Wenpzeray Y-706 - Why isn't this $10 radio getting more attention? 

Pete! I hope you do and I will anxiously await that review! I am so flattered for the comment but a bit embarrassed because NOTHING I do here will compare to what you're doing!

@@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fbMaybe there could be more than one producer of most excellent videos? 😉

Or at least just more variety!

there are in UK

At $10 this is worth picking but anymore and it starts to compete with better options.

@@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb Is this radio better (for 24 dollars) than Clooblut RD218 receiver (20 dollars - including shipping)? I don't know...

@@Hunkiralyfi My guess is the Clooblut is the better radio, though I don't have one.. Todderbert posted on Facebook that the LiJiANi (which appears to be the same radio is currently (can't guarantee for how long) for $15.90 (after using a coupon) on Amazon. amzn.to/4cADlTd - Might be worth checking out!

Absolutely! And I love the analog style, but I really wonder how much more would a digital display cost?

I wish my SW-100 split it's shortwave band up...

I haven't killed the battery in the Y-706 yet but only listen to it for a few minutes at a time. the XHDATA D-219 (I don't have the D-220) is clearly the better radio.. but when you factor in bluetooth, usb, etc. the Y-706 makes a good case for a cheap knock around radio.

I agree! I'm not a fan of AAA batteries either.

I agree. I like the Wenpzeray and have made it a point to use it over the last several days. But, it is a radio that is best for someone who just wants a radio they can knock around, play the local stations, and have the flexibility to connect via Bluetooth or play MP3s, and for $10 it does all that decently well.

@@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb I do thank you for the video. I've certainly had fun playing with the thing. Wouldn't be the first radio I bought mostly for how it looks - is the cheapest one, though (RF320 was the most $$). BT is a big plus. I have no idea what people really do with just TF card playback...assuming they do have a phone. I hear the feature is valued, especially, by retirees in China who like to play loud music in public areas.

I saw a few reviews that said that this ate batteries. I have only run them on the BL-5Cs. Yesterday, I had to charge one of them for the first time but I have only been listening to them for a few minutes here and there. So far, I think for the price it's a decent little radio because it does so much. But there are certainly better radios for the same or not much more money.

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb Yeah, the Internet has messed up everything. Why can't we look-up something we're interested in, then go to a store in town and check it out. I'm a Ham Radio oporater (Amateur radio we call it here in small town rural Australia). The BL5c battery should give you at least 48hrs. They come in 500 mah up to 1100mah, and should be a NiMh battery. NiMh batterys have a secret, they can be "trickle charged" 24/7 til the end of time. One of those mini solar panels, 2 inch by 2 inch kinda roughly, should get you in the ballpark. 5.5volt, 100 to 200 mah's The best SW radio is the iCom One. Its got age to it now, has a couple of tubes in it, but weighs 12 lbs. The best deal these days, word of mouth. Get a CB radio, listen around, friendly chat here and there, something will pop up. More info, let me know.

I'd sure like to hear the story of a pocket radio saving your life. Sounds interesting!

Also now we have BL-4C batteries, which claim to have a lower incidence of swelling, at the price of somewhat lower capacity. I have yet to try them out.

I agree that you don't have to spend much more to get a much better radio but I see lots of buzz about other $10 radios and THEY don't offer Bluetooth, MP3, etc.

Yup, Americans love DAB. 😂

LOL DAB xD yeah no thanks. This tech is outdated and BAD. And it was already outdated and bad when it was released. Plus DAB doesn't even work properly in your car when you are driving and also don't have clear line of sight to the transmitter. Plus the power consumption for DAB (because of the decoding) is insane, compared to the passive reception and playback of analog radio signals. The only ones still constantly pushing this DAB crap are the paid lobbyists of DAB because it can't be the ones who actually heard it in action. The sound is worse than web radio streams because they cram too many stations at too low bitrates with an outdated codec into the their transponders.

I bought this radio based on your positive review because I wanted to get back listening to short wave. It's everything you said, especially for ten dollars. However, I found it almost impossible to tune properly. Is there a trick to finding stations? BTW, I bought two batteries on Amazon for under $7 . Got the antenna included with the radio for $14.

@@michaelpthompson if you have the fezeqin an-03 hear the night and have no result, your receiver have a problem. Hey.

Still no demo of the shortwave but I did just do a bandscan and while it did pull in some stations it didn't perform anywhere near as well as the D-219.

Yeah.. for $35 there are many many many more options worth considering!

@@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb it's true.

That's a deeply philosophical question. 🤓

I hope you're wrong about the life span! But, you're right that the Y-706 lacks build quality. The XHDATA D-219 doesn't feel expensive, but it does feel well built. If the Wenpzeray felt as solid it would be a heck of a little radio.

I'm not really sure. I'll have to check.

@@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb I might get one if it has Stereo on FM, Would have it on the MP3 Playback

I need to know ASAP, I'm buying one on amazon

@@MarioMania05 So, with stereo headphones it does play over both speakers but I don't think you're getting true stereo separation. It is just the mono broadcast over both speakers. Hope that answers your question.

@@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb It did, Thanks

I would much rather have a high quality radio no matter where it was built! But, sometimes you see something like this and you have to wonder is it much better than its price would suggest. I like the Y-706 but I would like it better if it was better made, maybe a bit bigger, even if it was twice as much.

"mUh UyGhUrS" No westerner, China's domestic economy is just _different._ Also, the USD is just more _powerful_ then the CNY.

It would be more useful to use something analogous to "three months worth of wages" or "half a loaf of bread" to get across the domestic monetary value. Not some random western propaganda.

@@qwertykeyboard5901 the gov is not making these, some company is laying out hard Yuan for the components. You need packaging, logistics, case stamping, printing,..... maybe this was made for the rural domestic market for a $1 and they stamped out a container with the overrun for export.

@@register1430I'm not the most familiar with the inner machinations of SWCC, but if I'm recalling correctly the truly "independent" companies are extremely small localized things. The larger ones are intertwined with the state. Sandboxed capitalism essentially.

I think the term "band" is pretty universal. Heck, the radio even calls it the band selector, FM, AM, SW.

@@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb So I clearly sea which kind of "expert" is writing this.

ITS 10 BUCKS. WHAT DID YOU WANT FOR 10 BUCKS. A DJ...

@@MeineMeinung-rt5qnYour arguing over semantics, yet you used "sea" instead of "see". Just.... Why?