Portable Cassette Player, Tape Recorder with Built-in Speaker, Microphone, Headphone Jack, 4.57 x 3.54 x 1.38 inches (Blue)

A niche item but great for listening to audiobooks bought for almost nothing in charity shops! Sound quality ok in a 1980s tech way. Robust and well put together. Retro stylish and every bit as good as a Walkman without the ramped up price.Recommended for what it is. Funky, retro blast from the past! Just don’t expect hifi quality sound.

I bought this 0n 25th September 2025. I used it for about 30 minutes virtually every day to listen to spoken word audiotapes and found it excellent until 15th January 2026 when the earphone jack ceased to function swiftly followed by crackling and cacophonous sounds on the speaker meaning no intelligible sounds were being produced.Consequently had to throw it away.It has lasted less than 3 months so definitely not value for money.

Great little thing, cheap, the mic works, playback is pretty smooth and regular. Didn't test out battery life because when I tried to plug it into the wall power I neglected to check that the plug was outputting 4.5v. It was 24v and the little thing popped several chips and fuses.But as I said, cheap enough to get another. Even has a small EM shield on the inside of the case to stop interference, I'd be interested to see if taking that off makes a difference to the quality of recordings next time.

I'm going to get my most important point out of the way first. If you are looking for a cassette recorder to use for recording digital media to tape, i.e. cable from mic port to a laptop/phone/computer etc's audio output port, it will absolutely do the job. Lots of reviews have discussed the subpar recording capabilities and, sure, out of the box without a mic plugged in it is obviously not going to be great but if you're looking to turn digital to tape via audio cable, it'll do the job just fine.Now the rest. Design wise, it's grand. Sleek, understated, good tactile buttons. Actually I will make special mention that the buttons on this thing are heavy and tactile and oddly satisfying to operate, especially in a world of touchscreens. Speakers wise, it's fine? You're listening to a cassette tape so I'm going to go out on a limb here and presume you're not looking for the highest fidelity studio playback. If you've ever had the experience of listening to an FM radio in a garden shed or building site pre-DAB then you can pretty accurately predict how the speaker in this sounds.Function wise, yeah I mean, it will both play and record a cassette tape. I've got very little to say on it, it's like asking if a bucket is functional. I don't know man, does it have a hole in it? if not, yeah sure I guess.For context here's my usage case. For some prop work, I needed a cassette tape with some royalty free music on it. So, I grab this, I plug a cable into the mic port of the recorder and the headphone port of a laptop. Hit play and record at the same time, hit play on the media file and wait (in my case) 45 minutes and, lo and behold, I have the cassette tape. For this usage, it is perfect in much the same way that a glass of water is when experiencing thirst. It's not going to thrill you to your very core but it'll do the job perfectly adequately.One last word of note, presuming you have a use case similar to mine, lower the volume of whatever you are putting onto tape. Volume translates differently and can easily distort and warp, it isn't an issue with the recorder, it's an issue with the medium generally speaking.

Works well

Yes it was for an old lady and she operates it very easily with great joy

I used this for the first time today to help draw up notes after a meeting. All I can hear is a LOT of static and VERY faint voices even though the device was place right next to the speakers. Waste of money and heading for the bin! I would have given this zero stars if I could! My advice; look for something else that actually works.

This is bought as a present for a young person. It came well packaged & on time. It did not come with batteries inserted ( which it said it did)…..but that is not an issue as it takes 2 normal Duracell AA. Have yet to discover what the receiver thinks of the gift!!

Doet wa hij moet doen, kan tegen een stootje mijn dochter heeft hem al eens laten vallen maar doet het gewoon.

Eins der besten neu produzierten Walkmans, die es gibt! Funktioniert wie die früheren Originale und die tolle Farbe + Optik machen alles umso schöner und nostalgischer.

Works Great! Would recommend.

Registra benissimo MONO dal jack mic che invece accetta aux. Ed è questo che cercavo. Mi raccomando registrare con le pile e non con alimentazione DC perché in questo ultimo caso registra peggio

Recording quality is so bad you cannot tell if you are playing back an actual song, someone screaming or chainsaw noise. I bought it for my daughter to have some fun with. Luckily I tried it before to give it to her.Also, bought for new but the item arrived was obviously a previously returned item. With "Amazon resale" sticker on the box.Don't buy.