makita radio

[dom brennan]

hi all I've been looking at the makita radio, I've got the 10.8 one and its okay not great. so the question is the dab radio worth £50 more than the normal one i want one with good quality only listen to radio 1 and juice fm and also do it charge the battery

 

[gassafe]

I don't have a radio but I would get the dab one, its the future! Plus can't stand radio 1!!!

 

[neily01]

They run off of the batterys but dont charge them

 

[kris]

My bestest tool is my makita radio, first tool on a job and the last one outa the job, when I can get away with it it gets blasted full blast, , I have the black one ( non dab ), with iPod docking station,,

Makita BMR103B Jobsite Radio with iPod Dock - Black (BMR-103-B)

 

[kris]

Forgot to say I have been looking at the big Bosch one just for sound, only thing is I like how compact the makita is, but I don't have any Bosch battery tools to get the good of the charging function, as above the makita ones don't charge batteries and don't think much between dab and non dab,

 

[Ermintrude]

I have a red one. It charges phone and u can listen to Internet radio and I tunes via phone. I wasn't about to pay £250 for a radio.

I expect it to last 3 years. When "they" cut analogue dan raisins will be cheep cheep

 

[dom brennan]

Just bit the bullet and got the dab one

 

[zzzjim]

Please let us know how you get on with the " Bubbling straw , Milkshake effect "

when you leave a few kitchen unit doors open ! . ( My old DAB hated em )

 

[Rich8]

I've got the dab one same as that great bit of kit wouldn't be without it planet rock all day

 

[turnpin]

IMHO..now wrong with original radio if you retune to proper station's....lol regards Turnpin:8:

 

[solutions]

Sadly the version of Dab we have in the uk is poor and in no way superior to FM.. FM is better audio quality and most broadcast in true stereo something most dab stations with there horrifically antiquated and low quality mpeg compression do not.. Maybe if we had addopted dab + like much of Europe did it might be better. But sadly the technology they rolled out here was out if date long before a fraction of the population had a dab radio. The tech will die before it gains mass use. I very much doubt that they will turn off fm with only dab to take the reigns. It desperately needs to be superceeded but like most infer structure in this country it won't get the long term vision and investment it needs.
The Makita radios are good but really need a charge function like most of their competition have. Dab offers greater channel choice but chews through the bats faster and interference is a problem.
If I was going to buy one I would go for the dab one which also has fm not the dab only one or the bluetooth one.

 

[zzzjim]

I've got the dab one same as that great bit of kit wouldn't be without it planet rock all day

I was a Kerang fan boy , till it disappeared ... ( rationed to 1 day of my choice a week )

 

[newcastle phill]

I haven't got time for radio.
You bucky larstand

 

[Stanios]

I got the dab makita, and for £100+ radio it comes with crazy bass that you cant turn down thinking of selling it..

 

[ShaunCorbs]

I got the dab makita, and for £100+ radio it comes with crazy bass that you cant turn down thinking of selling it..

maybe turn off the rock music but its a common fault with one model

 

[ShaunCorbs]

whats peoples thoughts on the makita 106 any one got one?

 

[Millsy 82]

Get the DAB. If you don't get signal then on FM flick over to DAB and vice versa. Also you get absolute 80's planet rock and loads of others. This afternoon I was listening to the cricket.