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I’ll up the Grundig recommendation and add you should find a pre-1997 model that uses analog dials....

My two oldest Grundigs, one from the 1980’s and the other a 1995 or so, have lived longer than the newer 2 2000’s model years that I bought, both had the electronic dials die from what looks (post mortem autopsy) like corrosion that ate the contacts on the silicon.

The new Grundigs are incredibly light weight though... however I don’t trust them for long term use...

from Wikipedia: Grundig AG is a German manufacturer of consumer electronics for home entertainment which transferred to Turkish control in the period 2004-2007. Established in 1945 in Nuremberg, Germany by Max Grundig the company changed hands several times before becoming part of the Turkish Koç Holding group. In 2007, after buying control of the Grundig brand, Koc renamed its Beko Elektronik white goods and consumer electronics division Grundig Elektronik A.Ş.,[1] which has decided to merge with Arçelik A.Ş. as declared on February 27, 2009.[2] ----------- At the end of June 2000 the company relocated its headquarters in Fürth and Nuremberg. Grundig lost €1.281 million the following year. In autumn 2002, Grundig's banks did not extend the company's lines of credit, leaving the company with an April 2003 deadline to announce insolvency. Grundig AG declared bankruptcy in 2003, selling its satellite equipment division to Thomson. In 2004 Britain's Alba plc and the Turkish Koc's Beko jointly took over Grundig Home InterMedia System, Grundig's consumer electronics division. In 2007 Alba sold its half of the business to Beko for US$50.3 million,[5] although it retained the licence to use the Grundig brand in the UK until 2010, and in Australasia until 2012.[6] Grundig S-350 Multi-band Receiver In the United States, products marketed under the Grundig brand are manufactured by the Eton Corporation (formerly Lextronix), based in Palo Alto, California. Spain's Grupo Vitelcom is licensed to manufacture mobile telephones using the Grundig Mobile brand, and auto parts company Delphi manufactures car radios branded Grundig. In 2007 Grundig Mobile announced the U900 Linux-based cell phone.[7] ----------- Go find a pre-1999 model... they will last forever.

I agree with the analog dials as it allows for much more precise tuning - in SSB mode, the Grundig 700 will tune in 100hz increments (which is pretty darn precise in a 1.6 to 30Mhz range).

The Grundig 700 is a brick. While newer models are much lighter, when it comes to electronics, I usually get better long-term performance with devices that have some heft.

Dittos on the analog dial recommendation.

Digital is fine if you know exactly what frequency you’re looking for, but if you’re just searching, analog is the way to go.

I have a high end Satellit 3400 which is a beast, and a Panasonic RF-2200, which, in terms of performance, simply blows it away. Both are from the eighties.

In one respect, the 3400 is ideal in that it has analog tuning and a digital counter for a frequency readout.