Disclosure: I received a free radio in exchange for this review, but that fact did not influence the opinions expressed below.The good:Aux port – this allows you to play an mp3 player or any external device (although you’ll have to provide your own male-male 3.5mm stereo cable). Many such radios don’t have this feature; it is a really nice one. When you plug in your device the radio, on whatever setting, cuts out and the device is connected.Straight 110v power input with ac cord – i.e., no wall wart to transform voltage to what the batteries provide. I dislike those things; they suck up power all the time and block adjacent sockets.AM reception seems to be quite good, as is FM, as far as I can tell. I'll try the shortwave reception later and append the review at that time. (To review shortwave reception you need to study the broadcast schedule published by the countries.) But the shortwave bands cover most popular frequencies.Size is about right, not too large or too small. Sound is a bit muddy but is about as good as can be expected for the size.The less-than-best:Handle should fold. A bit of wasted space there.Aux port should have a separate switch position to connect to it, so you can leave your external device plugged in, even while using the radio.The green tuning LED seems out of sync with the actual tuning. My NPR station, which is on AM, is strong when the LED is out and very weak when it is illuminated.The fine/coarse tuning knob is not what you might think. There is no 10:1 gear mechanism or something similar. It’s just a solid knob with small and large diameter knurled surfaces. The small one is for coarse tuning, the large one for the fine.The switches are a little deceptive. The large prominent one is for the light. The one for the radio is incorporated into the volume control. This is a problem if you want to leave the volume control set to a constant level and switch the radio on and off.I’m not sure the energy engineering was done as well as it might have been. The radio takes 3 huge “D” cell batteries. My sense is that a radio that size should be able to make it on 2 to 4 AA cells. But I am not an electrical engineer, so I can’t say for sure.But the farthest-from-best aspect is the writing. After spending what was surely a substantial amount of money on design, production, and advertising, they undermined their own success with clumsy product-description phrasing such as: “You won’t miss any available stations around yourself.” Or: “Definitely, with the bright light shining on the path, you won’t bump into somethings accidentally at night with carrying it. “Or: “An excellent alternative for newspaper.” Or, regarding the tuning knobs: “The big one for scanning the stations you wanna listen to; the small one for exact tuning.” On this last one they stated it backward, in addition to apparently never having heard of the words “fine” and “coarse.” Please, Prunus, understand that no matter how many years of straight-A English courses you have had, you cannot write these product descriptions or instructions well if you are not a native-English speaker. You could easily afford to hire one to review your draft documentation prior to going to press with it. You should have done so.On balance, this is a good radio and is worth the $26 price. The good aspects noted above far outweigh the shortcomings.Pro: Picks up stations clearly, sounds great, easy to operate and even has a light on it. My husband was completely satisfied. Would recommend.The description says there's a second tuner know for fine tuning the station. This is FALSE. It's a smaller knob that does NOT turn independently of the larger know and has no separate/independent function. Otherwise, a great little radio.Updated about 2 weeks after receiving the radio:I previously posted that the radio didn't come with the power cord. Well...it actually did! It was tucked into the battery compartment I just discovered! Customer service never mentioned that part! They had me order a power plug...which I was received today which was not the correct cord. While I was trying to figure out what I should buy instead, I just happened to open the battery compartment and that's when...Voila...I discovered the cord.Original Review:I searched online for few hours across a couple of days for a small travel size radio with Ac/dc power plug that goes into a wall outlet. I looked at radios at many stores. It was hard to match all my specs so i compromised on size. This is two times bigger that what i wanted. Also compromised by going on something not name brand. I think i couldnt find specs on what i wanted even for name brand radios or the prices were very expensive. Anyways, i think the sound and clarity are decent enough on the radio. (Honestly i dont know if its really good for its size or not, Lol. I havnt bought a handheld radio in like 30 years, lol).Its super lightweight so its good for traveling. I like listening to local radio stations. For me, trying to stream them in foreign countries gets overly complicated. Thats my reason for buying the radio. Just wanted to enhance my travel experiences a bit more by hearing local radio.THE RADIO DID NOT COME WITH POWER CORD. Thats my biggest complaint. I borrowed a neighbors to test the radio. I called Amazon about it and they issued me a credit to buy one. I blindly purchased it not realizing it will take like 3 weeks to receive it. Glad my next trip is in 6 weeks or I would have been very irritated about it.I hope the radio is decent quality and lasts a while and that it picks up lots of stations in foreign countries.Seems to match description.