Pure - The Bug DAB Radio with Pause and Rewind - White

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Customer reviews

review by: pjonline date: 2007-07-09 rating:
Poor reliability
If it breaks after the short warranty, chuck it, it will cost £42 to fix and I originally paid £149, so £191 for a radio that; br / br /- worked 90% of the time, br /- the other 10%, the radio could not pull in a signal until it was powered down and then back up, br /- the screen either lit up my whole bedroom (even on the dimmest setting) or was blank br / br /So I consider this product very poor value, I'd think twice about another Pure product, certainly at the prices they charge with this kind of reliability,

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review by: Tina date: 2006-07-18 rating:
REDESIGN!
This is sa brilliant radio, the sound quality is brilliant, and its a really funky design, BUT..... it takes ages to turn off, you see the off button is also the volume button, you have to press it in the middle and hold it for a few seconds, 9 times out of ten, your finger slips, and you end up putting it on full blast, so then you get really angry and just unplug it from the wall, its alot eaiser!

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review by: duncanmatty date: 2006-06-29 rating:
Didn't work for me
I hated the way this machine looked, so I bought it purely for its functionality. I wanted to record radio in a digital format. The thing is,this machine didn't pick up radio very well. I spent ages jiggling the antenna every day to try to cut out 'burbling' as they call it in the user manual. The burbling was exacerbated if any other electrical item was plugged in within about four feet of the radio. With a normal radio, you can unplug it and move it from room to room. With the Bug, I had to retune it every time I moved it, and still the signal was terrible. This wouldn't be so unusual if I didn't live slap bang in the centre of Chichester. All this said, I took the radio to a friend's house (he lives out in the country) and it worked fine there, so maybe it will work for you, wherever you are. It still looks like a killer robot that has travelled forward in time from 1985 and has crappy buttons.

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review by: featherboa441 date: 2006-01-14 rating:
Love Bug
I've had my Bug for over a year now, and I love it just as much now as when I first got it. It's cute but functional - in fact it has some functions I haven't seen on other more expensive radios.pIt's easy to set up your favourites, and much easier to change stations within your favourites (up to 12) than some other DAB radios I've used. pI really like being able to record to SD card, the MP2 files play fine in iTunes, though I usually convert them to MP3 for playback in my iPod.pThe pause/rewind feature is helpful if you want to hear a song again, or if you don't want to miss the beginning of a programme.pWaking up to different stations (at different times) at weekends and on weekdays is a great feature, I don't have to worry about re-setting my alarm on Friday night. But if you don't hit a button within an hour of the radio switching itself on, it'll turn itself off again, which is quite something to remember when you're half awake!pI agree with the reviewer who said that the control button can be a bit fiddly, especially when you want to turn the thing off and end up making it louder. I think that one of the software updates dealt with this, but I'm a Mac user and couldn't install them (which is a bit of a bugbear, since they've obviously been somewhat 'inspired' by Jonathan Ive's white iPod/iBook design.pBut other than these minor gripes I would recommend The Bug to anyone who wants a digital radio that isn't just a boring box.


review by: fly_mo date: 2005-07-27 rating:
Despite the weird looks, it works!
.brThis was a gift for my wife, who likes the appearance. Oh well, she seems to like my appearance, so I really mustn't grumble. The radio itself is slightly more sensitive than our Grundig portable DAB, with slightly better speaker quality, but neither are HiFi quality - for that I recommend a DAB Audio Adapter (eg a 'tuner') like the DA-1. Just link it to your separates system.brThe Bug's fancy features are fairly accessible, but the multi-function button can be a pain - really easy to alter volume instead of selecting a function. We hope to get used to it. brWe use it as a bedside dual alarm clock radio that has good radio quality in a fringe reception area - the extra channels are a bonus. It has all we need to do that task, and if you shop around the web stores it is really pretty affordable.brFor the more adventurous, the pause and replay works well, with undiminished quality that is almost shocking to anyone used to cassette tapes. Plugging in a 512MB Viking SD card (available from Amazon for £24) adds several hours of recording capability to the radio, and with this one can record programmes in MP2 files that are then transferrable to PC and (with conversion software) to your MP3 player - or you can just play them back on your Bug with undiminished quality.brThe manual is a bit twee - cutesy piccies of 'Bugs' and some sad humour. Stick with the day job, you guys. The "Get-you-started" card is good.brSoftware updates are available from the website, as is an EPG, but we have yet to try either of these. It worked straight out of the box, so there was no need for these, although we are tempted to see what they offer. Maybe after reading the online manuals thoroughly.....?brRecommended, particularly at the price we paid.

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