Which weather radio?

NHIrish wrote:
If you have a smartphone, there are a number of apps that work very well.

X2

We've found that the NOAA weather radio app works much better overall than any of the weather radios we've had.

For me it is Midland WR300, ac and battery, SAME codes can be used and you can block certain alarms if you want. It works well for me. I have been sitting when it goes off about a severe storm, look out the window and bright and sunny, take a walk outside and look to the west and say 'Oh that doesnt look good'

sdianel wrote:
Midland WR120 with S.A.M.E. technology, battery backup. At Walmart.com $30.46. Used one for over 5 years. We don't program the actual county. We leave the county feature on "all" and select the strongest radio station broadcasting. That way if a storm is approaching our way from another surrounding county we have more warning. I reprogram the station at each stop during our normal setup and look at the atlas to see what county we're in. I leave the radio plugged in all the time even when traveling.

X2 Also this runs on AC, DC cord or batteries.

Read this info from the National Weather Service:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/nwrrcvr.htm

And here are some reviews/recommendations:
http://www.consumersearch.com/weather-radios

The one I have in the RV is an older one from Oregon Scientific (it was small). It lives on the dash, I power it from a cigarette lighter adapter, it does NOT use SAME programming (so it will alert to any warning on that channel). Stays on 24/7 when we travel. When we stop for the night (or if I am worried about weather conditions any time during the day...) I simply find which of the 7 or 8 channels (can't recall) has the best reception and set it to that. I use the OnGuard app on my Android Smartphone as a backup - it alerts based on my position (by county). Downfall is if I'm in county A, and there is something nearby in County B, app won't alert until they issue watches/warnings for the county I am in. Also won't work if you are out of data range... plus is I may be away from the rig but still have the phone with me! I can say OnGuard responds very quickly - not much lag time from a NOAA warning over the radio to an alert on the phone - less than a minute. Knowledge can be a good thing! ST

Midland WR120 with S.A.M.E. technology, battery backup. At Walmart.com $30.46. Used one for over 5 years. We don't program the actual county. We leave the county feature on "all" and select the strongest radio station broadcasting. That way if a storm is approaching our way from another surrounding county we have more warning. I reprogram the station at each stop during our normal setup and look at the atlas to see what county we're in. I leave the radio plugged in all the time even when traveling.

smartphone or listen to local stations and not sat. radio.

If you have a smartphone, there are a number of apps that work very well.

Only suggestion I have is to get one that allows you to enter the county no matter where you are. I believe that means NOAA capable. Second choice would be one that at least picks up signals close to you.

Shadow Catcher wrote:
Reecom http://www.reecominc.com/ turns itself off after each alarm. We may get six or seven alarms/activations during summer/winter storms, and to my knowledge this is the only one that resets after each alarm.

My choice also.

Shadow Catcher wrote:
Reecom http://www.reecominc.com/ turns itself off after each alarm. We may get six or seven alarms/activations during summer/winter storms, and to my knowledge this is the only one that resets after each alarm.

My choice also.