Midland WR-300 Clock Radio - LCD

This weather radio does exactly what it is designed to do... monitor NWS and alert you with warnings/watches. It is easy to set up IF a person reads the manual. The selective alert disabling feature makes this radio worth a lot more. I use it in conjunction with our local Skywarn program as I am a trained spotter. The price is unbeatable. It amounted to $7.00 more than the local price for the WR-100 which is no where near this radio in capability. If you need a weather radio, buy this one. If you want a AM/FM clock radio... buy a clock radio!
 
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Well, I have this product that looks great, easy to set up, but until we get a rip roaring storm I won't know how the alarm works. But I had one before and I trust it will do exactly what it was designed to do. And if I never here that alarm, that will be fine too.
 
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The radio performs as advertised since reception in this area is OK at my location. The setup is easy to access but the actual setup can be somewhat confusing for a six year old child. It is best to review completely the setup options since there are many combinations that can be achieved.
 
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After having a tornado destroy our new house and losing all of our personal items, a weather radio was a "natural" purchase! This was easy to program and is easy to use. The only thing I haven't figured out is how to "erase" alerts that have expired! It's worked for several storms in the area!
 
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...like a fire extinguisher, airbags, and the flotation device under your airline seat. I also only HOPE it works, just like the airbags in my car but fortunately haven't been 'toned out' yet by the National Weather Service. Sure you can push the buttons and hear the forecast but there is no way of telling if it works until the NWS does it's emergency broadcast. I didn't buy this for the quality of the AM/FM radio so the complaints about the fidelity don't bother me. That part works fine anyway. I don't use it as a radio alarm clock because the display is LCD and you can't see it at night unless you turn on the backlight full time and then it lights the whole room in a blue-green glow. The important part about this item is that it works when you need it and all the reviews seem to indicate it is the best one out there.
 
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The overall performance is great. Very easy to program. Even has an AM/FM radio built in and also an alarm clock. I even bought one for my parents. Great piece of equipment to help keep you safe. I'd buy another one.
 
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If you live anywhere in the U.S. that has dangerous weather conditions, you need one of these radios. It can literally save your life. It is an amazing piece of technology and performs well. Replace your alarm clock with this unit. It gives you all the features of your current alarm with the peace of mind knowing that you will be warned of weather conditions that threaten life and property. It is very compact and fairly easy to use. I truly believe every household should have at least one of these.
 
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The Midland 300 has been around for several years now and has honestly reached the end of its useful life in the competitive field of weather radios. While the radio does provide weather warning notification, Midland decided to take the cheap way out and not fully support the SAME protocol, which is what allows the radio to sound a warning for your specific area. More current and better manufactured radios like the Reecom 1630 & 1650 are fully Public Alert CEA-2009-A Certified. In practical terms, this means the Reecom will automatically silence itself as soon as the "End of Message" data bursts are sent at the end of a warning. The Midland will keep you up nights or drive you crazy during the day by only shutting off after five minutes after the warning sounds. At this price range, the Midland should support that feature, and it does not. As of the summer of 2008, there are now better choices from Reecom in this price range.
 
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Living in SW Missouri, we should have had one of these years ago! The relative ease of setup was a nice surprise & delivery took only two days. Since we've installed the WR300, it has alerted us to several severe thunderstorms & flash flood warnings. We love the flexibility to program the unit for weather alerts in the counties of our choosing & feel much safer knowing it has a battery backup in case of power failure! I can understand why this unit is recommended as #1 by serious weather enthusiasts...I whole-heartedly recommend it as well!!
 
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This clock radio/weather radio is a breeze to setup and I love the fact that it can be customized for just the counties in my immediate area. I can hear the alerts from anywhere in the house. With the summer we've had, couldn't live without one any longer....and if you can only get one, make it this one!!
 
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This radio is easy to use and set up. Has come in handy already.
 
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This is my first weather radio. I am very happy with it. I struggled a little during the set up but after the programming was squared away every thing was cool. The second night we had it alarms went off. Thunder storms, tornado and amber alerts. My wife feels better now that it is up and running. This unit was bought at a very reasonable price. I am pleased hows it works and would recommend it to others.
 
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I like this radio for many reasons: It doubles as a clock radio. Programming is easy. Battery backup so you can disconnect it and take it to your storm safety location. S.A.M.E. technology.
 
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I think the _only_ downsides to this product is that it's ugly as sin, and that the battery backup can't be recharged (one of the competitors' radios did that). This works exactly like I wanted it to. Spent 20 minutes figuring out which areas I wanted monitored, which alerts I needed, added a couple nearby counties, and voila. Two nights after I got it, we had a bad thunderstorm - hail, bad lightning, but no tornados. It warned me 15 minutes in advance (first county), and then 5 minutes in advance (as it crossed the second county I programmed in). I can walk by, hit the button, and get a weather forecast. If there's an alert I missed, there's a light on for it. Clicking up or down gives the missed warnings. Brilliant.
 
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I am very satisfied with this product. The setup instruction are unclear in some areas. It would be nice if the manufacturer would read customer comments. In this case better instructions would make a good product better.
 
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Pros: S.A.M.E. codes to restrict alerts to only one or a group of counties (or respond to all received messages if desired), selective disabling of alerts (can set it to give audible alerts only for particular messages such as tornados if desired), selectable alert type (voice or siren), battery backup (works during power failures). Cons: Alert type selection is global (cannot choose voice for thunderstorms and siren for tornados, must pick one or the other for all messages), user interface is a little tricky (you probably need to read the manual for this one). Comments: Not the best AM/FM radio, but quite adequate for the purpose (useful during power failures). One additional note: there are two types of tornado messages (watch and warning). You can disable alerts for the watch, but not the warning. Tornado warning means a tornado actually exists. The tornado warning message does not show up in the list of different messages stored in the weather radio, but according to Midland, it is there and if the NWS sends a tornado warning message, the radio will respond to it.
 
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This is an excellent radio. Not just for AM/FM, but for weather.
 
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Many weather related alerts. Easy to setup for your area. Nice design. The reqular radio features works great and the system will overide and still give you any alerts that is in your area. Highly recommended.
 
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