PLUSMuch like the very first radio I had as a kid - also a Panasonic. Good battery life, excellent sound quality, and if it looks like an old fashioned transistor radio - take off the cover and you'll see why. It IS an old fashioned transistor radio.MINUSThe antennae is a fragile design. Most traditional radios have the antennae collapse into the body of the radio. Not this one. You have to very gently unfold it from face down to face up on a small hinge. On my first attempt, it snapped in half. So I immediately bought another radio, and am being more careful with it.