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| MIDLAND WR300 Weather Radio | 
 enlarge | Brand: Midland
Category: CE
List Price: $79.99
Buy New: $41.20
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Avg. Customer Rating:  417 reviews
Sales Rank: 483
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries: 4
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 7 x 5.5 x 2.3
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: WR-300
Model: WR-300
UPC: 046014743007
EAN: 0046014743007
ASIN: B00009V2YV
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Completely customizeable. May 3, 2006
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
We rarely use our old weather radio, because like the boy who cried wolf, its perpetually sounding the alarm because there MIGHT be a thunderstorm 30 miles away. But with the SAME technology, I was able to program this to only go off on warnings that affect our area. For watches, it just lights up and puts a text warning - no waking up for things that haven't yet reached the emergency level.
As others have noted, it'd be nice if there was more control over the light level, and the time could be larger. But these are minor considerations. I'm buying another radio for my office.
 Works great, setup harder than necessary May 3, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have a WR-30 for myself, but I bought this one for my dad. I tried to help him set it up over the phone, but I still had to go over and see if he set it up right. It was just difficult for me to read the instructions and try to explain them to him. In the end, I think he did set it up right, but didn't know it. It works well when there are storms, once we had it set up. There needs to be a quick setup guide, if all you want to do is put in the station number and your county code.
WR-300 Midland weather radio April 29, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
For the price point, I don't think I can do any better. I kind of feel Midland should had provided a way to clear alerts without having to "wait" for the alert to go away, or, without having to unplug power and remove a battery.(requiring a clock and date reset) But, that's a very minor complaint. It does everything else quite decently. The wakeup alarm tone could be a little louder, but again that's being "picky." Overall, I like the radio. That last tornado was too close last time. This radio should alert us for our specific county and the county to the west of us.
I was even more impressed with how well Amazon.com handled our order!
Does what it says April 26, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought this radio as a weather radio and just to be informed of weather emergencies while asleep or when the power goes out. It's in my home office and when there is an alarm, I am able to hear it throughout the house even with TV on or people talking. It allows me to be prepared for emergencies before an alarm is even broadcasted elsewhere and because of the battery backup since I loose TV signal often. This machine does what it says, and does it well!!Easy set up, instructions clear.
Great product, although instructions could be clearer April 20, 2006
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
The Midland WR300 weather radio allows you to monitor weather alerts for only the counties you specify (using the S.A.M.E. feature). It also allows you to turn off notifications for certain weather alerts. For instance, I turned off the notification for thunderstorm watches. The WR300 wisely does *not* allow you to turn off notifications for tornado warnings, so you don't have to worry about accidentally disabling its most important feature. The battery backup saves all your settings in the event of a power outage.
The instruction manual was adequate although a bit clumsy. The S.A.M.E. code instructions in particular are dense and require a few read-throughs. But once you wade through the instructions and get the radio set up, it couldn't be simpler: it turns itself on for your specified weather alerts and turns itself off afterwards.
It's so easy to use that I'm going to buy another unit for my elderly mother. However, I won't force her to set it up herself.
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