V115 Shortwave Radio, Digital Radio AM FM, Shortwave Receiver with 1000mAh Rechargeable Battery, Presets, TF/AUX Playback and Recording, Bass Speaker, for Camping

Nice radio, small size with big sound. Easy to use and easy to record or play mp3. I like the long lasting rechargeable battery. I camp frequently and this helps with some music and entertainment.

I bought this mostly to play music and ebooks. I like the radio reception as well, its better than most especially for its size. I live on a hill that blocks most of the radio stations, I was surprised that this unit received stations I can't usually pick up on the FM. Sound quality is amazing for the size of the enclosure and the size of the driver. I found it will play mp3,wav and wma. it does not claim to do FLAC or MP4 (aac) files and in fact won't cause I tried it... I had a problem with the sd card not latching in place after I removed it a couple times. I opened it and found there is a small metal tab that provides tension on the spring bar that latches the sd card. I pushed that metal tab down a bit with a tiny screwdriver and it works fine again. I picked up a couple spare batterys, looks like I'll be using this for a good while. I have a pi-pirate radio, 3 or 4 Logitech squeezebox streaming radios, a jvc, etc,etc.as far as computer radios go , this one doesn't lag as much as the others, the fidelity is great on playback and the controls are easy to figure out after a bit of messing about with it . sound reproduction is better than an Ihome ipod dock I've got it next to. Overall for less than the price of a case of beer or a couple bottles of fine sparkling cold duck, what we've got here is an outright entertainment bonaza, that fits in your pocket. I liked it so much I gave my brother one. doesn't pickup much on the shortwave, but thats not really what I bought it for. all in all a dandy radio for office, kitchen or garage, even fits under the pillow if you like audiobooks. one of the better radio products I've used, especially at its price point. Great travel radio. edit 3/25/2020 - well I now own 2 of these little babies. so to keep them straight. I did a little cosmetic mod to one of them and colored in the indentations on the Volume rocker and the transport buttons. I used a white Sharpie (oil based) and a half a dozen q-tips dipped in alcohol for cleanup. I tried masking but my mad skills weren't up to it, turned out it was easier to just apply carefully the paint, then let it dry and remove the overage with the qtips. I wound up doing 2 coats to get sufficient coverage. not bad for 20 minutes work at the most, and it makes it easy to see which one is which at a glance.

The Retekess V115P is a feature filled little radio with a very good speaker for its size. I don’t notice much difference between it and a Sony desktop receiver I have. Performance is mixed. I find that FM and weather band are very good. AM is fine for local stations, but this is definitely not a DX machine. Some distant stations that I routinely get at night on some other radios just aren’t there. SW performance is similar. Strong stations come in well, but the radio really struggles on some weaker ones that I am used to hearing. The radio has a jack for an external antenna that may help with this, but I haven’t tried it. I have not tried longwave, since we have no LW stations, nor the Bluetooth reception or the play and record functions using a micro SD card (up to 32 GB). I am pleased to see that it’s possible to record both voice and radio. The manual is very thorough and well written. Also, customer service is superb. I emailed Retekess with a question about accessing stations that have been saved with an ATS scan and received a very helpful reply within only about two hours. Am I glad I have this radio? Yes. It’s great for local listening and weather, and I can see a need for some of its special features. Update: Since writing my initial review I found I could not get the sleep function to work. Customer service helped me by explaining that the band button needs to be pressed as a last step, something not mentioned in the manual. The sleep function then starts again each time the radio is turned on until the number of minutes to play is reset to 0. There is no sleep function indicator in the display.

Works great! I get more stations than ever. Good sound. Handy size . Enjoy the programmable stations.

Good for FM, The sound believe it or not is not bad with lows. I did not expect that. But the real reason I wanted this is for the shortwave band. Even outside at night about all you could hear is WWV on 5.000 or 10.000 and that's about it. I am a ham radio operator and have HF antennas up high and tested with that. Found strong signals on this radio and then went outside and this radio did not hear it and the included antenna. You have to direct entry the frequency because the scan on this shortwave radio simply don't stop on anything, even on WWV. I am not returning because I did not expect much but wanted to test and was hoping for better results. I would not buy again. If you just want it for FM and the built-in USB charging battery, then it's worth every penny.