SIRIUS Stiletto SL100 Portable Satellite Radio Receiver

Ive had my unit for just over a year now and it is on the end of its life.
The are numerous other people that have the same issue with this product. Personally Ive never paid so much for a unit to have it fail within 1 year. It rendered 2 batteries dead within 1 year, and then just after the 1 year passed, now shuts down when it feels like and I have to go threough a number of steps just for it to record, else it just simply will not.

One of the main forums for sirius (siriusbackstage), delete negative posts now, so dont bet on finding a lot of negative reviews there. Seeing as there is supposed to be knowledgeable people there I posted my issue and was told that this routinely happens to units because of how much heat the unit generates (short life cycle). There is also a know memory corruption issue with the Stiletto 2.

If you do want to fork out the money for it, be sure as hell to buy an extended warranty. By the way, the company that makes them has not renewed their contract with Sirius to manufacture them anymore. Huh, wonder why? Probably getting killed on the returned items.

The Sirius Stiletto is an amazing product. I listen to Howard Stern and cannot always listen to the whole show. I am able to record it when I wake up, listen on my way to work and record the rest of the program when I arrive to work. always have new Stern to listen to even when he is on vacation. The love button instantly stores any song or show on Sirius for listening again and again. Can listen anywhere either live or from recordings. I flew last week and had new episodes to listen to for the whole flight. A great MP3 player as well.

What a disappointment to say the least.

Headphones
-ear buds are garbage. Picked up an aftermarket set that make them sound like they're from the '80s.
-antenna headphones are the only way to pick up signal but DIG into ones ears and sound just as bad as the buds.

MP3 player
-CANNOT CREATE PLAYLISTS...need I say more?

Internet radio
-works okay
-has trouble maintaining signal unless you're RIGHT next to a router.
-limited number of stations
-no recording

Satellite radio
-HAVE TO HAVE AN ANTENNA CONNECTED! You will look like a moron holding the radio to the sky all day, without one.
-"Radio Replays" is a nice feature but nearly impossible to dig through (have to skip one song or "commercial free" commercial at a time).

Batteries
-It's nice they give ya two...
-Neither work well for Sat mode (don't last long) but it's impossible to use the little one.
-Both last long when just listening to MP3s or radio replays.

OVERALL, not worth it. I can only use it in my car and as such, it would have been cheaper to buy a regular Sirius radio...I thought this was the solution to my Sat/MP3 desire but I will still have to buy an MP3 player...

The end result will likely be a higher rating; however, right now it has been returned to Silatto because it wouldn't power up. I am still waiting after a week and a half for them to either return it or send me a new one.

I love this device! I'm a huge Howard fan and being able to record his show is something I've always wanted. I live on the west coast and I have the Stilletto set to record the east coast feed overnight. By 9 am pacific the broadcast (including the wrap show) is finished recording and waiting for me. I work from home so its nice to have on in the background, plus it skips past commercials in 30 second blocks with one push of a button. It also skips a head in 15 minutes blocks during the show (very handy when he has another stripper on). This radio has worked great for me. However, when I first got it, it would jump around when playing back a recording. All I had to do was upgrade the firmware and I haven't had that problem since. I also don't use this device for portable live broadcasting. Those headphone antennas do not look comfortable. Love it!