Pure Move 2500 Portable DAB Radio

It is true that the popularity of digital radio is growing, even if it is remarkably and painfully slowly, of course if you fall in love with DAB radio at home you will most likely want to listen to DAB radio whilst you are on the move. Well you can all thanks to the Pure Move 2500 DAB radio.

The Pure Move 2500 is the latest from Pure in portable DAB/FM radio and is, believe it or not, smaller and lighter than it’s predecessor the Pure Pocket DAB 1500. Alongside the 2500 being a slightly trimmer version of it’s predecessor, the other obvious change is the controls.

Rather than the usual dedicated button controls, the Pure Move 2500 DAB player includes a rotatable, pressable control that resembles something of the iPod click wheel – something that was featured on the 1st generation iPods. Nonetheless, the control is rather intuitive to use and turns easily at the same time the central ‘select’ button is slightly raised which prevents you from operating the dial when you simply don’t want to.

Features?

The screen has a backlight which can be turned on and off or timed so that it turns off after a short time. The screen is strikingly small but it adequate and text is easy to read even in broad daylight.

How easy is it to use?

The actual icons that are situated on the control are rather small. However, once you’ve used it once or twice it becomes second nature and you will never really have to read what each button is. Turning it on is simple, just press the select button. There is a 2-3 second delay between pressing the button and text appearing on the screen and to turn it off you just have to do the same, press and hold the select button, once again it will turn off inbetween 2-3 seconds.

Sound quality?

Obviously sound quality has a lot to do with the quality of the headphones but the in-ear headphones that are supplied with the radio are rather impressive. The noise isolating headphones come with three different sizes of ear-buds to ensure that they fit in your ears. To be honest for under £100 these headphones are rather impressive, they are certainly equal if not better than the headphones that accompany the iPhone and numerous iPods.

The treble and bass are both adjustable in the settings but unfortunately there is no clip on the cable to clip it your jacket. Now unless you’re a serial clipper I don’t think this is much of a problem.

Reception quality

This predominantly comes down to where you are and the DAB transmitters and signal coverage in your area. Even in London, Birmingham and Coventry we found places that gave rather glitchy and interrupted DAB signal. Of course, buildings and structures have a huge impact on the signal for instance when walking into the office this morning the signal cut-out straight away.

Why bother?

You’re probably thinking why should you buy the Pure Move 2500 Portable DAB radio. To be honest if you’ve already got an iPod, iPhone or any other smartphone then the portable DAB radio is just another piece of equipment then you can indulge your self in. Even though DAB radio is available on pretty much any smartphone it certainly does eat away at your mobile data limit (unless of course yours is unlimited mobile data).

Therefore, the main perk of the portable DAB radio is that it does not eat away at mobile data and is perfect for those who wish to listen to digital radio for a decent period of time without having to worry about extra costs or using up all your mobile data for the month. If we were to keep it short, the portable DAB radio is a rather niche product that does offer decent sound quality, is certainly intuitive and easy to use and is incredibly portable but does suffer due to a rather sensitive aerial and has to face up to the likes of the iPod.

If we were to put it in the simplest form possible Laptops.co.uk would have to say the Pure Move 2500 does exactly what it says on the tin, it moves. The Pure Move 2500 is a DAB Home Digital Radio squashed into a small, travel-friendly audio player. Simples!.