Sony Walkman WM-FX290W Portable Radio/Cassette Player

alaTest has collected and analyzed 345 user reviews of Sony Walkman WM-FX290W Portable Radio/Cassette Player from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.8/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Reviewers are impressed by the performance and portability. The price and usability are also mentioned favorably, whereas there are some less positive opinions about the reliability and durability.

Preset Tuner Controls. Digital Synthesized Tuning. Digital LCD Display. Extraordinary FM/AM Radio Reception. Weather Band Forecasts. Cassette Tape Playback. Pocket Size. Effortless Sound Reproduction. The Sony Walkman features first class audio...

My daughter has down syndrome...once we set her radio stations,...she has no problem listening to the radio preset channels, or using the cassette player!! She loves it! These is her 2nd one...after 6-8 years,...the 1st one finally stopped...

This is my second one. I had the previous on that had the tv channels on it but I wore it out. After that, I tried a cheaper one but you get what you pay for. I went back to get another and am so delighted I did. If anything should happen to this one,...

The first Walkman I ever had went to Viet Nam with me. I have had various ones ever since. This is a fine descendant. Easy to use and excellent reproduction of both music and voice. I have had this one about three months, and just ordered another as a...

Very good, but be warned that only Type II cassettes sound good on this player. Type I cassettes sounded muddy. I'd buy another.

When my husband saw these were not going to be made much longer, he wanted one as a backup! He loves the sound the tapes give rather than mp3s. Thank you Sony for such a great product!

When I went to Best Buy in Gilroy, I bought my first Christmas gift, a cassette radio. I changed from the JVC earbuds to the Sony Clip Style Headphones and then the Sony Behind the Neck Headphones. The first drop was worse. The battery door came open...

Preset Tuner Controls. Digital Synthesized Tuning. Digital LCD Display. Extraordinary FM/AM Radio Reception. Weather Band Forecasts. Cassette Tape Playback. Pocket Size. Effortless Sound Reproduction. The Sony Walkman features first class audio...

My daughter has down syndrome...once we set her radio stations,...she has no problem listening to the radio preset channels, or using the cassette player!! She loves it! These is her 2nd one...after 6-8 years,...the 1st one finally stopped...