I have both the yellow portable Midland weather radio and the silver portable Oregon Scientific weather radio and I MUCH prefer the Oregon Scientific one. I've used it for at least two years now and I've found it reliable and easy to remember how to program it. The midland requires me to open up the manual everytime I want to work with it - I hate that.

The other nice thing about the Oregon Scientific radio is that it will work both as a portable (w/ batteries) and as a desktop (plugged in and resting in a slightly larger cradle for better stability.

I both both from http://www.ambientweather.com and they provided a great selection and good service.

Ken