Home > Consumer Reviews > Coby CX-9 Mini Digital AM/FM Pocket Radio with Neck Strap, Black

I am very impressed with this little radio. ...For the same money I could only get a bulky analog radio at [competitor]. This one has true digital tuning and not just auto scan. The digital readout is nice looking and easy to read and even comes with a light. 10 presets are cool but I wish it only had 4. To change from preset 2 to preset 1 you need to scroll through all 10 presets. But overall ...this is an EXCELLENT radio. I get great reception for all the major radio stations I listen to in my city. It even came with earphones!

This thing looks good, but does not receive FM stations at all. I have a small device can broadcast FM radio in my home, but even I put this radio besides the broadcasting device, it can barely receive the FM signal. It can receive AM, the quality of sound is not good. I am returning it.

I searched all over to find a cool little am radio. I take it to take to the Yankee games so I can listen to the commentator. This radio has great reception and is very easy to program presets. I'm impressed that it was so inexpensive.

Good sound and works decent enough. Price is definitely it's best feature. The neck strap will keep the earphones from breaking prematurely. Plenty of preset channels so u don't have to worry about using the tuner to get to a channel manually. A downside is u can't control the reception, so whatever u hear on the station, that's what u get. It's best reception is with the big radio stations. Battery life seems to be good. I'd recommend this product since even the more expensive ones seem to breakdown just as easily as the cheaper ones.

This is obviously not going to give you great fidelity or longevity. I use it to run (in St. Louis) and have found excellent reception. The key to me is its small size. I love this radio and have bought 3. Sure, they've broken after about a year of use, probably due to salt in the electronics, but I keep going back because I'm not going to pay $50 for something I'll probably break in a similar fashion.