Midland - WR120B - NOAA Emergency Weather Alert Radio - Localized Programming, Trilingual Display, 60+ Emergency Alerts, Alarm, Selectable Alert Tone

Nice little radio! We tested this out with another radio during a winter storm this weekend. It worked great. It had fantastic sound and signal. The NOAA weather channel came through great. It is what you would expect from Midland. It is lightweight and small. The flashlight was bright. It did what it said it would do. That said, I wish that it had solar charging backup. It is similar to the old transistor radios of my youth.

I able to figure out how to program it without even reading the directions, but I did go back and read up all the details to see if I missed anything. It actually has a lot of different alert options from visual, sound, and voice. The AM/FM works, although I imagine your reception has more to do with your location and surroundings than it does the radio. I see people complaining about it not giving off alerts, did you not choose your state and county? There’s no way it doesn’t go off unless somehow you screwed up when you were programming it. It’s not a smart radio, it doesn’t have GPS to locate your exact coordinates, so it won’t give you alerts without programming it. As long as you choose your state and county, you can know with certainty it’ll work. The S.A.M.E stations are pretty easy to check as there’s only handful of national codes, and depending on your region, the same codes can/will be different for someone in New York vs someone in Texas. I was able to pick up around 4-5 different codes (areas) within my state by moving the antenna around. I found most of them to be pretty similar in content outside of one that is located around 200+ miles away. The others were all about the same as far as areas covered and updates given. Check out the NOAA website and you can input your exact address. It’ll show you an interactive map, and show you the closest stations to you, the areas that your location is part of, and other relevant information. I suggest keeping batteries in it, and leaving it plugged in; as in the batteries should only power this radio whenever you’re without power. Some reviews complain about battery life, but if you have power, why would you ever waste batteries? I just don’t understand. It’s 4 AA batteries, not 4 C or D cell batteries. You can’t expect months out of a radio with this many features powered only by 4 AA batteries. That should be common sense. I spent a few hours messing with it, and left it on after setting it up. After about 5 hours, it still shows a full battery. (Batteries used: Duracell Optimum AA) After that I decided to plug it in, and leave it on my kitchen counter. That way when the power does go out, it’ll have batteries already in it, and it’ll be ready to go. At the end of the day, this is a weather radio.. with FM/AM radio/alarm clock features. Meaning this is a weather radio first and foremost, I don’t really care about the alarm clock, the AM/FM radio is a nice bonus, but I probably won’t use it for that to be honest. Living close to the Gulf of Mexico, I believe it’s a must to have weather radio for hurricane/tropical storm preparation. Hopefully I never have to use it, but if I do, then I’ll certainly be glad to have it. I don’t think you really put a price on peace of mind, but for me I’d say it’s worth it. Not only for peace of mind, but all things considered, it feels quality, and it performs well through the number of tests I ran it through. The alerts are loud. I’d suggest not keeping this in your bedroom, and especially not by your nightstand. I keep mine in my kitchen, and I can easily hear it from my bedroom; so just something to keep in mind. PS: To those upset about it shipping in the manufactures box; check before you buy. Amazon will warn you if the item ships in the manufacturers box. It’s literally right above the “place order” button, and it’s hard to miss. For something like this I don’t mind much to be honest. It arrived safely. Sometimes it gets thrown around more when it’s put into a larger Amazon box, so I only make sure to hide what’s inside when the item noticeably valuable, like a printer, security cameras, or a PS5. Mark the item as a gift if you wish to hide the contents, and it’ll ship in an Amazon box.

