning all day HOT. It took the best part of a minute to find gloves and fish it out smouldering, obviously toast. I gave it half a minute to cool, plugged my headphones back in and just for the crack, hit the power button. It worked fine, even the display... don't get me wrong the plastic edge of the radio looks a bit UGLY, but it still works, i challenge you to put any other radio into a fire for even 30 seconds and for it to work

The bad:

The quality was so good i had to buy a big meaty PURE one for my kitchen and then when my dad admired it, i had to buy him one for for his birthday. Only bad cos i had to pay, not that it's expensive, i'm just a tight ass... ha ha...