Had mine for 22 months ,bought a cordless grinder and decided to put the battery in it and hey presto it didn't work, so then put 2 other variants of makita battery and still not working , phoned makita and they knew the problem straight away , still not sent it back cause total inconvienence, postage etc so using it as mains and you will find out through find the wire will not last, a great radio but with problems !