Reception is great, too bad you can't hear it from 15 feet away!

This review is for the newest model with the hard rubber antenna and remote control. I've read the horrible reviews for the older models with the bad reception being the biggest complaint, and I'm happy to say that I don't think the reception is any worse(or any better) than other brands' jobsite radios. That being said, there's not much I like about this radio after using it for several months now. Although it has some great features like the 4-way gfci outlet and the 12v receptacle, and it does seem to be sturdy and well built for jobsite abuse.^M
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But I have major complaints about this radio. First of all, it doesn't work in cold weather. Plug it in and it will light up, but you can't get any functions working unless the weather is somewhat mild(at least above 45 degrees). Being an electrician, I don't always have the luxury of working indoors in the winter.^M
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And you can't rely on it for being your main battery charger. A pretty dead battery will take over 3 hours to charge. That doesn't seem like a long time until you realise that's almost half of the work day.^M
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I can't complain about the sound quality because it really does sound great. Plus you can play around with the equilizer settings to find the sound you're looking for. However, I will complain about the volume level. The fact that you can't turn it up very high at all is the biggest problem I have with this radio. You literally can't hear it unless you're working right near it. To me that alone makes this useless as a "jobsite" radio. I'm sure it would be great in an office or something. Any radio that costs 1/10 of this could be turned up 10 times as loud. I'm assuming that Bosch doesn't want you to blow the speakers, but we should at least have a choice to turn the music up loud. Seriously, I can't believe none of the other reviews mentioned this incredibly annoying problem.^M
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Maybe it deserves more than 1 star but I bought this to listen to the radio at work and to charge my batteries. The max volume is EXTREMELY low, and the battery charger is EXTREMELY slow.

Good..... when it works

First of all I do like this radio, when it works. I live and work in North Carolina, not the coldest place earth but apparently cold enough to cause my radio to never work when i leave it at the jobsite in my trailer. Even when its a little cold ie 45 degrees my radio will not turn on until it sits in the sun for half an hour and warms up. When i contacted the company they told me this was a common problem and there was nothing they could do for me. Wow thanks for selling me a jobsite radio that doesnt work on a jobsite. If you want a radio for a heated shop its nice, but if you work outside or any area that isn't heated DO NOT BUY THIS RADIO!

Doesn't work in cold weather

I purchased this unit at HD and quickly found that it wouldn't power up, sometimes. The screen lights up but displays nothing and nothing works. I figured out that it was the cold temps. It wouldn't even start in my garage which is super insulated and always above 40 degrees. I took it back and exchanged it. Last night I left it in my truck with a low temp of 22. The new one wouldn't power up either. Crap,crap,crap. I live in Montana and the box is sold in Montana. Lets be realistic. Jobsites are cold. By the way, when I exchanged my old one there was another box sitting there that had also been exchanged. Is there a pattern here? See the other review on this same issue.