J-166 Small AM FM Radio

Great little “transistor” radio. The FM is crystal clear, not had much call to try the AM as yet but judging by it so far I’m shure if there is a signal, it’ll get it. The speaker and volume are incredible considering its price and size. Money well spent!

December 2025 update: As I promised, here is my update having now used this radio out in the hills whilst wild camping:- 1. The reception was excellent. Far better than I'm the house when I first tried it. 2. Sound quality is good. It's not tiring to listen to like really tinny, cheap transistor radios of old were. It's got some detectable bass as well. Not thumping of course, buts it's registering where bass would be in a track and projecting it. 3. It's so light and compact to carry that taking it with me for the night was a no brainer. It's robust feeling as well for what is essentially and all plastic item. (Apart from the aerial of course). I like this radio that much that I'm going to have to upgrade my review from four to five stars. It's the quality Vs the ridiculously low price. Any questions you have about the radio I'm happy to answer if I can. Cheers. Early impressions are that the sound quality is very good. Clear, not too tinny a sound. Finding stations is a little fiddly as the adjustment wheel hardly needs any movement for some FM stations. AM signal is good as well. I find it's a little hit and miss indoors with the reception and a slight movement in the radio position can lose signal. I've yet to try it when out camping in the hills which is the main reason I got it. I like that I can plug in some wired earbuds as well. I do like to use wired earbuds for listening when seated or kicked back relaxing. It's just about the right size. Any larger and it wouldn't really be suitable for packing light. I'm impressed so far and for a tenner it's unbelievable really. I bought one I their DAB radios for the kitchen as well and that's also pretty good. I've had Grunding, Sony and Roberts portable radios costing much more and this is pretty good in comparison. (Not quite as good, but not a millions miles away). Where the likes of other more well known brands win out is in the quality of reception and ease of tuning. They pip this radio. But again for a tenner it can't be beaten so far. I can recommend it but I will come back with a real world update review over the next few months as I put it through it's paces.

Nice little radio. Sound randomly goes louder and then back to normal but it's not too much of a problem. Easy set up. Only got it for my dog to provide some sounds while she's home alone to help with separation anxiety

Great price and quality easy to use good sound quality. Pocket size , rugged nice design

A very good value little radio, with a speaker as well as a headphone outlet. Tunes well and the green light shows when at its best.

Really impressed with the sound quality..... A lot better than expected..... Excellent value for money and picks up stations well..... Perfect for kitchen which was the main reason for buying it Highly recommended..... Looks great too.

Bought this in June and it's faulty by the end of November, very disappointed... went to look at returning it and it's a very drawn out process so for the sake of £10 not worth the hassle. UPDATE: To be fair to the company they got in touch and were very polite and issued the refund so perhaps I was just unlucky with my item but the customer support was excellent .

Great small radio with good reception. Due to its design- tall standing, it's prone to falling down from the table if you accidentally move table (wind, bang). I bought it for emergency radio, so it's not a problem. It actually has a belt clip which can be useful during a field trip. For a radio that suppose to stand in one place, I would choose something more stable.