ClooBlut RD218 AM FM Stereo Shortwave Radio Review

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The ClooBlut RD218 AM FM Stereo Shortwave Digital Portable Radio is an Excellent Choice at under Twenty US Dollars! Fantastic FM Reception, FM Stereo Sounds Great on Headphones, Back Lit Keys, Thirty Presets Per Band, Quick Tune, Shortwave is Easy to Navigate, Four Adjustable AM/FM Band Plans, Twenty Four Hour Clock, Alarm, Sleep Timer, and all Running on Standard AA batteries. Is it a Winner? Yes!
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Features I like about the ClooBlut Shortwave Radio:
Quick Tune. Priceless Feature.
Three Quick Preset Buttons.
Back Lit Keys.
Continuous Shortwave Coverage from 4.750 - 21.850 MHz.
Thirty Presets Per Band.
FM Stereo is where it's at on Headphones.
Above Average FM Reception.
Decent Shortwave Reception.
Digital Clock, which can be manually Displayed while the radio is On.
Alarm.
Sleep Function.
Seek Tuning.
Two AA Operation.
Clear Display.
Good For Local, and Semi Local AM Stations.
Ability to Delete Presets.
Auto Scan & Save of Presets.
Features that Could be Added, or Improved On:
AM Reception. It is weak on faint signals, and falls short when tuning past 1400kHz.
Longer Whip Antenna. It will boost this radio even further on FM/SW!
Ability to Manually Add Presets.
Overall, the Radio isn't Perfect, but Offers more than the Average Receiver in this Price Range. Even with the weaker AM circuit, this Radio would make my Top Ten Under Twenty Dollar list for 2023. If you love Digital Shortwave Pocket Radios, give this one a Hard Look :)
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@todderbert Год назад

(paid links below) As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. There are no additional costs to you. ▶ The ClooBlut RD218 AM FM Shortwave Radio at Amazon: amzn.to/3ZcfrHZ ▶ The ClooBlut RD218 AM FM NOAA Weather Radio at Amazon: amzn.to/3ZcYvkA

@cadesmith4278 Год назад

I was in Target with my 18 y/o daughter today and I saw some "Marvel" lip balm packages. Iron Man was one of the characters in the package. I showed my daughter and said "Iron Man, he's the man with the master plan--he loves Clooblut radios from China land..." She looked at me like I was crazy, as you can imagine...lol.

@todderbert Год назад

That is Awesome!

@user-ed7zd7lp5v Год назад

On behalf of the manufacturer, I can answer questions about RD218, thank you for your questions, we are already optimizing, the optimized product will not arrive until May, on Amazon. 1. The AM magnetic rod and the amplifier circuit are enlarged to improve the sensitivity of the AM band and weak signals. 2. The button light will automatically turn off after 5 seconds, and change to 8 seconds. Too long will increase the burden on the battery. 3. When adding FM reception, stereo settings. ST can be turned on and off.

@davidrhodes9997 3 месяца назад

Thanks for the review. I bought one! I love the crisp audio that this has on each band. It’s light and easy to tune and has proper volume and tuning dials.

@larrykeener5703 8 месяцев назад

Just got one of these from Amazon for $10.47. Did some testing last night with just the little antenna and was able to get a Nashville station from Tulsa. Seriously. $10! Thanks, Todderbert!

@70Accordion Год назад

Thanks for the review, As expected in these radios there is no external antenna input for FM and SW but I am pro in getting around that, I have been able to squeeze in a 2.5mm audio jack to serve as a external antenna input that looks like it was OEM. I didn't see any mentions for a DC in put jack to bypass the internal battery. I can resolve that issue as well if room allows. I really appreciate your time and effort doing this !

@NTPTM Год назад

Hej Todderbert thanks for the review the ClooBlut RD218 seams to be a great pocket radio and I like what I see here so yes gonna buy this radio it's also nice to have pocket radios for a low cost that are good. And yes have bought a lot of pocket radios lately which I am very happy with and I'm looking at some pocket radios today that I'm going to buy so nice with radios that take no space. But definitely the ClooBlut RD218 I'll add to the buy list take care Todderbert and have nice friday and weekend.

@user-ed7zd7lp5v Год назад

A problem that is often encountered is that there is no need to reset the time when changing the battery. When changing the battery, you have 2 minutes, when the memory is powered by the capacitor. Do not turn on the backlight at this time. It will discharge and the capacitor will be dead. Just reset the time. The battery can work normally at 2.0V-3.0v. If you use a rechargeable battery, it may only be 1.2V, and 2 cells add up to 2.4V. The battery symbol on the screen will only display half a grid. After the battery drops to 1.9V, the radio will not work. It shows no power.

