Selling for $80 on Amazon, the Makita Worksite radio comes in at a good price. You have to buy the $64 lithium battery separately like the well reviewed Milwaukee 2590 Worksite radio, which costs $20 more. Paul has linked us with a good product description of the Makita, but still there is still no definitive review.
One Amazon review complains about the tuner sensitivity and even drift, which is odd, considering the Makita has a digital tuner.
Similar to the Makita in appearance is the $105 Sangean U3, which I like quite a bit in spite of its lack of a lithium battery option.
One of the things I like about the Makita job site radio is the multiple auxillary ports so you can plug in your iPod/mp3 player.
But one of the things that sucks about it is that it won't charge the battery when its plugged in. It has a battery charger, but it would be nice to be able to charge it from an outlet while playing.
Posted by: Mark | February 19, 2010 at 02:23 PM