🚀 go-pugleaf

This is a recommendation as a consumer and I have no financial
interest in the topic.

I was fed up with the poor quality of potentiometers ("volume
control" in this case) found in clock radios.  I rarely
adjusted the volume on my clock radio, yet the control would go
scratchy very quickly, i.e. at certain settings there was no
volume.  Eventually vibration would cause the setting to move
to one of these positions and I'd miss the alarm some mornings.
(Reminds me of hotel clock radios.) I have tossed out two such 
radios (both had a phone too).

I took a good look at Target and decided against another 
unit with a phone as the two choices both had very loose 
pots, suggesting they could be bad designs.  Going for just
a clock radio expanded the choices.  I finally settled for
an Akai CR-5000 (made in China, as usual) for $59.

Not only does it have a very firm (geared) pot, it has other
features not seen in cheaper units, such as dual alarms, 
the buzzer gets louder slowly, fast and slow forward 
and fast and slow reverse settings, auto-sensing dimmer, 
(FM) stereo speakers, battery backup.  Sounds good and
I have no complaints so far.


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