Roberts Play 10 Portable Radio

A very simple stylish radio bought for my mum, aged 88, who needed something simple to operate. This radio is perfect for her. Three DAB presets is enough for her three favourite stations. I'm very happy with this. Price is fair and realistic.

Very pleased with the quality and reliability of this radio. The sound is excellent in both treble and bass frequencies, and station tuning and storage is straight forward, as described in the instruction manual. I've only ever used this in mains-powered mode, so cannot comment on battery life. Yes, there are cheaper FM/DAB/ DAB+ radios out there, but Roberts quality and reliability is what you're paying that little bit extra for. Highly recommended.

I found this ROBERTS portable radio to be generally very well designed and also robustly made. The basic controls are simple to use and large enough for all finger-sizes and abilities. The instructions are very clear and easy to read, and I found that for a small portable radio both music and speech were more than amply clear . There is a simple menu button for switching between DAB & FM, and I found the quality of sound of both formats crystal clear. The menu button can also be used to further optimise sound quality of various stations . Tuning through the numerous various stations is very easily performed by turning a fairly large knob, and the radio's visual panel then displays which station is being aired in ample-sized lettering. Up to 3 DAB channels and also up to 3 FM channels can then be simply preset for instant access at the touch of an individual button. In brief, this ROBERTS portable radio has been generally well thought-out and designed for remarkably simple operation, and so would equally be suitable for persons of 'maturer' years who may well find the operation and small button-sizes of other similary priced portable DAB/FM radios more difficult for those who may be less dextrous. However, there are inevitably some drawbacks in this fairly budget-priced radio. For instance, the information on the easily-read screen is limited basically to displaying the name of the station tuned. Others will know that many other even cheaper DAB radios display such information as the names of artists and also details of music tracks being played etc. Also, if using this as a personal radio to listen through headphones/earphones, the listener will soon realise that the sound is purely mono. After so many deacades listening to the spread of stereo sound, some may find it distinctly uncomfortabe listening for any length of time to find the sound seemingly coming from a mere pinpoint in the centre of the head. There are some other portable radios of comparative price on the Amazon site which are of metal/wood construction and which have twin speakers, which Amazon customers review as having ample stereo sound. For some 'maturer' listeners, although there is an attached hand-strap for carrying from the wrist, the weight of this ROBERTS radio is rather heavier than smaller models -especially when optional batteries have been inserted. However, in comparison with smaller, lighter models, these possible deficits are far outweighed by the benefits of the ease of operation of this ROBERTS model -and especially the comparitively larger button sizes. In summary, this retro-looking ROBERTS portable radio should prove more than satisfying in providing easily accessed enjoyable listening at a very reasonable price.

This is a superb little radio. Easy to set up. Easy to tune. The appearance makes it easy to view the station info. good quality of sound. Really happy with it.

Very smart little radio with good sound

Perfect for the cost Easy to use

Brilliant, great signal and sound. It could do with the on button ageing dayglow

The Radio is very easy to set up and the large Tuning dial displays most of the Digital channels you could wish for. Sound quality is very good for its size. Unfortunately, just after the return window has been shut [ie I have had the radio a month ] I am getting a very intermittent display and sound dips and switches the radio off. Signal is very good here and I've tried both battery and mains connections and re setting the radio. It works for about half hour then the display starts flickering and sound disappears again. The photo shows the flickering display illuminated but no radio station shows. Very disappointed.

Adaptateur pour l Angleterr et pas pour la Belgique 🇧🇪

The look is fine but it has not very good reception. Edited & added: the sound is mono! Terrible!