What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
Nicely made product and does not appear to be flimsy. Power is available by small solar panel or crank, as well as via dc in. Not yet sure how effective the solar panel is.
Cons
All it is right now is a glorified flashlight and cell charger. Strap gets in the way of the solar panel.
Highlights
Quality
Was pleasantly surprised at the quality of this radio
Customer ratings are high good quality product
Spend the few extra bucks and get quality
It would be great if it had greater antenna capacity but it functions simply with the help of the sun and has several bands inc... Read More
Packaging/appearance
You have to switch a small switch from off to on this switches from usb power in on the microusb port to usb power out on the usba port
Competitiveness
The radio can also be charged over usb a usba to microusb cable is provided
A very good prepper radio that includes both shortwave radio bands along with
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- This product had a total of 10,532 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 12 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If the antenna was directional that would have been a bonus for me
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
There is a small internal rechargeable battery
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The design for switching between usb power in and usb power out is confusing and may be difficult for people with limited vision or dexterity
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
You have to switch a small switch from off to on this switches from usb power in on the microusb port to usb power out on the usba port
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
What i would improve on is the tuning it could use a finetune feature that would be nice maybe a dual display frequency counter with the analog and a tone control also would be nice but thats about all i can think of that would make it best of the best
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
When the local noaa weather station sends out a warning this receiver can be set to beep loudly and turn itself on for the announcements
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Some radios just beep while others just switch on
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The flashlight isnt that good but itll help in complete darkness
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