Abbee Commercial-Free FM Radio Review

Conclusions

The Abbee gives you an easy way to record radio. It lets you choose the music you like without the DJ chatter and commercials. It also gives you the ability to play that music on a portable player that works quite well. Since Abbee does all the recording for you, you don’t have to worry about uploading and downloading. In fact, you don’t even have to have a computer at all.

When you consider that the Abbee is an FM radio and a portable music player, it really gives you a lot. When you compare the price of the USD 99 Abbee to that of an iPod, a set of speakers for the iPod, and the music you must purchase to put on the iPod, the Abbee starts to look very economical.

After the initial purchase of the Abbee player, there is no additional cost for music. If you have one or two FM stations in your area that play music you like, Abbee will automatically grab that music and let you play it at any time and in any place.

Although the Abbee is quite useable as it is, we found the way it works to be a little complex. We also think that with a few more features, the Abbee could be even better. For instance, it would be nice to be able to separate the music from different stations, so you could play back country music or jazz or oldies as the mood hits you. It would also be nice to know how much room is left on the Abbee or the Music Lock. We would also like to save favorites on the Abbee itself so they would not be overwritten.

The Abbee is good for people who don’t have the patience or technical knowledge to get involved with downloading music. If you just let it do its thing, you will probably be happy with it. If you try to figure out how it all works, you will probably be frustrated.

Pros

• Affordable
• Provides no-cost music
• No subscription fees
• Does a very good job of removing DJ chatter and commercials
• Built-in FM radio
• Good speakers
• Good portable player
• Everything done automatically
• No computer needed

Cons

• The confusing way music is recorded, deleted & saved
• Music deleted from the Abbee when transferred to Music Lock
• 30 minute maximum with on-demand recording
• Once you have marked Favorites on the Abbee, you must plug in the Music Lock to save them or they may be overwritten
• The requirement to plug in the Music Lock to save “Favorites” marked on the Abbee
• No way to see the amount of music recorded
• No way to select songs to play