SONY ICF-C218 FM Radio

I bought this bed clock for my mum. She had been wanting a budget portable bedside Radio-Alarm Clock for sometime without going overboard my wishes for a Bose Wave III, so I ordered this.
Good product. Great volume levels, will definitely wake you up in the morning!
Quality wise, Sony is good most of the time, good quality snooze buttons, feel solid and almost unbreakable.
The Bad - Resets itself within a couple of minutes of power failure, I simply don't understand what the battery is for! V...

The 1st thing i realized when i set up this radio was the clock with 24 hour format of the clock, it was a real upset. You out get feel of railway station clock whenever you have a look at the time.

Pros:
1. Good reception.
2. Descent brightness of the clock led
3. Very friendly operating
4. Very Compact and light weight

Cons:
1. 24 hour clock format
2. Mono Speakers
3. Manual tuning
4. Volume of alarm in snooze mode is pretty low

Overall verdict is you can go for this Product as there a...

The product is worth buying. Radio is very powerful & sensitive. Also provided by the back-up powered in case of power failure. Very compact and good looking. One minus point - no choice for colour selection.

Back up should have been standard AA or AAA batteries... Not available.

Manual FM tuning is a pain... Digital tuning would have been any time better with presets however that will also fail due to frequent power cuts :D

Good built... product is good. but misfit for Indian cities. Buy only if you have whole house/office with continuous power backup ... preferably in UPS mode... not just inverter or DG set.

Display is good & bold...I like it !!!

The sound quality is okay (you can't compare this mono with stereo speakers though). But features are really gud! One thing to notice is: Clock shows time only when powered from AC socket. Once turned off, the DC battery inside will ensure it keeps time updated. But it will not be displayed until turn ON the AC power again. If you can't live without Digital tuning, think twice before going for this one... It only has analog tuning. Though analog has its own charm of being the "good old" :) an...

Very good light weight product having some pros and cons comes up with a big name called SONY. Currently i am using it, in fact First day of use.
Pros:
1. Provided by internal battery for time (without power purpose).
2. Snooze is provided.
3. Best FM reception quality i have ever heard.
4. Compact and easily movable

Cons:
1. 24 hours time format
2. Sound output must be stereo
3. No headphone/Audio out provided.
4. No facility of Audio IN for cellphone music output.

The display is decent and is just perfect for the night (not too bright to light up the entire room and not too dim so that one can't understand the time). The battery is a small coin cell battery primarily present to save the time. It DOES NOT show the time or do anything when it is on battery power. The FM reception is not great (one mono speaker with mediocre audio quality and if you're expecting any type of bass, you won't find any).
But, even when it has its problems, its just perfect. ...