Wenpzeray Y-706 - Why isn't this $10 radio getting more attention?

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@johnhess351 3 ай бұрын

If only there were some better radio stations.

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 3 ай бұрын

Or at least just more variety!

@SIEBEGORMEN 3 ай бұрын

there are in UK

@danielvaladez197 Ай бұрын

I live in the south of Mexico, radio stations here are just plain awful. We have just 6 stations, music sucks.

@skeeterman7144 3 ай бұрын

Your kitchen table is the exact same as mine. Raised all my kids around it for decades.

@richl6725 2 ай бұрын

After my purchase I purchased 5 more of these for Christmas presents. Can't beat the price/quality of this little beast.

@todderbert 4 ай бұрын

I have yet to purchase one of these, the SW band starting at 6MHz is not ideal, and I wasn't sure if the MW band was 9kHz stepped from the factory. I love my cheap $10 radios that have extras, like the Red Sonnra Shortwave I use on a daily basis. It is compact, takes a BL-5C, or Two D Cell batteries. It also has a MP3 player, but no BT. Alas I can't find more of them, because the MW is so good, I wanted a few spares like yourself and the Y-706. I may pick one up for kicks, thanks for the video, watched it all the way through.

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 4 ай бұрын

Pete! I hope you do and I will anxiously await that review! I am so flattered for the comment but a bit embarrassed because NOTHING I do here will compare to what you're doing!

@herrwingnut 3 ай бұрын

@@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fbMaybe there could be more than one producer of most excellent videos? 😉

@chuckermatinger3794 3 ай бұрын

I'll have to start watching your reviews! YES - any excuse to buy an additional radio! I've seen this model over the months, will now see if it's still available. The use of AAAs is fine, I try to keep some on hand. I especially like the prominent volume knob - I like to constantly fiddle with the volume knob on a radio. I also like when a company thinks enough of us to include a tuning LED - too bad this one doesn't have that. Thanks for letting us know.

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 3 ай бұрын

Overall, I like the Wenpzeray and think for the price it's a fun radio.

@as-uh4jk 2 ай бұрын

The single radio doesn’t come with any batteries. You have to buy the one pictured with a battery. Or I think the two radio bundle includes the batteries. It can be powered by the included USB cable. I connected it to a power bank and it worked fine. After about 5 minutes it shuts off but pressing the power bank button comes back to life and does the same a few minutes later. Connected to a wall plug it’ll probably stay on constant. The speaker is comparable to the Panasonic RF-150D which is $15 currently. Same size speaker it looks like. I read all the negatives but wanted to try it for the extras. Bluetooth worked. Will use with a card or USB stick. Thanks for the video!

@sumyunguy777 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for this review. You did a great job!

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@alanjameson8664 3 ай бұрын

I'd sure like to have my old Zenith Transoceanic; but there were a lot more stations to choose from in those days.

@hughm2615 Ай бұрын

Cool radio..but can you pick up ssb on it?

@WAFFENAMT1 Ай бұрын

I did not even know that this kind of small pocket radio was even made anymore, much less have bluetooth, thought the last of this style of radio ended with the 90's.😊

@kevinbaker6168 3 ай бұрын

An inexpensive, but high quality AM FM Swb with weather bands is an important device for every home or rv/camping/car emergency kit. Everyone thinks of the band aids and the beef jerky but how many think of being able to keep up with information that could save your life. Nobody wants to worry about being isolated during or after the storm/earthquake/wild fire/other major disaster.

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 2 ай бұрын

I would probably recommend the XHData D219 over the Wenpzeray for an emergency kit radio. I really wish XHData would release a version of D219 without the FM2 band but with Weatherband.

@Hunkiralyfi 4 ай бұрын

Why isn't this radio getting more attention? At least for two reasons. 1. Most of the time posting to Europe is unavailable. 2. The only place I found posting available for Europe was at Amazon. The problem is: while the receiver is only 9 dollars, the postage costs 15 dollars, so the double the price. For 24$ there are good alternatives however.

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 4 ай бұрын

At $10 this is worth picking but anymore and it starts to compete with better options.

@Hunkiralyfi 4 ай бұрын

@@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb Is this radio better (for 24 dollars) than Clooblut RD218 receiver (20 dollars - including shipping)? I don't know...

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 4 ай бұрын

@@Hunkiralyfi My guess is the Clooblut is the better radio, though I don't have one.. Todderbert posted on Facebook that the LiJiANi (which appears to be the same radio is currently (can't guarantee for how long) for $15.90 (after using a coupon) on Amazon. amzn.to/4cADlTd - Might be worth checking out!

