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Great gift
These radios aren't designed as toys. I bought them for boys, ages 4 and 7 with instructions to be careful with the antennas. They were fascinated to have their very own radios and carried them everywhere they went on Christmas Day, neglecting their other gifts. Cool! Popular on Christmas Day These radios aren't designed as toys. I bought them for boys, ages 4 and 7 with instructions to be careful with the antennas. They were fascinated to have their very own radios and carried them everywhere they went on Christmas Day, neglecting their other gifts. Cool! Don't count on the light I bought the radio in case of an emergency at home. I appreciate the radio reception but have not been able to use the light feature. The light worked when I first took it out of the box but stopped working shortly after. I called Eton customer service, who sent me a new light bulb. It was the wrong light bulb so I called again. They sent me the correct light bulb but replacing the old was complicated. There is no instructions for bulb replacement included with the radio. After managing to replace the bulb, it still did not work. Without instructions I can't know if the problem is with me, the bulb, or the radio. One step closer to preparedness This is a slick little radio. I'm just an average guy, so the features I like the best are: 1. The AM and FM channels get great reception through a tall antenna 2. The tuning knob also has a smaller fine tuning component that lets you really zero in on the perfect frequency 3. The flashlight is bright enough to read a paper, but not too much so that it will drain the batteries too fast. 4. The crank seems easy to turn so repowering shouldn't be too much of a hassle. The short wave stations are there, but I couldn't find much of anything on them. Apparently you have to wait for different times of the day to hear the different bands... but I think I would be fine with just AM/FM anyway. Very Small The radio was smaller than I had expected. Very similar to others on the market but a good product. A few cranks gives more than enough juice to keep it going for awhile. | |
