Panasonic RQ2102 Shoe Box Recorder

Very nice transaction. The recorder works great and does exactly what I want it to do. I'm very happy with it.

This portable recorder/player is an excellent product. Lightweight to carry and the buttons are easy to use. The AC cord is handy but battery power works just fine with standard batteries. The built in mic is clear for your recordings and playback is sharp.

I purchased this tape recorder/player for my father, who is legally blind but still likes to lecture on various gardening topics for local clubs. He wanted a way to record his lectures as well as a back-up tape player in case the one provided by the Association for the Blind has a problem. Therefore the buttons have to be large and easy to mark in a unique way and the operation has to be simple. I have always liked Panasonic and I was not disappointed this time, either. The player works perfectly and the built-in microphone picked up the music I was playing from another audio-tape player with surprising accuracy, as well as my voice. The buttons come with raised emblems which will help my father to find the one he wants. The recorder runs efficiently on 4 size "C" batteries, as well as plugging into the wall, and has ports for headphones and a hand-held microphone (not included with this unit). Best of all from my point of view, it looks and feels like my favorite old tape recorder from the 1970's. I didn't get to handle it for very long because it was a gift, but I really like it.

My daughter loves these shoe box type recorders and they are hard to find. This is exactly what she was looking for.

I'm someone who just wants an easy-to-use recorder to conduct interviews, phone interviews, the latter purpose for which I have an adapter. Fine. I bought this recorder in July 2006. I've done somewhere between 15 to 20 hours of recording total on it. Other use includes playback and cueing the rewind - the usual. Well, here it is, March, 2007, and it ate a brand new tape right in the middle of an interview. The heads are clean; the tape was new (and the rest of the tapes in the batch are fine, so I don't think it was the tape). What I think, ultimately, is that this is a cheap recorder made in China where (judging from the other reviews and my own experience) is good....when it works. But obviously, the durability and reliability are questionable.