Pure Evoke 2 Best Buy

Evoke 2XT Feautres

The Evoke 2 is possibly one of the best sounding DAB Radios on the market. There are 12 presets available i.e. 6 for FM and 6 for DAB which should be plenty good enough for most users.

We wouldn't recommend it for bedroom use as there's no alarm clock but you can use an external mains timer to do the same job, but we don't think many would want to do this.

You either use the mains or the battery option which requires 6 of the type C variety. But it does gobble up the power a bit. The batteries will only last for 18 hours of run time.

The features we do like is that you can use the audio out to run to Hi Fi Speakers or record transmissions to your PC.

DAB Radios Rating: 7/10

Perfect for: Office, Kitchen, Living Room.

Good Points: Easy connection to larger speakers and your PC.

Buy the Pure Evoke 2 DAB Radio from:
Comet - £129.89 (Store Price £149.99)
Electric Shop - £129.99 including VAT & Delivery

Roberts Gemini RD6R Best Buy

Roberts Gemini RD 6R DAB Radio

We don't give out "Best Buy" awards easily, each DAB Radio has to earn it through ease of use and being feature-packed.

First off, the sound quality of the Roberts Gemini RD 6R DAB Radio is fantastic. And this generally the main reason why people by a DAB Radio.

Also it looks good, has loads of features and its buttons are placed far enough apart to be easy to use.

You also have 10 pre-set stations to use. So this could be five DAB and five FM.

The downside is that its not portable, you have to use it on a mains supply, there's no alarm clock or sleep timer, but you can change the bass.

The bit we like is the ability to pause and rewind live broadcasts and cave upto 35 minutes of radio but this depends on which station you're listening too.

DAB Radios Rating: 7/10

Perfect For: Office Use, Kitchen & Living Room

Buy the Roberts Gemini RD6R DAB Radio from:
Empire Direct - £149.99 (Save £30)
Electric Shop - £164.99

Alba TRDAB2830 Review

The Alba TRDAB2830 DAB Radio is certainly at the lower end of the price range and most definitely one to avoid.

The sound quality is very low and has very few features.

You can run it on batteries or on mains. It has an FM tuner as wells as DAB reception.

A plus point is that its easy to use but that's because there isn't a great deal of functionality.

DAB Radios Rating: 3/10

Buy from:
We won't list any shops as we really think you're better of buying another DAB Radio.

Portable DAB Radios

Here we list some of our favourite Portable DAB Radios. We look through the internet and news articles etc to try and find the best portable DAB Radios which have the features you're looking for but at cheap prices. Hopefully we've found some you like too. There are many DAB Radios that say they're portable, but when push comes to shove I wouldn't want some of them in my pocket on the way to work.

The first is the Ministry of Sound DR011 Personal DAB Radio which can be bought from Amazon for £64.99. The best feature is undoubtably that its highly portable, is very easy to use and automatically creates a list of your favourite stations.

DAB Radios Rating 9/10

Ministry of Sound DR011 Personal DAB Radio Features:

• Highly portable
• 4 way joystick keys with central select function for easy navigation
• Automatically compiles list of favorite stations
• 10 preset memories
• M Bass System
• Station Hold
• Clock
• Blue backlit display
• Stereo earphones with integrated antenna
• 2 x AA batteries included

Buy From:
Amazon - £64.99

Pure Digital PocketDAB 1000
This model doesn't feature the FM alternative and sometimes we find that this can be a problem, however, we've not come accross any issues with the Pure Digital PocketDAB 1000.

It s a small device bt still has decent features and is well worth a look.

DAB Radios Rating: 7/10

Buy From:
Argos - £89.99 (1500)
Amazon - £94.59
Empire Direct - £94.59

Sony XDR-M1 Portable DAB/FM Digital Radio
Sony are great at making portable audio devices and the Sony XDR-M1 Portable DAB Radio isn't all that bad either.

You can choose from either DAB radio or FM radio but one of the better features is its large display. You can also add in its easy to use design, 10 hours of playback and the remote control.

DAB Radios Rating: 7/10

Buy From:
Comet - £99.99
Amazon - £105.94

Pure Pocket DAB 2000 Portable DAB/FM Radio & MP3 Player
This isn't the cheapest portable DAB Radio player and we're not sure you get the best value for money with this one that you do with the Ministry of Sound DAB Radio.

The benefit is that you get MP3 player and can transfer music back and forth to your PC. You've also got TXTSTOR which lets you save scrolling messages. Another feature we like is that it has high-performance rechargable battery that comes as standard. Futhermore, it has tri-band, band III, L-Band and FM.

You get earphones and SD card, the batteries and a charger.

DAB Radios Rating: 6/10

Buy From:
Empire Direct - £179.99
Amazon - £183.24
Argos - £199.99

MPIO PD100 DAB Radio with MP3 Playback
Increasingly we're finding that paying for FM backup is well worth it as you never know when you're in an area that can't get a DAB Radio reception. But you may not be so worried about that because the MPIO PD100 comes with the MP3 playback feature.

DAB Radios Rating: 6/10

Buy from:
Amazon - £89.99

ROBERTS RD14 Portable DAB Radio
This is also another unit that doesn''t have the FM tuner, but its still a good portable dab radio with some good features.

DAB Radios Rating: 6/10

Buy From:
Empire Direct - £79.98
Comet - £89.99

Other Models you may want to consider:

• Tosumi Pocket DAB Radio 1016
• Nevada ND-01 Portable DAB Radio