@Doo_Doo_Patrol 3 ай бұрын

i just got the d220 and went for a walk with my dog while listening through the headphones to beethoven 9, 94.5 with headphones. it sounded very good. the batteries are going strong after several days. the shortwave picked up a couple of spanish stations from south or central america. i'm happy with my purchase.

@Seekthetruth3000 2 ай бұрын

Mono or stereo?

@Doo_Doo_Patrol 2 ай бұрын

@@Seekthetruth3000 stereo. i can't deal with mono. incidentally, one side of my sony headphones just quit on me. they lasted for a while. i bought another pair for 20.00 at the supermarket. they are decent for the money. it seems they all give out after a time.

@crespojosef 2 ай бұрын

Back in the 90s Grundig compact SW radios were big, what is comparable with now.

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 2 ай бұрын

I am not the right guy to ask.. but from reading about SW Tecsun seems to get a LOT of love.

@Gumby1978 3 ай бұрын

A great review

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@tenfourproductionsllc 3 ай бұрын

The problem is putting shortwave bands on only 1 dial which makes it a bear to tune into a specific station because of the DSP chip and muting. Dividing it into 6 or more bands makes it much easier to tune.

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely! And I love the analog style, but I really wonder how much more would a digital display cost?

@qwertykeyboard5901 3 ай бұрын

I wish my SW-100 split it's shortwave band up...

@Jaxon1776 4 ай бұрын

I have the Y-706 in red and the XHDATA D220 in orange. The D220 has the edge on sensitivity but the Wenpzeray has a slight better speaker sound. Hands down the D220 has better battery life. The Wenpzeray burns through both a BL5C or 3 AAA in a day. They both suck on SW. The Wenpzeray does have bluetooth which works well. I have not tried the card reader.

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 4 ай бұрын

I haven't killed the battery in the Y-706 yet but only listen to it for a few minutes at a time. the XHDATA D-219 (I don't have the D-220) is clearly the better radio.. but when you factor in bluetooth, usb, etc. the Y-706 makes a good case for a cheap knock around radio.

@radellaf 3 ай бұрын

Because the SW tuning is the level of the thrown in because the chip does it, where the xhdata has enough bands and dial to make it pleasant. AA is nice, too (the 5C isn’t widely liked). And the vol knob doesn’t wiggle. Not that this doesn’t have a place, but not amongst SW listeners.

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 3 ай бұрын

I agree. I like the Wenpzeray and have made it a point to use it over the last several days. But, it is a radio that is best for someone who just wants a radio they can knock around, play the local stations, and have the flexibility to connect via Bluetooth or play MP3s, and for $10 it does all that decently well.

@radellaf 3 ай бұрын

@@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb I do thank you for the video. I've certainly had fun playing with the thing. Wouldn't be the first radio I bought mostly for how it looks - is the cheapest one, though (RF320 was the most $$). BT is a big plus. I have no idea what people really do with just TF card playback...assuming they do have a phone. I hear the feature is valued, especially, by retirees in China who like to play loud music in public areas.

@JerryArafatso-zy3gz 3 ай бұрын

Any list of low priced solar radios

@inhaleexhale 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the review. I like the red. I was hoping you would demo the shortwave.

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 4 ай бұрын

Still no demo of the shortwave but I did just do a bandscan and while it did pull in some stations it didn't perform anywhere near as well as the D-219.

@MarioMania05 4 ай бұрын

Does it have FM Stereo though the headphone?

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 4 ай бұрын

I'm not really sure. I'll have to check.

@MarioMania05 4 ай бұрын

@@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb I might get one if it has Stereo on FM, Would have it on the MP3 Playback

@MarioMania05 4 ай бұрын

I need to know ASAP, I'm buying one on amazon

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 3 ай бұрын

@@MarioMania05 So, with stereo headphones it does play over both speakers but I don't think you're getting true stereo separation. It is just the mono broadcast over both speakers. Hope that answers your question.

@MarioMania05 3 ай бұрын

@@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb It did, Thanks

@LatitudeSky 3 ай бұрын

The BL5C batteries alone are useful. I have a pile of gadgets that use those things, which means if there ever was a disaster, I can scavange a lot of them for a radio.

@chuckermatinger3794 3 ай бұрын

Also now we have BL-4C batteries, which claim to have a lower incidence of swelling, at the price of somewhat lower capacity. I have yet to try them out.

@RustyX2010 2 ай бұрын

After this video prices for this radio on eBay tripled!!

