Price range: £68.31
What is it: Solar-powered DAB radio
What we think: Great choice for outdoors types, but too lo-fi to be your only radio
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 22 September 2009
Tags: Roberts Radio, Roberts solarDAB, headphones, dynamic range, spectrum
We like:
Excellent DAB reception; solar-powered; L Band reception
We don't like:
No FM tuner; overly enthusiastic station listings
CNET UK judgement:
In the small, light and highly portable solarDAB, Roberts has achieved a good combination of smart energy collection, practical design and appealing looks. It's not without its faults -- chiefly its weak speaker and lack of FM tuner -- but, for gardeners and campers, it's a great choice
Full review:
No radio is more aptly named. Capped by a chunky solar cell and with a rechargeable battery under the hood, the £70 Roberts solarDAB is a receiver for the Kyoto Protocol generation. It looks to the future -- an age in which the digital switchover renders FM redundant and the National Grid finally buckles under the weight of all those plasma TVs -- and shows us how much better and easier the eco option could be. Continue Reading...
Roberts solarDAB History
2 Jul 2008 in Crave
Roberts solarDAB: Pray the Sun keeps his hat on
Roberts Radio has launched the solarDAB. For those of you who can't tell from the name alone, it's a solar-powered DAB radio -- apparently a world first
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