Comments on: Innovative Digital Radios: PURE Sensia KOGAN Deluxe and BUSH Walker (Review)

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:05:33 +0000

I’m going to have to agree with Tom on this one. The price for the Bush Walker is a little steep for losing reception indoors. I think the PURE Sensia is awesome with all of its features, but once again the price is killer. I think i’ll wait until the price comes down. Good informative blog. Thanks.

By: Matthew Galeano

Matthew Galeano — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 05:50:46 +0000

I bought one of the portable Bush handheld radios. Did you get stereo sound for stations transmitting at 48K? With the exception of Newsradio I can get stereo for all 48 K stations on another model Sangean.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:12:13 +0000

The Bush Walker DAB radio is fine outside but it can suffer a bit if you’re under a tiled roof in a medium to poor digital reception area and you’re using the standard headphones. I have found that by using headphones with a much longer lead the reception improves indoors.

Regardless, the unit is a LOT of money for reception not much better than your higher-quality portable jogger-style analogue radios. Were the price in the $50 range then the acquisition would be more hip-friendly.
And I’m sure that they don’t cost anywhere near $120 to make in China!

EDITOR: thanks for your tips Tom

By: Peter Sand

Peter Sand — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:05:32 +0000

Great sounding radio, but is keeping me broke by using 2 batteries a day. Why is this when my old mono used 1 battery every 3/4 weeks ??

EDITOR: digital radio’s use more power for some reason. For the sake of your wallet and the environment I strongly suggest you use rechargeable batteries