Update, June 2022: Nearly six years. All below still applies, but I will report that the button sensors are now getting a bit worn and sometimes have to be pushed more than once. I'll be honest - I usually read 5 star reviews last. Many review a product when they've just gotten it and are excited by the new purchase. When I review products, I review them after I've owned them for a good while. I bought this specifically to be a shower radio. If that's what you're after, I'll say again nearly two years after my four year review that this is the product to buy.******At this writing, it's July, 2020. I bought this item in July 2016 because I enjoy listening to radio and podcasts during bathroom time. It's mounted in my shower stall below the shower head and above the shower handles. I found I couldn't get quality sound no matter how loud I turned up the radio outside the shower. This radio has taken a shower with me every day since then and it still works as well as the day I bought it. I spent around 80 bucks for it and it might be my favorite all-time Amazon item purchase. I recently purchased a second that I keep over the kitchen sink.I remember the questions I had in my mind when I bought it so I'll share what I've learned after 4 years of use:Q: Will this radio really stay on the wall in my shower when I'm constantly getting it wet?A: Yes. Totally. I've had it for four years. I use a handheld shower sprayer. I've drenched it for four years. It's firmly stuck to the wall in my shower and has never come loose.Q: Won't the batteries or components get wet?A: No. I've drenched it. The batteries don't get wet. Ever. The display is as prominent as the day I first used it. The buttons work fine. I have no worries that it will suddenly short out. It works great.Q: Even if the batteries stay dry, how long will they last?A: No kidding - FOREVER!...well, close. This might be the most impressive aspect of this item. I put cheap, dollar store batteries in this radio and it's my constant companion almost every time I go into the bathroom. Somehow, the batteries last for many months. Seriously, don't worry about battery life for this radio. It's amazing how long they last. Also, there's a battery strength indicator on the display - when it gets to one bar, it means you've got at least a couple weeks. There's no reason to buy a plug-in power supply or worry. Just buy some D batteries at the dollar store twice a year and you'll be fine. You'll be in the shower and actually say to yourself - "How the heck are those batteries lasting so long?!"Q: How's the volume?A: The volume is good. The volume control goes up to 30. I have a hearing issue, especially with background noise, because I'm more than 50% deaf in one ear. For radio, I set the volume to 20 or 21 while in the shower and I have no problem hearing anything with the water running full blast. Occasionally, the volume isn't so good when picking up streaming over Bluetooth. This has more to do with how the source material was recorded than the quality of the radio volume. If you're looking to blast music for a serious bathroom jam-out session, this is the probably the best you'll find as shower radios go - just look at the ratings of the others on Amazon.Q: Does the Bluetooth work?A: Yes. The Bluetooth connects as well as it does for any device I own.Q: How's the radio reception?A: I live relatively close to a small-ish city, in a good-sized metropolitan area. I listen to radio a great deal and I have no issues picking up the more popular local AM or FM stations in the nearby city. Radio reception is dependent on a variety of factors, so I can only say that I'm happy with it. This radio is as good, or better, than any radio I've owned when it comes to radio reception.Q: What about the emergency alarm feature?A: In the four years I've owned this radio, it's gone off maybe three or four times. When it's gone off, I've already known why it was going off - major storm coming in, etc. If the radio isn't within 20 feet of you, I doubt the alert would wake you up. If you're worried that alerts might be going off all the time, I wouldn't worry about it. If you have the opposite concern, and are wondering if the radio will alert you to major events before the internet and media, the answer is that it won't. The alerts would only be useful to someone with no contact with any kind of external media.Q: The clock is battery operated, so does it keep time?A: Yup. Unless you entirely kill the batteries, the clock will keep accurate time right up to the last breath of the batteries.Q: Whats the deal with the emergency light?A: In the event that your power should go out while you're in the bathroom, the radio has a flashlight built into the side. The light power is like a flashlight you'd buy for a buck or two, but much better than a cheap LED light. So far, I've never had to use it for real, but I push the button every now and again to see that it works.Any negatives? Yes. There's a minor design flaw. When you're in the shower, splish-splashing around, you