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Pros & Cons
Pros
The eton frx3+ works well as a weather radio as well as an emergency phone charger. This has what seems to be a reasonably good antenna, and can pick up am/fm radio stations. It has solar, it has the hand crank, and it has an onboard rechargeable batt... Read More
Cons
The battery is not replaceable. The hand crank takes forever. The only way lights on is keep manually spinning the crank like an idiot.
Are located under the solar panel and font is tiny. Nothing intuitive about this new model and included manual is a microscopic size font. The instruction manual is the worst i've ever seen.
It's kinda loud, but sounds like * above 50% volume. My much smaller sangean mmr88 (half the cost of this) is louder and sounds better. This is the most unfriendly piece of equipment i ever owned. Big miss is the lack of a standard aa or aaa battery s... Read More
Highlights
Quality
Good sound nice digital display compact feels robust nice lights
Perfect size bright lights good sound quality
The battery compartment is held on with a very fine phillips screw that started stripping after first use inserting the aaa lit... Read More
The not so good newsthe emergency light and warning beacon are both very weak a good flashlight will do a much better job
Price
I purchased it while it was on sale and recommend you do the same
Packaging/appearance
I covered my writing with clear packing tape to prevent smears
I had been reviewing and looking at a rechargeable radios with noah weather in case of power outages and got this with a gift c... Read More
Competitiveness
The weather warning system dont work in most other countries beside usacanadastill compared to other devices its pretty good
This applied to a lot of other fm stations that should have come through
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
radio, good, solar, crank and tiny. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 4,248 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 20 2024.
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Update i exchanged for a different unit
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The replacement fm reception was good for 95
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However during the end times or unrest i do not think this is will make it in the long run
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To clarify my cons even when fully extended the radio reception was marginally improved
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I tried a local nj station 95
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