@Lou.B 3 ай бұрын

I don't get the advantages of starting up a $15 radio so you can pair it with your $XXX cell phone - and drain two batteries at once...?

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 3 ай бұрын

I think the advantage is you can still use your phone for other things and leave the radio in a more central location. You could also pair it up with a laptop or tablet.

@Seeds-it9dm 3 ай бұрын

Why are you using only the bottom half of the screen?

@snakezdewiggle6084 3 ай бұрын

When in BT mode, you have Two (2) battery's going flat.! Sorry, I can't see the 👍+side here. Although, back in the 70's, a tansistor pocket radio saved my life.

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 3 ай бұрын

I saw a few reviews that said that this ate batteries. I have only run them on the BL-5Cs. Yesterday, I had to charge one of them for the first time but I have only been listening to them for a few minutes here and there. So far, I think for the price it's a decent little radio because it does so much. But there are certainly better radios for the same or not much more money.

@snakezdewiggle6084 3 ай бұрын

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb Yeah, the Internet has messed up everything. Why can't we look-up something we're interested in, then go to a store in town and check it out. I'm a Ham Radio oporater (Amateur radio we call it here in small town rural Australia). The BL5c battery should give you at least 48hrs. They come in 500 mah up to 1100mah, and should be a NiMh battery. NiMh batterys have a secret, they can be "trickle charged" 24/7 til the end of time. One of those mini solar panels, 2 inch by 2 inch kinda roughly, should get you in the ballpark. 5.5volt, 100 to 200 mah's The best SW radio is the iCom One. Its got age to it now, has a couple of tubes in it, but weighs 12 lbs. The best deal these days, word of mouth. Get a CB radio, listen around, friendly chat here and there, something will pop up. More info, let me know.

@chuckermatinger3794 3 ай бұрын

I'd sure like to hear the story of a pocket radio saving your life. Sounds interesting!

@manonamission2000 Ай бұрын

"back in the 70's, a transistor pocket radio saved my life" - kindly elaborate, please - as someone who grew up making transistor radios for fun

@occamsshavecream4541 2 ай бұрын

Where is this radio manufactured?

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 2 ай бұрын

according to the tag on the back, it is made in China.

@occamsshavecream4541 2 ай бұрын

@@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb Thank you.

@joewoodchuck3824 3 ай бұрын

Pretty dumb to design for AAAs. AAs are only a little bigger and cost the same as AAAs and have twice the capacity. I avoid AAA powered devices because of it.

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 3 ай бұрын

I agree! I'm not a fan of AAA batteries either.

@fiendishthingy1630 3 ай бұрын

Too late for this video, but I saw more of the door in the background than I did of the radios you were featuring...

@alexdetrojan4534 4 ай бұрын

$35 here in Canada...that bites compared to $10...

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 4 ай бұрын

Yeah.. for $35 there are many many many more options worth considering!

@alexdetrojan4534 4 ай бұрын

@@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb it's true.

@N4UPD 3 ай бұрын

Id rather have a SDR dongle and use it with my phone and have a general coverage receiver.

@chrisbrady-t1u Ай бұрын

How long before the static just keeps getting worse and worse until you cant use it anymore?Theyre all designed to do that.

@alainbibi0047 3 ай бұрын

"Why isn't this $10 radio getting more attention?" because for 7 dollars more you get a radio an FM & DAB radio. Hey.

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 3 ай бұрын

I agree that you don't have to spend much more to get a much better radio but I see lots of buzz about other $10 radios and THEY don't offer Bluetooth, MP3, etc.

@harrkev 3 ай бұрын

Yup, Americans love DAB. 😂

@KRAFTWERK2K6 3 ай бұрын

LOL DAB xD yeah no thanks. This tech is outdated and BAD. And it was already outdated and bad when it was released. Plus DAB doesn't even work properly in your car when you are driving and also don't have clear line of sight to the transmitter. Plus the power consumption for DAB (because of the decoding) is insane, compared to the passive reception and playback of analog radio signals. The only ones still constantly pushing this DAB crap are the paid lobbyists of DAB because it can't be the ones who actually heard it in action. The sound is worse than web radio streams because they cram too many stations at too low bitrates with an outdated codec into the their transponders.

@michaelpthompson 3 ай бұрын

I bought this radio based on your positive review because I wanted to get back listening to short wave. It's everything you said, especially for ten dollars. However, I found it almost impossible to tune properly. Is there a trick to finding stations? BTW, I bought two batteries on Amazon for under $7 . Got the antenna included with the radio for $14.

