Makita DMR108

Needa Makita – Great portable radio. Sounds great and the battery option is so convenient. Love the option for digital radio and Bluetooth as well. Show details

Nice but Faulty – The unit had a severe problem from the first day, it would drop a speaker quite often, changing volume was a lucky draw, sometimes you got louder when you wanted but sometimes it got softer or no sound at all! Sometimes it got louder when I was turning it down? It had a mind of its own. Then the unit would completely lock up and stop responding… Read more

to anything and I would have to pull the battery out and start over.

I returned it and went through quite a rigmarole with multiple trips to the service agent required and video proof of the problems until they finally gave in and replaced it with a different model because the DMR108 is not being made anymore. Great.

This course of events took 3 months. Radio bought October 21, finally replaced February 22.

The replacement radio - a MR007GZ is a more expensive newer model so I should be happy right?

Well I'm not really. It's a very nice radio but a couple of things about it annoy me.

There are a few reasons for this but I'll do a review on the MR007GZ and if you are interested you will see why I was not real happy with the replacement.

I would of preferred my DMR108 back, only working correctly.

This is the best speaker. Couldn’t live without it!! – This makita speaker is the best speaker. The sound and depth of bass is amazing and great quality sounds. One battery will last you a day all day !!!! Truly best speaker especially if a tradie. A necessity if u ask me  Show details

Awesome digital radio – As a busy DIY rennovator etc, I have owned many a radio in the past , mostly non-digital. Got the earlier makita digital prior to this and it is just super AWESOME. This model is simply an upgrade of the same with bluetooth. Looks rugged and is rugged. Great inside factories where there is too much interference which kills non digital radios.

Love it – Got this as part of an incentive package to buy a Makita drill/impact driver set, probably 18 months ago. Which I was going to buy anyway, so it really was a ... bonus!! Very well reviewed by others here. We use ours mainly as a really butch alarm clock. I’m a shift worker, and needed something with industrial grunt to get me outta bed! Alarm… Read more

function uses a progressively increasing amplitude of beeper which is simply impossible for even the dead to sleep through. It’s relentless! The unit can also be set to use the radio as an alarm instead. My only real criticism here is that tired hands can very easily activate the snooze function - which we never use - instead of shutting off the alarm. Which means that if we’re not careful the rest of the household will get a rude awakening when I’m in the shower and the alarm merrily goes off again when the snooze countdown is finished!

Included AC adapter cannot be used to charge the battery - only to run the unit from a wall socket when required. Not to worry, battery life is terrific anyway, and compatible with Makita’s usual batteries. You will need one of their chargers though.

Reasonable ability to lock onto distant FM stations, depending on antenna direction. We’ve never used the AM function. Build quality is sturdy and reassuring, although some may find the weight almost too much for single handed use. Sound is impressive for its type, from dual speakers.

For our usage, we really can not fault this!

Great solid radio – It's a solid beast. Shower proof - which is good cause I've left it out occasionally. It has simple buttons. I love connecting the bluetooth to my phone. It's pretty heavy though, but I guess that is because it's so tough. A winner. Show details

Great workshop radio – Perfect workshop radio - solidly built - good sound - easy to use - Am/Fm and Bluetooth all work well and it's dead easy to setup - five presets for favourite radio stations - good reception inside metal shed. Show details

its good but no DAB+ Stations, – I bought this the other day thinking being the latest one out it would have DAB+ stations, since my older one of 2yrs did. I should of read the box before buying. Anyway it has bluetooth which is great, usb for charging my phone, main power and various batteries to charge including the lithium batteries. This one has AM and FM radio as my… Read more

older one only had FM but no AM unless they had a digital station. This works great, but just gave it to one of the other workers and kept this one. I like the digital stations. Just dont understand why the latest version of the makita radio has all the bells and whistles but no Digital stations.