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Yab-a-DAB-a-do!

Thursday 27 August

Let's get digital! Jon tests out the best DAB radios around

We expect more from our DAB radios than just being able to blare out our favourite radio stations. The latest radios are solar-powered, egg-timing, eco-friendly, multi-talented sound boxes. It’s the kind of hi-tech multi-tasking that the 21st Century man demands. But which is best?

I got to grips with 20 of the latest DAB radios, and whittled them down to my top five using a set of demanding criteria: style, feature-set, portability and sound quality.

Making up the top five I had the likes of the Roberts Solar Powered Radio, which as the name suggests, has a solar panel on the top and runs entirely on light! Then there’s the Dualit Kitchen Radio – it looks as stunning as it is solid and has a built-in rechargeable battery (whether you buy the matching kitchen blender and toaster is up to you). The Roberts Ecologic 2, meanwhile, squeezes out a whopping 120 hours from the battery!

Needless to say I don’t want to spoil the results for you, so you’ll have to watch the video to find out which radio comes out top. Well? What are you waiting for?

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