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I have looked at purchasing the Power Box for over a year. I previously decided against the unit due to its relatively high price and terrible reviews here on Amazon. When I recently saw the unit at the local home improvment store, I realized that the unit had been upgraded significantly.
THIS review describes the ADVANCED Power Box. It appears Bosch listened to customers' complaints and fixed the earlier unit's reception problems. This unit now boasts better reception with a rubber whip-style antenna, more amp power, EQ controls, and a remote control. Mission accomplished! While still a little expensive, it works flawlessly. Reception is great, controls are easy to use, and the display is easy to see. A clock dominates the front display. The other features just make sense: charge or run from Bosch battery, GFCI outlets, 12v power. As for sound quality, it's about what you'd expect for a radio with small, water-proof 5 inch speakers and modest amplifier power. The unit does have separate tweeters which improve the sound considerably.
This durable gem should last for years.

i preorderd this radio as soon as i heard about it. waited like six months for it to come in, and i have to say im not disapointed. the 12v socket and the gfci on the side have become an essential on the site. the cd tray is completely sealed, its been soaked in the rain and completely covered in plaster demo dust and it still plays cds fine. i mostly listen to a mp3 player through the aux jack and it sounds great, the "bosch sound" kinda sounds like crap if your working near the box all the time but if you turn it off it sounds good. the "bosch sound" works better if the radio is turned all the way up and is far away from where your working, like if its in the basement and your upstairs.
the antenna thing sucks but itll never break off and itll get some stations if you wish really hard.
oh yeah did i mention its tough? ive dropped it down flights of stairs, buried it in plaster and lathe, bricks, its been kicked , rained on, cursed at, drenched in coffee, covered in sawdust, stood on, and i sit on it regularly for lunch, and it still works just as good as the day i got it.
i cant say that for the red or the yellow ones that i had that didnt even play cds

I purchased the Power Box Advanced at the end of December 05. When the unit arrived I unpacked it in my house and tried it for a week. It would not play a CD without stopping, even a new unwrapped CD. I contacted Bosch and received a replacement unit. The replacement unit played CD's every day for 2 weeks then repeated the problems of the first unit. I purchased the unit for the CD function, but have been unable to get a unit that will play CD's without failing. The unit keeps spinning the CD, but will not play sound. Both units will not recognize a CD in the drive after this failure. I will try one more time to get a unit that plays CD's.

Bought it at the L.A. JLC Trade Show last year.
1. First thing my crew noted was no radio reception and I mean NO reception. Note: They have a fix kit to upgrade this.
2. Sound quality is lacking in Bass, very mid to high end sound, but tolerable.
3. The CD/MP3 player plays when it wants, stops when it wants, and starts again when it wants. Sometimes it will not even recognize that you put a CD in it. Very frustrating for the guys.
4. You either have to put it on a bench or tilt it up so you can read the display which has turned black in direct sunlight.
5. It is built tough though. It has survived a year with a bunch of framers.
6. I will take it back to the trade show this year and expect a replacement.

-Michael Watson
Framing Foreman

This is the worst jobsite radio I've ever used. I have used the others except for the Makita, and this performs beyond poorly. I was pretty sold on all the features this offers until I used it. The GFIC seemed like a grat idea, but the covers blocked the outlets so bad that I wound up riping them off. The CD player stoped working pretty quickly, probally after about a month. The FM reception is a joke, I guess they fixed that but I'm not buying another one to find out. One of the buttons got stuck and I had to break it off to unstick it. Finally the cord came off after about a year and it wound up in the dumpster. It is tough though, the cage really protects it, but that's not worth $150.