This is an exceptionally capable, lightweight radio – with a couple of key things missing and odd button placement. I bought it on a suggestion from Kim Komando. It has many great functions and abilities – but I will list the things I would change . First, the volume up and down buttons are reversed from what an American user would expect. They have + on left and – on right. Tune buttons would seem reversed as well. The big deal for me though is – NO ability to memorize favorite channels. ALSO, every time I turn the radio on, it starts in Wx mode – silent, so you have to pick the band you were last on and re-tune the radio every single time it's powered on. This radio has SO MANY other abilities, that it seems these should be possible. And yet, these items are noticeably missing. In all other ways, the radio is great – and so I did not return it, but now have it as a monitor/backup source during storms and outages. I am giving it 4 stars instead of 5 due to the two missing items I think it should have.