"Brenda Ann Dyer" wrote in message newsI find the Grundig YB-400 to be especially bad on batteries.. even if
you don't use the radio, the batteries will die within a couple weeks or
so.. and if you do use it, you get far less than 20 hours (of course, those
are AA, and not D size.. )

Gee, I've had batteries in my YB-400 for well over a year and they
still work fine! I only ocassionally use the radio, but battery
replacement for me has been much less than once a year.