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The Pure Siesta Flow is the radio star’s latest bedside buddy. But this is no digital clock with an annoying alarm attached. Being a Pure wireless, it packs in stacks of great features that actually make rousing yourself of a morning an enjoyable experience. So is it worth that £99.99 price tag? Read our Pure Siesta Flow review now for the full skinny.
Like all Pure radios, even the planet’s biggest technophobes can set up the Pure Siesta Flow. It’s just a case of firing it up and choosing which mode you want to use. Pick DAB via the touch pad on the front and it’ll automatically tune itself. So far, so basic, but it’s the internet functionality that sets this little number apart from the competition.
Setting up Wi–Fi is as simple as hitting “The Lounge” setting and loading it up with your wireless password. To get the most out of the Pure Siesta Flow, you’ll need to register online at Pure’s “Lounge” website, but that does mean you can get recommendations, podcasts and thousands of radio stations from around the world. We got ours going of an evening, so kicked back and listened to Australia’s Triple J breakfast show while we tinkered with the other settings.
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Brilliantly, you can also stream tracks from your PC or Mac onto the Pure Siesta Flow. It’s simply a case of hitting the media server button, ensuring file sharing on your computer is on and it’ll pull up tracks in a matter of seconds. It’s perfect if the radio won’t soothe your hangover and we found ourselves using it more than regular web radio.
If there are any quibbles we have, it’s with the Pure Siesta Flow’s bod’ rather than what’s going on inside. The £100 you’ll stump up is fair enough for all those features, but the plasticky frame is more in keeping with those old-school clock radios you get from Argos. Occasionally we also found DAB reception dropped out, although no more than any interference we have on other radios in the house.
Compared to the huge Yamaha TSX-130, the Pure Siesta Flow is small fry. But Yamaha’s effort is far too big for even a giant’s bedside. The Pure is all class and rocks the sort of extras all radios should have.
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