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 Low quality, but decent for the price September 30, 2008
Pros: Fairly loud, doesn't look bad, inexpensive, has a nice stand, digital display that shows current frequency, loud alarm.
Cons: Tuner drifts after turning off and on, mirror fogs badly, the rope for hanging up is shorter than usual.
 Shower radio - not designed for the shower September 15, 2008
Jwin Jxm58 Splash Proof Am/Fm Radio with Alarm Clock
I will first say that this product is not over priced, but it's not under priced either. You get what you pay for I guess.
After using this product in the shower for a month now, I have found a few faults with it.
First, the knobs are not designed with wet hands in mind. The knobs are small and smooth, so it's really hard to adjust the volume in the shower.
The volume adjusts in increments that are not very precise, meaning it goes from too low, to too loud, with just a slight turn of the knob. I find it hard to find that perfect volume... with or without wet hands.
Despite the digital display for the tuner, it's not truly a digital tuner, as far as I can tell anyway. I'm not sure how to describe this, but to tune in the stations, you use a knob, and much like the volume knob, it's really hard get precisely tune in a station. It's not like the digital tuner on your car stereo where you turn the knob and it moves up or down 1310, 1311, 1312, etc. It's pretty much impossible to go from 1310 to 1311.
I don't know if it was advertised as a "steam-resistant" mirror, but the mirror is useless in the shower. Personally, I didn't buy it for that, so I don't care, but if you are going to try and shave in the shower using the mirror, it probably won't work.
The price was reasonable, although Wal-Mart had the same product on clearance for $5.00. Go figure.
I use it every morning, so it does meet my needs, but if the issues I raise are a deal breaker, then spend the extra buck and get a better one.
Troy
 Total junk! August 27, 2008
Wally-world sells these for $5. I have gone through 4...Yes, FOUR of these pieces of #$%^ trying to find one that will work. First one flat didn't work. Next unit didn't work. Third unit wouldn't get AM. Fourth unit worked...for about three minutes.
Run ...don't walk to the nearest exit!
 Okay for the price July 7, 2008
This shower radio is a very good option if you do not want to spend more than fifteen dollars on a radio. The digital LCD display is nice and I love how it shows what station is being tuned in on the screen rather than on a printed sticker around the tuning knob. My shower is really loud, steamy, and extremely wet, but the little radio fills the shower with the hottest new songs from 106.1 KISS FM. The internal antenna pulls in MOST of the radio stations in Seattle, although some can't make it in without becoming filled with static. It comes with three options to set it up: hanging from the shower head, sitting on a counter, or attaching to a wall with suction cups. I couldn't hang it on my oversized shower head because it doesn't stick out far enough to hold the radio out of the stream of water. The suction cups hold it pretty well, but I have to be careful not to bump it up or it will fall. There are many pros, but the cons almost outnumber them. For one, the mirror isn't treated with any anti-fog coating, so it fogs up really fast. This might happen because my showerhead emits a TON of steam and visible mist. I bet it gets up to 110% humidity in the bathroom in 10-15 minutes. The next issue is with the radio tuner. Whenever I turn it off, it almost always shifts the station by .1 so it comes in with static next time you turn it on. jWIN also (kind of) scams you by saying speaker plural like this "speakers." This leads you to believe that this shower radio is stereo, but it is mono. Overall, the sound is good, it looks nice, and it can survive pouring mist, steam, and humidity from my shower without losing a beat. A great buy for a second shower.
Good sound quality, easy to use May 15, 2008
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This shower radio has a better sound then the last one that I had, and it is easy to use. The only problem I've had with it is that the suction cups holding it to the wall of the shower don't fit into a keyhole slot, but rather they just push into the back of the radio at the top. This allowed it to be knocked off of the suction cups when it was bumped in the shower, landing on my foot, and clattering noisily to the floor. It still works, however, and I will now be more careful!
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