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Still lousy radio reception
I had one of the older versions of this unit. It had terrible radio reception. The Bosch rep in my area told me that the new version was much better, so I bought it. It still gets terrible reception. I have a $10 clock radio that picks up every station I listen to just fine and the Bosch can't tune most of them in. I love the cage, it makes the unit easy to carry and hard to destroy. The sound quality is middle of the road. Fix the radio reception and I would give it four stars.

I have been very disappointed in the newer Bosch cordless tools, they are getting very cheap.

so far so good
good price.i work in construction filth and radio works fine. i blow it off and try to take care of it.gfi's are a great bonus and my ipod plugs in. place the whole thing under the chopsaw stand and u have mission control.i'm not an idiot so i dont play cd's in a dirty environment.if you do the cd player will be junk in weeks.sounds good too.
charges battery slow but there is lots of room inside charger bay to stash your ipod,cellphone,crack,whatever. so far so good

Well worth the money, very pleased!
I bought this for my husband for father's day & he just loves it! We use it mainly on our pontoon boat since we don't have a built in radio & the other carry radios that we've had in the past got terrible reception & the batteries were dead after each use. This radio is perfect! We use it in the garage when we're not on the boat or it's great for camping &/or tailgating. I would recommend it to others. The only reason I didn't give it a 5star is cause turning the channels could be a bit easier, it just takes awhile to get from one end of the band to the other but that does work better once you've programed channels in. And I wish it had a place to store CDs but besides those small things, this radio is perfect for our needs! We are very happy with the purchase. And I was a bit leary about purchasing a reconditioned radio but it works perfectly & we can't tell that it's not brand new.

Expensive trash weight.
I purchased one of these from CPO Bosch , of whom I cannot say enough nice things about. They are great to deal with so please use them and often. As for the radio...I bought mine because my DeWalt had no remote or CD player and the stations in my area leave a lot to be desired. I was excited and pleased when I received my radio, for about 7 months, and then the CD player started to act up and eventually just quit working altogether. So I used it as a radio and a set of speakers for my MP3. Until just after a year, the display went out and never returned. To be honest, it is a GREAT idea. The remote is nice unless you are in bright sunlight, then it will not work due to the fact that the remote is an IR remote instead of a RF remote. The sun blocks the eye on the radio from "seeing" the remote. I went back to using my old DeWalt with a MP3 or a junk CD player that I paid $20 from Walmart and am not interested in getting another one of these. Some may have good luck, but buyer beware.

Worked for ONE DAY: Followup
This is an update to my review below. I just got my Bosch radio back. It appears to be the same radio, so my jury is going to remain out on the product until it has given me way more than a couple hours of proper functioning.

What I wanted to add was a comment about the Bosch customer service. It is outstanding! The radio had a CD stuck in it when I sent it off for repair, and they sent the CD back right away. Also, it was one week for them to return the radio to me. Big kudos to Bosch customer service. I hope the product will prove itself to be as good.

Below are my original comments:

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I am hopeful that Bosch will honor their warranty after reading the other review where the buyers returned their radio to Bosch and got a new unit.

My reconditioned radio worked for one day. Unfortunately, one of my CD's is now stuck inside it.

The cage is well-made, and I like some of the features like the four electrical plugs with the safety reset switch, but if the main point of this radio/CD player is to listen to the radio or CD, and that part is cheap to the point of being unreliable and nonfunctional, then it is worthless.