Grundig FR200 Emergency Radio (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

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Grundig FR200 Emergency Radio (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

It is not the flimsy plastic emergency radio i have seen elsewhere. It has a small footprint, so it works great on my little desk.

The flashlight is handy, but not a substitute for a proper flashlight. Be careful not to look straight at it when you turn it on at night, it's pretty blinding. The battery crank and led light is just a great bonus. The built in flash light is well.

All said they may possibly be overstating the value of this rig, it makes for a nice novelty.

This is a low price emerg radio built to fill a specific need - which imho it does quite well. Case has magnetic snaps and find this preferable to the pleather cases, or those with velcro closures.

Cons

The volume knob came loose over a month ago--you have to shove it back on. Sound is very, very tinny and having the radio level turned up causes distortion very rapidly.

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Highlights

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Quality

The quality of the radio is excellent

I had this radio for 2 years fm reception is good am is a bit more difficult i found battery life to be excellent with good qua... Read More

After about a year one of the dynamo gears lost a tooth

I found after 2 minutes of cranking power off switching hands every 30 seconds or so and no extraordinary effort the volume sta... Read More

Price

Part of my disaster kit inexpensive piece of mind

The built in battery is easy to replace and you can buy it for under 10 on amazon and you are back to a new radio again

I found this radio for a steal at a shop that didnt know what they had

As you know this unit is now discontinued but hope this helps you see the value of grundig radios even the 40

Shipping

It had batteries in it when it arrived

Merchant sent it to me as promised with no problems

Competitiveness

The dynamo is very robust even better than the kaito ka500 i have and i love that one

Regrettably the am reception is no better than my cheap walkman combo taperadio

Very similar to others on the market but a good product

Fm reception is comparable to any other fm receiver in my house or in my car

Overview

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This product had a total of 190 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 14 2024.