The ER10 is a very good weather radio and is a very good battery life with it still at 100% after using it for a good two days with it, even coming with its own battery’s. It’s pretty decently easy to use which unless you’re an iPad kid who haven’t even gone outside this week you should be able to use it as it’s just moving an antenna around and scrolling through numbers until you hear something that sounds pretty decent and once you hear the hope of a voice, you just move the arena around to get on the frequency. The WX band is where you hear what the national weather service is hearing the AM band is where you hear news and the FM band is we’re you hear muisic. The video is really weird though where it works in certain spots and not the others so it’s interesting. I found that mine works better outside. It’s late is very bright so if you want a good light during a power outage or something like that, it’s useful.. It’s very nice and small easy to fit in your pocket. And it’s a really good find for someone who just wants to be prepared someone who goes off the grade and camps and wants to know the weather or weather nerd. I personally really like this specific model which the model is very depending on what you get so I’m not sure about the others but this one’s pretty nice with if you get some others you need to like put in your county, but this one is just tuning in the frequencies. I pressed that from knowing the weather off the grid but Overall, this is a great product and I really like it.

With three charging methods (Solar, Crank, USB) this radio offers some peace of mind. It will also run on 6 AA batteries. Looks ruggedized although there is no mention of a drop test, and I didn't do one either. Features are easy to use and all worked as expected. With a listed weight of 1 LB it feels a bit heavy even without the 6 optional batteries however that is the 'cost' of extra features. Midland is a well known brand and you can hardly go wrong owning it. If there is one feature missing it is waterproofing or at least water resistant. Camping or during a water event evacuation one might expect water, so add a good plastic bag for it. John Z

Great radio, good reception, easy to set up and loud alarm. It is a great buy.

Well I must say this is one of the best purchases I have ever made on Amazon to date. Purchased this 10/22, now 12/25 and still working amazingly. It is surprisingly easy to transport around. The screen is not the brightest thing in the world, it also gets very slow after a long time, which it requires a “unplug/plug back in” to solve. The quality is a little meh, with the NWR audio sounding pretty poor and boring. Reception is great, although the channel selection process takes a long time. In terms of durability, it’s very durable and I have been able to use this radio for many years, I expect to be able to use it for many years to come. Not sure what the ideas mean by “fit”.

It's very easy to configure and setup. We were able to generate the test alerts when we first got it. We just went through a period of extreme flooding in our area, and the real alerts absolutely sounded. Make sure to keep the switch for alerting turned on and keep the volume turned up. The alerts were loud enough to be heard all throughout our house.

I love the radio and flashlight functions as they work well with cranking. The phone charging function only works well it the equipment is fully charged.

Nice item. Many thanks.

It’s a good radio for its weather alert focus but sound quality from the speakers are tin like and the battery life is terrible! I even use energizer max but still didn’t last long like the other radios and electronic devices I have.

Seems to work fine and do it's job. Haven't had any alerts yet but in test mode the alarm is plenty loud enough. Simple enough to set up if you are used to working with appliance menus,. Even simpler to operate. Single button operation turns weather forecast on or off.

There are two different tuning steps for AM (or MW) used worldwide and are incompatible - 10kHz and 9kHz. 10kHz USA and 9kHz Europe, Middle East and Australia. The unit that shipped to me was the US model with 10kHz steps so couldn't receive signals in the UK due to being off-frequency. If trying to tune to Radio 5 on 693kHz, the closest you can get is 690kHz so the signal is noisy because you are off frequency. So people may think they can't hear anything on MW/AM. I'm not giving it 1 star because the radio itself is really nicely designed and made. I would prefer to keep but I need reliable MW coverage. The fact that it uses a standard rechargeable battery is a really neat touch which means you can have a backup charged and ready. The construction is really good quality. I don't think the NOAA function works in the UK but that isn't of interest to me.

Funciona perfecto con la señal de alerta sísmica en la CDMX (igual EDOMEX), en general agarra la señal de radio de la alerta muy bien, no tiene el sonido "clásico" de la alerta sísmica pero el tono de alerta (es muy parecido al de un reloj despertador) es fuerte y claro incluso en su volumen bajo. No importa si se va la luz, con el respaldo de las baterías sigue funcionado a la perfección, tiene una salida de audio a amplificador o altavoz, salida de antena (RCA) externa para aumentar señal, salida a estrobo o dispositivo de alertamiento lumínico. Recordar que se debe estar en un estado con cobertura de SASMEX. Mucho mejor precio y función que el "radio oficial de sasmex" (precios exagerados de robo y hace exactamente los mismo, no se deje timar).