Panasonic RQ-SW44V Personal Cassette Player

Pros: Good sound, several options for carrying, rugged, water-resistant, auto-reverse.
Cons: No fine-tuning of bass or treble. Cassette is only a player; no recording.

There's no easier way to prepare a good tape for skiing, jogging, or any other sport, than to hit the "record" button on your tape-deck, and record something directly off a radio station, or from a CD, or a vinyl record, or from another tape. Then put...

Pros: decent sound, bass boost, 20 presets
Cons: terrible AM, so-so FM, too much bass on AM

I got one of these units on Ebay, thinking it would be every bit as good as one I had several years ago, the RQ-SW10. I found out that the AM radio reception is not nearly as good. Stations that could be heard moderately well on my old Shockwave can...

Pros: Great performance on a single battery
Cons: I just can't think of any

I use this player at my part time cleaning job audio books & music. Its hard to believe that you can get that much playing time from a single battery,and great performance to boot. I'm glad to see that it's still available. I'll be purchasing a backup soon.