Emergency Radio 22200mWh Solar Hand Crank Emergency Radio: AM/FM/NOAA Weather Radio with Phone Charger, Flashlight & Reading Lamp, Headphone Jack, SOS Alarm for Home Survival Hurricane

This is a great purchase. The quality, price, size, sound quality, easy to use in an emergency radio was one of the best purchases I’ve made! We just had a tornado come through where I live and was without power for days. This little radio. Gave me a place to charge my phone, has a flash light, has an sos button, solar power charge, easy crank handle,usb charging cord to charge the radio in your car, etc. great to have for natural disasters!!!!!

I live in Florida and bought this as still another preparation for hurricane season. I tried it first on what I regard as it's most important function and that being as an NOAA weather receiver and found that it brings in the Melbourne, Florida station loud and clear, even for my impaired hearing. It has a number of other functions that also seem to work including the little compass on the carrying strap. I've not had this for more than a couple of days but so far it looks like a good bit of kit.

I got this to have an "emergency radio" in the house. For the most part this unit seems to fit that bill.However, this radio does have one very annoying feature, and that is the loudness of the weather "alert" sound. Simply put, the "alert" (siren) is so loud/annoying that our family has already (after one attempted use of that feature) decided to not use it any more. This is a shame, as I would really like to get an alert when dangerous weather was in the area (which is what the "alert" function of this radio should provide). But having every "alert" be a very loud siren is just not acceptable to our family. Now I did check to see if there were any option to adjust the alert loudness, but I didn't find any such option. So it looks like the only way to avoid the loud siren is to avoid using all "alert" features of this radio!Thankfully the other features of this radio seem to work acceptably. In particular, I like the fact that I have a useful AM/FM/Weather radio that is small, easy to use, and comes with its own rechargeable battery. And the extra large battery is nice, as it means I should be able to get many hours of radio use in a power outage. And both the flashlights and USB charging could also come in handy in any power outage. Finally, this "emergency radio" can actually be charged by either the sun (with its builtin solar cell) or the included hand crank, should an extended power outage cause the battery to go dead. This means that you can essentially keep this radio working as long as needed should you have any extended power outage. All of these features make this a useful "emergency radio" to have in the house. I just wish the "weather alert" function was actually useful as well (vs having an unacceptably loud siren that triggers).

Great reception and tone, especially when compared to the Midland weather radio I returned. Sound quality is excellent. This radio has so many more features like 2 lights, a SOS alarm, solar, hand crank and cell phone charging options. The exterior is strong and it is portable. Set up is just a turn of a knob rather than trying to figure out your zipcode for the area you are in. This will be very important as we travel across the country. We are pleased with this product.

The battery was mostly charged right out of the box. I charged it the rest of the way, and leave sit on a window sill with lots of sun exposure. The solar charging seems to keep it alive. It's holding steady at 75% battery after hours of radio use. Weatherband, AM, and FM reception are all pretty good. I leave it on constantly with the alert function selected when not listening to radio. I've yet to have any severe weather around since buying it, but have no reason to believe the alert doesn't work. I'd buy this again.

Truly came in clutch as the eye of Milton went directly over us, helped us track the storm after everything else went out. Was able to charge phones from it etc. Reccomend everyone have one! Helped to keep from running generator too often as a back up battery for phones considering the gas shortages we faced. Truly was put to the test during Milton and I'm ordering another for my parents before the next hurricane season!

I finally found the weather radio I have been needing for years it seems... This Gem is so useful.. has the light and a light bar ..Sound is prefect it it is on the loudest setting.. neighbors could hear it.. oops ..So I have to remember to be mindful of them,,lol the weather alerts has been great ,, clear and very accurate.. Charge seems to last a very long time. I charged it when I got this radio and have yet to have to recharge it..love the little lights on the front ,,it tells you how your battery is doing as for charge. Amazing little radio! and it has so many other things it does.. Get one for your house !

The radio performs well in general, it can be difficult to tune into weaker stations. The sound quality is acceptable for speech but not ideal for music. Also, the analog tuning can be a bit fiddly.