occasionally find that what you're listening to has suddenly been muted. This is because the grates over the speaker can get filled with water when hit with water at a precise angle. This is easily fixed by simply tipping the radio and letting the water drain out. If you have a hand sprayer in your shower, you can also just give the speaker a zap of high thrust water. Also, about a year ago, while changing batteries,the spring in the battery compartment between the battery and the contacts came off. I simply position it back in place when replacing the batteries and it works fine.Final tips:Read the instruction manual.If you want a shower radio, this radio is a no-brainer. Buy it.First, I really like this unit the only reason I did not give it five stars is the instructions that are included with it. To get to the point, to get it out of the weather alert function, press the weather alert button again to see the display say "off" then hit the power button again. If it goes back to the weather alert press the "band" button and you will go back to to FM or AM. Problem solved. But it took quite a bit for me to discover this.I received the radio and it was everything I wanted in a shower radio: sturdy, attractive, and the sound and reception was great. A couple of days later I accidently hit the weather alert button, which is directly below the volume button. Whatever I did I could not get it off the weather function. I followed the instructions in the booklet. I could turn it off but it would go right back to weather if I turned the power on. I tried taking out the batteries etc. Nothing worked. I looked for some help in the reviews and found someone had the same problem in 2017; someone suggested in the review that there was probably something wrong with the unit. So I went to "chat" with customer service. We both went through the booklet and the same steps. (By the way this person was very professional and helpful) Same result, so I sent back the original unit and got a replacement. I got the new one and out of curiosity tried the same "mistake" sure enough same result. Now I knew there had to be another answer. As I was looking at the diagram in the book I thought again about the "band" button which is clearly stated to function as the one to use to go between AM and FM. I decided to press it to see if it took out of the weather mode. Eureka! it worked, so I had actually accidently returned a perfectly good unit. Someone is going to get a good bargain. Hope this helps customers and customer service. The answer is no where in the instruction booklet.I've had a couple of these Sangean radios over the years, and this time I decided to splurge for the Bluetooth version. I wish I hadn't spent the extra money for it, as for my purposes it is useless. While it connects to my phone just fine, it has no operational controls whatsoever on this "band," so that effectively you are at the mercy of using your phone to start playing, fast forward, rewind, or pause. All you can do from the Sangean is connect and control the volume. That defeats the purpose and utility of bluetooth: I wanted to be able to listen to podcasts in the shower and keep my phone on the counter where it is safe and dry. This isn't the tool for that job. But the radio still works great!Wife wanted an FM radio for the shower that was simple to use. This one seems to fit the bill nicely, and has weather radio to boot (and the bathroom is our tornado shelter, so it’s nice to know it will always be in there). It just took her a couple of minutes to dial in her stations, and now she is all set for tunes every morning. We’ve only had it about a month, so I can’t speak to battery life or longevity, but I don’t foresee any issues there. In these days of micro electronics, this unit is kinda big and heavy and reminds me of a radio I used to have in the 1980s… but it hangs just fine on our shower rod so that’s not a problem for us.This is my second Sangean shower radio that I have purchased. My old radio recently quit having any sound. I called the company and (surprisingly) talked to a real human on the first pickup. He was very helpful with my problem and suggested a few things. My old radio could not be fixed so I purchased a Sangean again. The best radio and customer service was great!! Highly recommend.This lovely radio arrived yesterday and I found it really easy to follow the instructions to set up pre-sets etc. Great sound.The radio doesn't work.Bought this radio for my new bathroom. it has easy to use controls and produces excellent sound. when i saw the size of the unit i was expecting a tinny sound but it is as good as a £100 stereo. Was a bit disappointed because i mistoke where it said Digital as DAB. The digital in the title refers to the tuning and this is only an anologue radio.Good product a bit deceiving in the words but would recommend to a friendNo good for the uk, can only tune a few fm stations please note this is not a dab radio.Sits happily in our steamy en-suiteCheaper than the Roberts branded equivalent model