@normanhill535 Год назад

Many of these DSP radios have a core CPU frequency of 860-900 khz, where radio will whistle or null. On FM around 98.4 to 98.6 FM or 100 FM.

@classicflytyer Год назад

I bought one after watching this video and am very pleased. Excellent radio for the money! Thanks Todderbert!

@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 Год назад

How is this $20? Amazing

@bibasik7 Год назад

Is that Comic Sans on the screen bezel? I don't think I've ever seen any commercial product with the Comic Sans font printed on it.

@jdock32778 5 месяцев назад

What clip are you using for the external antenna?

@normanhill535 Год назад

Russia has only a few old UKV Russian FM stations left. They are mostly 88-108 FM.

@tech29X Год назад

I have the LIJIANI branded version of this radio which comes with weather band instead of SW, and I'm loving it. FM performance is exceptional despite short antenna. So who cares if the antenna is short.... The audio is very clear and natural sounding. I find weather band more useful than SW for this size. Once you get into the SW band, things get too detailed, and atleast a TECSUN is in order.

@todderbert Год назад

The Short antenna works so well with FM, it is shockingly good.

@Jemorales594 Год назад

Whats the fm transmitter crane one sent me link?

@box42929 Год назад

Can you tell me which radio DSP chipset it uses?

@curiosolatino2414 Год назад

I'm looking forward to the XHDATA D-109

@todderbert Год назад

It will happen in days :) I filmed a ton this week with the D-109.

@NTPTM Год назад

Hej same here the XHDATA D-109 looks very nice and other tests I've seen it seems to have a very good speaker but I look forward to hearing what Todderbert thinks of the XHDATA D-109. But both the XHDATA D-109 and XHDATA D-219 are on my radio buy list because I think it seams to very nice new radios from XHDATA take care and have a nice day.

@normanhill535 Год назад

Sounds interesting. Memory has about 1-3 minutes time without batteries.

@14robertsonb 4 месяца назад

I do have questions about the radio (:

@CL-ty6wp Год назад

I have been using an online shortwave radio and was having fun finding all the weak signals with USB. I bought this not understanding what sideband was unfortunately and now i'm looking for a good ssb for under 50$. Any recommendations?

@todderbert Год назад

Check out eBay for something used. A new SSB radio can be had for around $79, in the form of the Tecsun PL330, at Amazon: amzn.to/40Afm0z

@CL-ty6wp Год назад

@@todderbert Thanks, I actually just watched your review on that one 5 minutes ago. Was thinking that one or the ats-20.

@vectorcollector4893 Год назад

I have a question for you. Would you consider this radio better than the? Lijiani 218wb Even though they're made by the same company?

@todderbert Год назад

Depends, I like having the weather band. If it was someone's only backup house radio, I would say get the Weather version. For those who like to explore, the Shortwave version is Fun.

@vectorcollector4893 Год назад

@@todderbert messqul If I'm spelling that right? Has come out with a new revitalized version of their pocket video. You might want to consider taking a look at it. All the reviews are amazing of the new version.

@RAJKUMARRAJARATHNAMSUBRAMANIAN Год назад

Which FM radio receiver is having more powerful receiving capacity so far from your experience????

@todderbert Год назад

Sangean PR-D12

@RAJKUMARRAJARATHNAMSUBRAMANIAN Год назад

@@todderbert thanks for your reply... But it is costly, any other radio lesser than this, around 8K INR...?

@ejc1956 3 месяца назад

I think someone in China was trying to spell “Cool” and ended up with “Cloo”

@jlichi1510 Год назад

Does the headphone wire act as the antenna?

@laoma4131 Год назад

I have the same question.

@user-ed7zd7lp5v Год назад

Yes, after plugging in the earphone, the earphone cable is the FM antenna.

@chrislochner4038 Год назад

The names, da horror, the names. Just picked up a clue butt blut same difference😂

@todderbert Год назад

I think they were going for Cool Blue when they released a few Blue colored Models awhile back...though I'm only guessing :)

@tenfourproductionsllc Год назад

Amazing for $20 you can get, and it has an alarm built in also so you don't need an alarm clock. Does anybody still buy an LED alarm clock these days? Thanks again.

@todderbert Год назад

With all my Radios, I have four working Radio Alarm Clocks around the Room ;)