after working on site for a whole week now ive certainly known the importance of a radio, without it, nothing gets done

ive mostly relied on my crappy portable thing that only picks up radio 1 and classic fm :S but other workers have been providing music on their dewalt radios powered by their drill batteries, since i have a makita drill with spare batteries ive bought a makita bmr100 radio, and ill be running it off my drill batteries



just wondered what other use to listen to and whats your radio station of choice?

whoaaa that looks reinforced matey..is that so when you discover its eaten all your batteries you can bounce it of a wall without it breaking i stole the yellow rubber duck radio out my kids bathroom,its a bit of an embarresing number to be honest which is stashed in my rucksack and to make matters worse it blares out radio 2!!

i have a digital radio for work. great and loads of stations.
virgin radio for me baby

Big Dewalt for me with input for MP3 player

Never use a radio. Wouldn't hear it if it was on, and no I am not deaf! I just get so wrapped up in what I do, I just don't hear it!

i think till mostly listen to radio 1 as there random talking nonsnse to keep me going but i must admit i do prefer the oldies often heard on radio 2, theres also an extension to plug in my mp3 player if need be, get 2 days worth pf solid radio out of 1 battery, 30 mins to charge, without a radio tho its like erm.. err... meh.

iPod ftw.

ive got a 30gb creative, old and big but surely enough its capable of providing plenty of music, good to stic to a station that others around will be happy with. tho whne i do domestic i allways haveon m heavy metl music while nobody else is about

What kind of heavy metal?

I have the Makita radio too,bought it last year,great piece of kit.
Runs off my 18v 3.0ah drill battery and lasts for 2 days !! ye ha.
I dont like it too loud but its nice and my helper enjoys it.
any station with good music does the job!! lol,

i'v a dab portable radio, listen to manchester rock fm 106.1, or key 103

i have the makita the sound quality , is great the best radio i have ever had on site or off

planet rock
Cant beat a bit of ACDC in the morning

A friend of mine is in the trade and they used to have a wind up one.
You turn the handle for so long and it would last so many hours. They listen to what ever they could pick up in the area but mainly radio 1 or talk sport.

Was good until someone turned the handle the wrong way a few times : (

Do love the radio on more as a back ground sound, I've been working on my own for to long

Originally Posted by sWe

What kind of heavy metal?

in flames, arch enemy, korpiklaani, children of bodom etc

oh and just as i was about to set off for college the radio arrived! i popped my drill battery into it and took it to college, had it on full whack in the workshop all day for all to enjoy and then did a spot of tiling in the evening till 7:30pm and then the battery died, guessin it will last longer as i wont be having it on full whack in someones house (bloody loud) so overall, im very impressed, the sound quality is very good, much better than i expected, highly recommended

How much did that set you back?

£66.99 with delivery from ebay, much cheaper than screwfix and other places

you must be making tooooo much money mrspoon..lol

still stick to the old tranny,usually radio 1 or Real radio but not when a GUY called Steve McKenna COMES ON...CANT GO HIM.

im barely making anything, well im still working part time in a supermarket, payday and bonus tomorow will get about £1150 proffit from tiling this month, all my tools asre coming from a £3,500 loan ive had to get me equiped and make sure i can buy asll the materials ill need to get, since im working on site i have to submit my invoice at the end of the month and get paid 3 weeks later or something daft liek that so i kinda needed the money. i really wish i could say i was earning lots tho, give it time tho eh

XFM and Real Radio are my choices,Real Radio Football phone in is excellent if im working of an evening(which seems to be happening more and more often im sorry to say but needs must).Nice Radio Mr Spoon if it was any bigger you could sell your house and move into it.

dab portable virgin radio for me

the radios not that big really, 30cm hgh? 16cm wide, just the convenience that it runs off the drill batteries is good, get home and plonk it in the charger for 30 mins and its ready to go i was a bit put off by it not having DAB at first but then again i never listen to anything other than radio 1 now cos ive been brainwashed by their silly nonesense, tho i feel i may have to plug in my mp3 player from time to time as im sick of hearing the same rubbish music thats out at the moment, that bloomin warwick avenue song, i hate that with a passion, and that basshunter song "when your gone"