Description
Roberts Sports 925 FM/MW Personal Portable Radio
A 140 g pocket radio with FM and MW, scroll-wheel tuning and up to 60 hours of listening from two AA batteries.
The Sports 925 is a personal radio built to be carried. It measures 122 x 70 x 30 mm and weighs 140 g, so it sits in a jacket pocket without pulling it out of shape. Two analogue bands, FM and MW, are tuned on a scroll wheel, and a built-in speaker means you can listen without headphones if you want to.
Battery life is the headline. Two AA cells give up to 60 hours, which covers a season of Sunday matches or a fortnight of morning walks before you think about replacements. There is no mains option, so the radio is always ready to move, and a 3.5 mm headphone socket keeps commentary to yourself in a crowd.
Ideal For
Commentary in your pocket at the ground or on the sideline, with MW as well as FM so coverage on either band is available, and headphones to keep it personal.
At 140 g the Sports 925 goes in a pocket and stays there. Two AA cells run it for up to 60 hours, so a daily hour outdoors lasts weeks between changes.
Battery-only operation makes this a sensible thing to keep in a drawer, a car or a bag, ready for a power cut or a journey with nothing else to listen to.
Key Features
Two AA cells deliver up to 60 hours of listening, so the Sports 925 spends far more time playing than it does waiting for new batteries.
Measuring 122 x 70 x 30 mm, it is genuinely pocket-sized rather than merely portable, and light enough to forget about until you want it.
Two analogue wavebands cover FM stations and the medium wave broadcasts FM does not carry. Both are found on the same wheel, with an analogue scale to read against.
A wheel moves the tuning along the analogue scale, so stations are found by feel and a small adjustment rather than by working through a menu or a station list.
There is a mono speaker on board, so the Sports 925 works as a small radio on a windowsill or a workbench as well as a personal one.
Plug in headphones and commentary stays with you, which is what you want on a crowded terrace, a quiet train or a shared room.
Sixty hours changes how you use it
Battery life this long alters the habit. A radio that needs charging every day gets left on the side; one that runs up to 60 hours on two AA cells goes into a coat pocket in October and is still working in November. There is no charging routine to remember and no cable to pack, and when the cells finally go, replacements are easy to find anywhere.
Two bands, no menus, no pairing
FM and MW are tuned on the same scroll wheel against an analogue scale. There are no presets, no station list and no settings, which sounds like a limitation until you use it: the radio does exactly one thing, and does it the moment you switch it on. For a listener who wants sport or speech in the background rather than a device to manage, that is the appeal.
What to expect from the Sports 925
This is a battery-only radio: no mains input, which keeps the case small and the weight at 140 g. Two AA cells are what stands between you and silence, and they are not in the box. Reception is FM and MW only, so digital stations are outside its reach. In return you get a 122 x 70 x 30 mm radio that runs up to 60 hours, plays through its own speaker or headphones, and asks nothing beyond a turn of the wheel.
How It Compares
| Listening Need | Sports 925 Technology | Practical Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| On the move | 140 g pocket size | Small and light enough to carry all day without noticing it in a pocket |
| Long trips | Up to 60 hours | Two AA cells last long enough that battery changes are rare rather than routine |
| Sport coverage | FM and MW bands | Reaches both analogue bands, so commentary on medium wave is available as well as FM |
| No power nearby | Battery-only operation | Works anywhere without a socket, since there is no mains supply to plug into |
| Listening in company | 3.5 mm headphone socket | Headphones keep the commentary to you while the people around you carry on talking |
| Simple tuning | Analogue scroll wheel | One wheel moves along the scale, with no menus, presets or station lists in the way |
The Verdict
Strengths
- Up to 60 hours from two AA cells
- 140 g and 122 x 70 x 30 mm
- FM and MW analogue tuning on a scroll wheel
- Built-in mono speaker as well as headphone output
- No charging routine and no cable to carry
- Nothing to pair, scan or configure
Considerations
- There is no mains option at all: the Sports 925 runs on two AA batteries only, so a set of spares is worth keeping.
- The box holds the radio and a user guide, so the two AA batteries need to be bought separately.
- Reception is analogue FM and MW only, with no DAB, no presets and no Bluetooth, and the speaker is mono.
What's in the Box
- Sports 925 radio x1
- User guide x1
