Panasonic Portable AM / FM Radio, Battery Operated Analog Radio, AC Powered, Silver (RF-2400D)

Product is good. I play the radio electrically.

I’ve had my radio for less than 24 hours so I cannot speak about durability. But I LOVE it so far! I’m 70 yrs young and I spend my days gardening in my big yard April to October. I like to listen to NPR or oldies music while I work. Dragging around a 100-ft extension cord has been tiresome during the last year.

My similar, 28-yr-old battery-operated radio (paid $8 new) finally died last year. I’ve been looking for a replacement. I wanted a SIMPLE radio that could run on AA rechargeable batteries so I could always have a spare set charged. I wanted a large dial display, with a large tuning knob (NOT tiny buttons that take forever to tune and hurt my fingers) and a volume wheel (instead of those nasty little buttons). I wanted analog. I did not want Bluetooth, alarms, CD player, etc. Just an old-fashioned portable radio I could carry around—larger than an iPhone (so I can set it on the ground) yet lightweight, with a large handle, good, large speaker .This Panasonic RF-2400 is perfect. It’s exactly what I wanted. I called Panasonic to ask a question and they have not made this radio since 2001 but told me there’s no reason why Amazon’s stock would not be good. IF you bought this radio and love it, you might want to buy another while Amazon still has stock.

When I googled battery-operated portable radio, all the links were for boom boxes with CD players, Smart Phone chargers, Bluetooth and other things I don’t need. Also, most of these radios had permanent, built-in batteries. If the battery ran out of juice, you’d have to plug it into a wall outlet and wait hours for it to recharge. So much for progress in the portable radio business. Other “portable” radios were solar and crank powered. The batteries on most didn’t store the energy and died after 1-2 hours.

I paid $110 + tax for a portable Sangean radio with both solar and internal rechargeable battery. It was also supposed to be a great weather band, short wave radio. Charger was missing. NEVER received anything but static from the short wave mode. Never got a weather band station, and the battery died after 1 hour. Seller never responded to my requests to return it. I also bought a little crank & solar radio, an Ambient Weather Adventurer radio. Piece of junk. Ran less than one hour and wouldn’t recharge. That was an expensive piece of junk, too $83 plus tax. Unresponsive seller.

My Panasonic has great sound–very clear and strong. I live in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains, about a mile from a small airport. This radio does not get any interference from either airport or mountains. It pulls in stations that are 70-100 miles away for more. LOVE it! I hope it continues to work this well for many years.

Fantastic no frills AM/FM radio.
If you are looking for an extremely simple AM/FM radio, this is the one!
No Bluetooth, no streaming, no “hd radio”, no CD, Cassette, no base boost, no music modes, no EQ, none of that.
It doesn’t even play in stereo sound!!
Now, you might be asking, why on earth would I want to spend hard earned money on what you just described??
Simple my friends, THIS THING WORKS!
This little radio pulls in stations (local) that nearly all of my other “over the air” radios fail to get, regardless of price point.
I live out away from the metro area down in the hollers and hills, and this radio gets stations!
Also, it is LOUD. Much louder than you would expect for its size.
Sound, while limited by the mono signal and physical speaker limitations (she ain’t rockin’ the house with any bass boost) it is extremely clear.
This is perfect for the garage, basement, front porch, or anywhere you just need some background music, or want to catch the news.
Works the same on batteries or AC, and I recommend the Energizer lithium AA batteries, as they won’t leak or corrode, and last a very long time in this unit with casual listening at lower volumes.
With the lack of options and things to fail on this little guy, it will likely still be working at the end of times, or at least till the end of my time!
One of the few purchases I’ve made in life I don’t regret.

I have been using the Panasonic RF-2400D for about a month now. Here is my review of it
This radio has a lot of excellent features. It does a great job tuning in AM and FM stations with the DSP tuning. The Tuning light turns on when it has locked onto the station well. Love it. The 23″ Antenna is great at picking up more distant FM stations. The antenna is not 360 degrees, but it does move side to side. The internal AM antenna does a great job with more distant AM stations. The tuning knob is excellent, enabling fine tuning. The radio frequency dial is pretty accurate to where the stations actually are.
It has a nice big 3.5″ speaker and it sounds really good, both AM and FM. The radio runs off of 4 AA batteries and also comes with an AC power cord. The handle is solid and folds down when not needed. Lastly, the radio itself is attractive.
I have two minor gripes:
1. The earphone jack only sends sound to one speaker on your headphones. I wasn’t expecting stereo, but it would have been nice to have sound fed to both ears. This is a trivial upgrade. I knew this would be the case going in, but would still be nice to have.
2. The band selector switch doubles as the On/Off switch. When I went to the beach recently, I put the radio in my beach bag the night before. When I got to the beach, the On/Off switch had been jogged, rubbing up against other stuff in the bag, and the batteries were dead. It would have been better if the On/Off switch were incorporated into the volume dial like so many other radios.
Despite these two minor flaws, I consider this to be an excellent radio and give it 5 stars. I recommend.