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It has been great not only during the night but also during the day when we aren't paying attention to what the weather is doing. It also has battery back-up incase the electricity goes off.
This is the third weather radio we have bought and this brand has worked the best where as the other two either didn't get good reception or quit working after the first year. We have gotten really good reception with the radio.
We live in the country where we generally don't get good reception. It has also been great when our Direct TV goes out and we can't get the weather to see what is happening.
We really like the Midland WR300 Weather radio and glad we bought it. Most storms seem to happen during the night when we are sleeping so we bought the weather radio to warn us of an approaching storm during the night.
We know how far away the storm is and when we need to take cover.
When you are ready to program it, sit down with the directions and give yourself a few minutes. High Wind Watch).
I also like that I can press the Weather Hazard Button and hear the current weather conditions and the forecast for the next few days. You can program it to alert you for all counties within radio range of the National Weather Service or just the county you live in.
Living in the Midwest, I'm surprised I hadn't bought a weather radio years ago. Hurricane Watch) or alerts you just don't want waking you up at 3:00 AM (i.e.
The WR300 works well and gives me peace of mind. I purchased the WR300 primarily for tornado season but have been pleasantly surprised with it's effectiveness during the winter.
The Midland has many weather alerts and you'll need to decide which alerts don't apply to where you live (i.e.
We also researched it thoroughly and thought we were purchasing the gold-standard of weather alert products and it was important as our county (Charlotte) does not have a public weather siren warning system (but that's another story of irresponsibility). Well they are probably not aware that many of us have been struck by another "natural disaster" called the "Great Recession" and it is not possible to replace equipment with built-in-obsolescence every two years as it might have been prior to 2008 so my family now will have to go without due to another in the increasing list of greedy, irresponsible companies that care more for a few points added to their bottom line than civic responsibility. hurricane, flood, tornado.
Well one would think a responsible company would repair these while still relatively new at cost say of postage both ways. When I can re-purchase, I will seek out another brand of emergency weather alert radios, but NOT a Midland thank you please. but no, they want you to purchase a new one (or rebuilt one at new Amazon discounted retail price) every couple years evidently.
Living in Florida we have multiple perils. Why will it still get FM radio yet not alerts from the regional NWS. BTW, the top of the line Midland is somewhat designed in its set up and feature control like a product out of the 60s or 70s not the 2000s - so they are not evidently putting any R&D into this antique cash cow.
this weather radio purchased less than 2 years ago put my family more at easy - we slept better at night. This radio was fine for a while and a few weeks ago we stopped getting the weather testing signal from it and could not get weather news or alerts - according to other users on news groups it is "defunct".
For this reason I returned the radio. Anyone wanting to know about a weather emergency will see very large print; anyone wanting the time needs to wear glasses to bed to read in the middle of the night. I purchased this as a gift for an elderly aunt, thinking she would have a clock radio with the NOAA weather on it. This radio has all the bells and whistles, but the size of the time on the face of the radio is tiny.
Haven't had a weather warning in my area since my purchase, so don't know if that automatic feature will function properly, but all the rest of the functions work, so am sure this feature also will. Found that it is all that it was advertised to be. Very satisfied at this point.
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