Midland WR-100 Weather Alert All-Hazard Weather Radio - WR-100B

I programmed the radio upon receipt (about 10 days ago) and had no problems. The reception is clear and, as of this writing, have had one warning. Comfort knowing in the middle of the night you will be alerted in the event of severe weather. The product works as intended - so far so good.
 
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Weather radio easy to program,good features,and great rice
 
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I purchased a weather radio for my mother and for myself. Programmed them both just fine. They work well, just be careful with the antenna or it will break off very easily. The manufacturer of the Midland radio needs to adjust the sound for when programming or pressing buttons on the radio. Extremely loud. You do want it loud for the weather alerts, but not for programming, the sound could be softer. I can press the weather button on it at anytime to listen to current weather conditions which is a very nice feature. Our local weather weather alert office sends a test signal every Wednesday at 6:15p.m. which is great so we can make sure our Radio is still working properly. Nice Radio, just poor antenna installation and a lower sound adjustment needed when pressing buttons.
 
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I can find nothing that I would improve with this product. Buy.com sells this for such a low cost that I expected it to be a typical cheap product. I was only looking for something cheap that would work and expected a high probability of being dissapointed. I was very suprised when I took this out of the box and found such a quality product. I set it up and have been using it about a month now and it has went off once, thunderstorm warning, and sure enough, a few minutes later the storm arrived. One thing I worried about was whether it would wake me up, Don't worry it will wake you up, and give you ample warning of approaching storms. You can set this to go off for warnings in your county only or multiple counties of your choosing or all alerts within range. This is a very good, quality product, easy to set up and use, and priced much lower than one would expect, I will buy another if this one ever quits.
 
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Best item I have bought in recent times and is a necessary item this time of year. Comforting to know I will be notified automatically of bad weather when I am awake or sleeping. Note; This should have been included in the setup instructions that you MUST leave the A C adapter plug in to the radio at all times or the backup batteries will go dead very quickly. I purchased a second one as a gift.
 
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It's a little tricky for a 60 yr. old to set up and the very lowest volume setting is too loud. I want to use it as an alarm clock but, it is annoying at the lowest level 1st thing in the morning.
 
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Great weather radio at a good price. It is very simple to set up & program-even I could do it! It gives us the knowledge that we want when bad weather is in the area.We live in the tornado belt & it is great knowing the radio will keep us informed of the conditions & alerts-it could possibly save our life.
 
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Have owned several weather radios. This one is by far the simplest to set up and operate. Compact design with good features.
 
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This weather radio is widely known and distributed. It is fairly easy to use and compact.
 
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This is a great weather radio, and I love that you can set the alert to silent for when you do not want it to go off.
 
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It was very easy to set up and warned us the 2nd night of a storm coming! Shopping was VERY FAST!!!
 
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Excellent transaction. Fast shipping, product works perfectly.
 
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This was a gift for my in-laws and they love it. Volume is loud if you need it to be and seems to be very accurate.
 
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This machine was very easy to program, using the SAME technology, and has been quite accurate so far. Would recommend to someone who is looking for a similar machine.
 
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I've never had a weather radio before, but I got a good deal on this and the reviews were great, so I decided to give it a try. So far so good. The build quality and features seem decent. One thing to note about these weather radios is they also provide other alerts, like if you live near a refinery/other hazards, the NOAA now works in association with local agencies to get the alert out. Neat, since I do live near refineries and there are occasional "shelter in place" orders, etc.
 
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I have had my Midland weather alert radio for about 3 weeks and I have felt much safer knowing this will alert me even when I'm sleeping. I take this radio with me when I go camping and it is easy to find and enter the code for the area where I will be. I wonder how I ever lived without it. Weather can change so quickly and when you love being outside, you need to be aware of the weather conditions. The warning broadcasts also give you explanations and suggestions on how to prepare for severe weather. This radio is awesome!!
 
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Live in Miami Florida and during the summer months we get very nasty thunderstorms, some with 70+ mph wind gusts. This radio is awesome and has alerted me to bad weather I didn't even know was comming. It's also great when you just want to know the weather and you push the button to hear the live weather service radio broadcast. I strongly urge people to buy this radio as it also alerts you to other hazards as well, not just weather. I think they make an excellent gift.
 
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Just having this in the house, we all relax more! Very easy to set up for the county you live in and does everything that it advertises it will do. I never considered purchasing a unit of this type until we move here from the Pacific Northwest. I shopped around, and came back to Buy.com. Always, the best price, service and the fastest order processing.
 
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I recommend this weather radio, especially for those living in areas where tornadoes and damage weather occur on short notice. I have been using this radio for about a month and it has alerted me to bad weather twice while I was asleep. A good bargain and about $10 less than Wal-mart.
 
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This is an absolute must for someone in an area that has a lot of bad weather. It will keep you updated, even in the middle of the night.
 
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I purchased this radio after we had a tornado come through our neighborhood, and I feel much safer knowing that I will know when the storms are coming (especially during the middle of the night when we are sleeping). Easy set up- everyone should have one if they live in an area where unexpected tornados can happen.
 
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Was not an expensive model, but just a very basic weather alert radio that "does the job!" Have only had it a few weeks here in the midwest, and it's already proved it's importance and usefulness. A little confusing during the programing setup, but if instructions are followed to the T, you won't have any problems. I purchased two, one as a back-up, just in case. Midland, it's a good choice for weather radios.
 
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Appears to work very well, I like the ability to select warnings for specific areas. Altho I have only one alert to date it was at 2:30AM and the radio did a good job of waking us to the warning, as I am in Florida I would suspect many additional warnings in the upcomming summer season.
 
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The weather forecast feature of this radio works alright, but it is not broadcasting alerts, and it took more than 2 weeks to discover this problem, which is the return time for buy.com. We are now having to send it back to Midland and hopefully they will remedy the problem.
 
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My wife and I wanted something that would warn us of bad weather coming our way during the night. We live out in the country and don't have sirens near by. This has been a great device. It was easy to set up and program. I would buy this product again and would recommend it to others.
 
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Recently ordered the Midland WR-100 Weather Alert All-Hazard Radio and received it in a timely fashion. Easy to set-up and use the radio once you read the enclosed instructions. Takes a few minutes to enter the county-specific "SAME" codes, but all functions are now operating fine. In fact, as I write this the radio's warning tone has just sounded because of severe storms -- in January!
 
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The Midland weather radio is an excellent product. I've had one for almost a year now and it has performed flawlessly. It has given us advanced warning for severe storms and tornadoes on numerous occasions, allowing us time to prepare. It's greatest value is at nightime. The alarm is sufficiently loud enough to wake myself and my wife. The only drawback we had was an amber alert that went off at 2 in the morning. I just purchased a second radio (cheaper than last year) for my mother in law. She is in her 60s and needed a little help to get it set up properly, hence the score of 4 on ease of use. She lives over a hundred miles away from us and we wanted to ensure her safety as well. I highly recommend this item for safety and piece of mind, especially in the Midwest.
 
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This is an excellant product. It was very easy to set up.
 
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very easy to use and fine quality, highly recommend
 
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We recently had a tornado in our area that did much damage and killed nine(9) people. A number of our neighbors were alerted by their weather radios. Many of them told me they had Midland radios. I didn't have a radio but after that close call I ordered my own Midland radio. It was very easy to program. It is nice to know that if bad weather comes while we're sleeping we will be awakened and can take action. I sleep much better at night knowing my Midland radio(with it's back-up batteries) is awake. I was surprised at the small price for a radio with so many features. It's such a small price to pay for some peace of mind
 
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