O.T. Anyone got a John Lewis Spectrum Duo DAB radio?

[Murmansk]

I've just bought one having read a good review in Which? in which it says it can act as a Bluetooth speaker as well as a radio.

I'm wondering about its battery life. Has anyone got any experience of that? I'm hoping it'll be better than older DAB radios I've had that get through batteries at a very depressing rate.

I've got some Eneloop AA batteries I don't use much so I was thinking of getting some adaptors for them to put them in this radio but suspect they'd only last about twenty minutes?

[Brian Gaff]

No but I understand the chips that allow DAB plus are better on consumption than the old ones used to be. Brian

[TimW]

I bought a John Lewis radio last year. It is coated in the dreaded 'soft-touch' rubberised matt plastic finish. After a short while on the window sill it is totally sticky, covered in cat hairs and toast and there is no way to clean it that I know of.

TW

[Huge]

*Solvent* uPVC cleaner works really well (not the soapy water stuff)

- Wickes sell it. Isopropyl alcohol is OK, but you have to rub quite hard. I've just cleaned two Squeezeboxes and their remote controls with the former, with great success.

[TimW]

Thanks! There are quite a few things around the house have gone sticky with that crappy finish. TW

[Huge]

You're most welcome.

[Martin Brown]

So does hydraulic clutch fluid - much to my amazement. It may also remove and decals and legends so be careful what you use it on.

[Huge]

Oh, yeah, ditto the solvent uPVC cleaner. It's pretty aggressive stuff. I'm actually surprised the H&S fascists haven't had it banned.