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Pros & Cons
Pros
Radio runs on either rechargeable or disposable batteries. Pop the batteries in or use the crank. Perfect for emergency situations, or just to take camping or hiking.
Built in antenna pulls in the sports and talk radio, the fm and short wave work nice too with the extension antenna. Noaa alert setting works good too. The tuner is a little rough, but what isn't these days?
Cons
Amazon and/or the third party seller have closed the return window and product support window, so we have no recourse. Left it unopened in the box without testing. Not very useful.
The battery indicator is very poor. The manual says it takes between 3 and 4 hours to recharge the battery using a usb charger. The solar panel is too small and evidentially stopped charging.
My little cheapie emergency radio by leaton** has better sound clarity and gets much better reception than this larger box. This radio has some nice features but is not very intuitive. The $2 thrift store radio at work is better than this.
This radio is made of hard plastic and could not take the rough and tumble of any kind of trip. Short wave is terrible also. No reception on any channel. You can only get about 4-5 across the entire band on this radio. You cannot get sw or fm.
Highlights
Quality
Sound quality is what you would expect from a portable radio but for listening to news talk or weather reports it certainly fits the bill
Ive only had it a few days but i am impressed with the quality
Step it up in your build quality and you would have a much better product especially if you put rubber bumpers around it to protect it
So far the shortwave sw1 and sw2 hasnt attracted my interest due to the low number of stations received and quality of the pickup
Price
For the price you cant go wrong
For the price you can buy several
Shipping
The kaito store provided excellent customer service and shipping was prompt
Competitiveness
Overall i highly recommend the kaito ka500 radio to anyone looking for a reliable versatile and highquality emergency radio
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- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 62.5% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 12,448 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 17 2023.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But anywhere you are itll help you
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Am going to have to buy a same noaa weather radio that i can tune to my specific area
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The only think i would wish for is that it had either a blinking red light showing that its charging and a solid red light once its charged
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
In todays market if youre expecting a lot go buy a several hundred dollar short wave radio
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And everything is made in china
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On the other hand tunes fine and sound is good enough
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Oh yeah and digital interface goes bad looking before the manual dial will
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Short wave doesnt pick up anything and that is disappointing as i was hoping to pick up cbc and bbc america if possible
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