great present
This was a Christmas present for my husband and he thought it works, looks and performs great ! He loves the orange color too. It it compact and comes with a carrying case. It is a great present.
Great radio
This is a terrific little radio. Good sound. Can't locate one of my favorite stations yet, but it's easy to tune. I bought it to replace a battery-operated clock radio with lantern light I had used for years. It's a great alternative, but I miss the clock. It's small enough to fit easily on the shelf. Haven't tried the crank feature yet, but living in tornado alley is the reason I wanted that feature. For the price and the sound/size, I would recommend Eton FR300 Emergency Crank Radio Metallic Blue.
Eton Crank Radio
It does what it says it does, ie. you can run it by winding it up. What it doesn't seem to have is much of a front-end (tuning capacity). Local NPR station here which I can receive on every other radio in the house is a sometime thing on this machine. I also have great difficulty receiving the National Weather Channels.
Pretty Good
I expected to have the TV channels but I guess they may have changed to product due to the conversion to digital broadcasting. I really wanted the cell phone charger which you send for after designating your cell make and model.
Works Great
Eton FR300 Emergency Crank Radio Metallic Blue works great! Twice this summer we were alerted of tornadoes in our area and we had time to get to the basement for safety. The product is easy to use but I wish it would come with the AC adapter instead of having to order it seperately. I just bought one for my parents who just went through the hurricane in Texas and had no way to get emergency reports once the power went down.
