ZHIWHIS Shortwave Radio, Portable Weather Radios with 7 Backlight Colors and APP Control, AM FM VHF SW WB Receiver with Bluetooth, Radio Recording, 6 EQ Modes Rechargeable Flashlight SOS Alarm ZWS-787

I have a Grundig SW AM/FM that I bought 20 years ago to DX with. I have not DXed in a long time, and recently dug out my Grundig while cleaning out for a garage sale. I started playing with it again and watching Todderbert on Youtube review radios. After watching Todderbert, I bought an XHData D608WB radio as a small traveling AM/NOAA radio for camping and road trips. I am very happy with it, but now I want one that is pocket size and can easily fit in my motorcycle tank bag. I watched reviews on Youtube and ended up buy this little guy. Once I got it, I realized it is really tiny, and I thought I might have wasted my money. I found it a few days ago on sale for under $30 and pulled the trigger. There are multiple clones, and this is probably a clone...who know who the real manufacturer is, but this one was the cheapest clone. I got it yesterday, and started playing with it. I got my XHData, as a control, and sat outside for some daytime DXing. This little guy matches the XHData punch for punch. The sound is way above tinny, and it brings in distant stations just as well as the XH. It does not have a way to attach a long wire, but it is not meant to be a pro DXer. It is meant to be a pocket radio that you can transport easily. Both the XH and this little radio are solid performers for am/fm/noaa. I don't care about SW, just am and weather. If you are looking for a portable radio to carry on a trip or inexpensively listen to am radio for the talk, news, and sports, you cannot go wrong with either of these radios. The XH is small, but the ZHIWHIS is tiny. If I had to pick only one, I would pick this one, because it does everything the XH does, and just as well. I got the XH for on sale with a coupon too for under $35, so no big investment for either radio. However, they perform way above their cost. I think I am done now with purchasing as I have my two little guys and my Grundig for serious DXing. Oh, and both the XH and ZHI have mp3, and sound quite well with headphones. They are not pro audio, but if you are sitting around a campfire, or just sitting outside on a nice evening, you can relax with a pair of headphones and some mp3s. Hope this helps. I am not a paid reviewer, nor did I get any solicitation to review these radios. I am just very pleased with both my purchases, and I get mostly crap these days when I buy something, so these are worth writing a review for. Everybody complains about Chines crap, but the reseller tells the Chinese manufacturer what specs to make their stuff to. These radios are Chinese brands, but the specs are solid. Don't be afraid to buy either one of these, but buy the cheapest clone. This is not a review so much for the ZHIWHIS brand as it is for the model of this radio. I think Raddy makes this little radio also, or another Chinese company...I cannot remember, but this was the cheapest clone as I said.

Awesome deal fun radio. Nice small radio with good reception the app lets you control it from your phone so you can use a keyboard to input freqs to tune. The radio works really well and I like all the accessories they give you long wire antenna, charging cable, nice headphones and a cool plastic carrying case to hold it all. It's a fun radio and I was able to program in all my AM/FM/ Police/Fire Freqs and listen to. Functions very well and has a nice little speaker which sounds good you can also listen to the micro SD card with mp3's ( with app you get track name). Really fun radio highly recommend.

This tiny little radio is amazing but with a minor hiccup. It uses an advanced Automatic Gain Control (AGC) circuit that can take a moment or two to lock in and separate your desired signal. Like all digital signal processors, there is a brief pause between frequencies as you tune through the spectrum and you may not hear your desired signal for a few moments. Just be patient and let the processor do it's s business. During peak conditions I was able to hear medium wave AM signals at nearly every available allotted frequency, or every 10 kHz. It's much more selective than I anticipated but as I stated, you may need to give it a moment to clean up the signal. Shortwave performance was just as impressive when connected to a good external antenna. Don't expect to hear much on the whip with only slightly better reception on the included clip on wire antenna. Once you get it on a long wire or loop, you'll be surprised at what you'll hear. Reception on all other bands is average and on par with all my other comparable radios. I get all my usual FM stations, weather and aircraft/ATC and in good conditions I can get fairly good FM DX on the wire. I don't know what chip this uses and I'm tempted to tear it open and have a look but since the chip is probably scrubbed anyway, I doubt I'll get around to it. If I do I'll update this review. Battery life is good to very good and sound quality is better than expected given the small speaker size and headphone experience is as it should be. The only fault I have with it is the red trim ring on the speaker grill popped off over night. I just woke up to find it on the floor a few feet from my nightstand. Has no effect on the operation, of course but it's noteworthy if appearance is a big deal to you. A little glue should do the trick. All in all it's punches above its weight and a good buy overall.

Very fun radio. I’m an avid sw listener and have many radios. I love the size of this one for trips. No it doesn’t have ssb but it’s sensitive enough and has great sound quality for its size. My go to radio for work too. Update! It’s fragile! I messed mine up just walking around with it in my pocket. Be careful!

This is a great radio. I get good reception on all bands. The battery life is very good. I charged it once when I got it and haven’t had to charge it again yet and I use it everyday.

I purchased this radio on sale and I am shocked at what I got for that price. It is an amazing sounding radio that is so tiny. It comes in a cool looking gray case to start with decent earbuds and to my surprise, a long antenna wire for FM or shortwave reception. Selectivity is pretty good as well. The red, white and blue color reminds me of GE radios during the bicentennial. The weather band with NOAA alert worked perfectly with recent severe weather we have had here. I have yet to try the SD card functions but I did try out using it as a simple bluetooth speaker and it worked great for that. I've never seen a radio that size before with such a great sound. Build quality is good too and it feels solid when you hold it. Just be careful of that tiny antenna as I can imagine it is very delicate.

Small in size but big in reception. App works perfectly.

Great little radio with a lot of features. Speaker sounds great.

Fairly useful. The battery doesn't last too long though!