Editorial Review:Product Description:continually monitors NOAA Weather Band radio * receives 79 different types of emergency messages * Specific Area Message Encoding (S.A.M.E.) broadcasts for up to nine different counties * siren alert * Public Alert certified *
Amazon.com Product Description:The First Alert WX-150 NOAA Public Alert Radio with S.A.M.E. is the next step in the evolution of the all-hazards radio warning system in the United States. The life-saving WX-150 automatically alerts you to a wide variety of severe weather and civil emergencies in your area, and is an absolute must in any and every emergency preparedness kit.
In addition to monitoring NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) weather band radio day and night, the First Alert WX-150 includes civil emergency messages as well. Now you will be made of vital situations such as terrorist attacks, problems at nuclear plants, civil danger, immediate evacuations, AMBER alerts and more. The state-of-the-art EX-150 receives a total of 79 emergency civil and severe weather messages, and automatically sounds a loud alert siren when emergency conditions occur.
The WX-150 alert radio meets all the standards for certified Public Alert radios, and itself is full of features that make it easier than ever to use. Utilizing S.A.M.E. (Specific Area Message Encoding), this unit not only helps you avoid non-local alerts, but is fully programmable to receive warnings for emergencies specific to your area. The WX-150 also features an easy-to-read digital LCD screen that normally shows you the time and date, but during emergencies has a scrolling display of pertinent message information. The First Alert WX-150 is wall mountable so it never gets misplaced, has battery back-up protection in case of power outages, and is backed by a manufacturer's 90-day warranty.
What's in the Box First Alert WX-150 NOAA Public Alert radio with S.A.M.E., user's guide and warranty information.
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
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Ahh...Sleep
We bought this product for the programmable alerts. And, on that it delivers. I live on high ground in my county, so I don't need to be awakened in the middle of the night for a flood watch. I also don't want to be awakened for a T-Storm watch. This thing lets you set the alerts that sound the alarm-tone. If you have disabled an alarm it still receives the alert, presents a yellow (watch) or red (warning) light, and displays alert text on the console. If you wake up in the middle of the night you can still see the flashing red light of a warning message and get up and read it. It won't let you disable the alarm for tornado warnings, but that makes sense. The console has a light so the textual warning message can be read easily at night. You also can set the volume of the alarm-tone on this model.
The reason I removed a star from the rating is that the console isn't as informative as our old model. If you get an alarm for a T-Storm warning our old one would show the time remaining on the warning (e.g., 2Hr30Min). This new one doesn't appear to do that. I've been thru the manual (and pushed all the buttons) and if it does it... I can't seem to figure out how to get it to do that. Yeah sure, the red light remains on throughout the warning... but it would be nice to know how much time is left. So, you are left with pushing the radio button and listening to the weather service radio to hear them tell you the duration of the watch or warning. Or, as we have done, you might want to keep your old alert radio that does this and turn the alarm-tone completely off and use it to show the duration of the alerts.
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Really, really programmable
This thing is fantastic. Our old weather alarm only let you program in "SAME" designations (just warnings for your county would go off). That was fine and good, but the darn thing went off all the time (we live in the Midwest, with lots of thunderstorms and rain). We needed a weather alarm because the outdoor tornado sirens are so quiet, I don't think they'd wake us up. On the other hand, I don't need to be woken up all night long every time they issue a flash flood warning (I'm not in my car, and we live on a hill, flash floods don't produce the kind of danger we need to be torn out of our beds at 3 am for).
Anyway, this one allows you to turn off EVERYTHING except tornado warning sirens. It is fantasic. We've been able to finally sleep all the way through the night, even if there are severe storms.
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Great Product
Using instructions programming is easy. You can select not only counties to receive alerts for, but also select only the alerts you are concerned about.
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Excellent product
This is an excellent alert radio. Easy to set up and program for alerts you desire.
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A good LOUD product
I am very pleased with this NOAA alert radio. It's loud, consistantly reliable and most of all very usable.
The only reason I did not give it five stars, just four, was the ease of set up.