@alainbibi0047 3 ай бұрын

@@michaelpthompson if you have the fezeqin an-03 hear the night and have no result, your receiver have a problem. Hey.

@RonsRadioLife 3 ай бұрын

Hi Ron I love the same things

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 3 ай бұрын

must be something about Ron's thinking alike..

@AdrianBoyko 3 ай бұрын

Why did they label the LED as “LED” 😂

@chuckermatinger3794 3 ай бұрын

That's a deeply philosophical question. 🤓

@wa1ufo 3 ай бұрын

Never would I waste money on these types of radios. I prefer to spend more money to get decent performance. For me SW must be decent.

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 3 ай бұрын

I respect that and if I were smarter I would probably just go out and buy one amazingly great radio (or be content with some of the really good radios I have!) but I find radios like this a lot of fun.

@vetham100 3 ай бұрын

$40.34 Canadian.

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 3 ай бұрын

For that price that would be a quick and hard "NO".

@TalmidAndy 3 ай бұрын

One of the other reasons it's not getting much attention is that these very poorly designed and constructed radios have an extremely short lifespan and being a digital tuning circuit they are horrible at resolving signals.

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 3 ай бұрын

I hope you're wrong about the life span! But, you're right that the Y-706 lacks build quality. The XHDATA D-219 doesn't feel expensive, but it does feel well built. If the Wenpzeray felt as solid it would be a heck of a little radio.

@piperentertainment1130 4 ай бұрын

Because its a $10 radio...lol

@ditto1958 3 ай бұрын

1. Weird shape 2. Weird styling (close to being cool, but no cigar 3. Looks cheap, like a toy 4. It’s a $10 radio that’s not as good as XHDATA D-219 or D-220

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 3 ай бұрын

It's better made than it looks, but it's certainly a low budget radio. And I agree for the same money the D-219 is the better radio, but if you just something you can load up micro SD or USB card and play it and/or you're just going to listen to your local channels this might be the better choice.

@register1430 4 ай бұрын

So 25 yuan if you bought in China? $3-4 USD??? Are the Uyghurs assembling these in the work camps for free? Or was this a bad cosmetic batch ? Not sure if I should be amazed or worried. They obviously sent over a container to Los Angeles to just get rid of them.

@qwertykeyboard5901 4 ай бұрын

"mUh UyGhUrS" No westerner, China's domestic economy is just _different._ Also, the USD is just more _powerful_ then the CNY.

@qwertykeyboard5901 4 ай бұрын

It would be more useful to use something analogous to "three months worth of wages" or "half a loaf of bread" to get across the domestic monetary value. Not some random western propaganda.

@register1430 4 ай бұрын

@@qwertykeyboard5901 the gov is not making these, some company is laying out hard Yuan for the components. You need packaging, logistics, case stamping, printing,..... maybe this was made for the rural domestic market for a $1 and they stamped out a container with the overrun for export.

@qwertykeyboard5901 3 ай бұрын

@@register1430I'm not the most familiar with the inner machinations of SWCC, but if I'm recalling correctly the truly "independent" companies are extremely small localized things. The larger ones are intertwined with the state. Sandboxed capitalism essentially.

@shannonhenson609 2 ай бұрын

Personally, I've never heard a SW channel that was worth listening to.

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 2 ай бұрын

I'm sure there would be those would disagree with you, but I understand your view.

@halibut1249 3 ай бұрын

this video could be a lot shorter. btw, all these people into SW--what exactly are they listening to?? religious broadcasts??

@kkristopher7413 2 ай бұрын

Everything is out there. Pirate radio broadcasts, News from other countries is different then what they tell us in the states. Spy radio stations like espionage number stations. You can also hear our military gearing up before big war strikes that are occurring. It is very interesting if you know where to listen.

@jamesbeemer7855 3 ай бұрын

Because those radios are not American made !

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 3 ай бұрын

Is there a radio that is American made today?

@vincentdyer9592 3 ай бұрын

Did you ever think to switch one on. Too much waffle

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 3 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure I turn one of them at some point.

@TaseenSalem 3 ай бұрын

هذه إجهزة صينية رديئة جدا .. لانريد أجهزة رخيصة الثمن رديئة .. نريد أجهزة غالية الثمن ذات جودة عالية مثل الأجهزة اليابانية ... مستعدون لدفع ثمنها ...

@RonsRadioCorner-xg2fb 3 ай бұрын

I would much rather have a high quality radio no matter where it was built! But, sometimes you see something like this and you have to wonder is it much better than its price would suggest. I like the Y-706 but I would like it better if it was better made, maybe a bit bigger, even if it was twice as much.