Emrgeny equipment from Red Cross, (What's this?) This product is the best of other smaller items from the same Vendor from Red Cross Ceterfied Emergency Station. You can use it for a multile things, but what stands out is the solar and crank power source that even allows you to charge your cell phone outdoors away from any electric charging system. A must for all campers, hikers and emergency preparness etc....
Do Not Recommend - Very Poor Quality, I purchased this radio with expectations that it would work reasonable well. There have been constant problems with the quality and percision of the band selector and the power source selector. On the first radio I could not turn it off so the batteries would drain down. The second unit still have operational problems with band selection, brocasting, and power source selection. I contacted ETON and the representative that responded was very courtious and helpful and had me mail the defective unit back and a new replacement unit was sent. Again the ETON Company has a lack of quality control with these radios in the area of the Band selector and Power selector. I have been very dissatified and it was not worth the money. Buy something else such as a c.crane radio or a Grundig.
worst radio I ever owned, I bought this radio from Radio Shack when I bought my new home. I only live 45 miles from NYC, about 50 miles from Philly and less than 40 from Allentown, PA... all with MAJOR SUPER STATIONS... and yet this piece of junk can't tune anything in... and on the rare occasion when it did, it would fade quickly.
what else can I say about a radio with VERY poor reception?
It is, without a doubt, the worst radio I have ever owned.
I would try to seell it on ebay.... but I don't want rip of anyone...
so I put in the trunk of my car to use as a flashlight.
Worked as Needed for Hurricane Irene, (What's this?) I purchased this with overnight shipping before Hurricane Irene because all of the stores were sold out of these types of radios. It was delivered to my house just in time and I got a lot of use out of it since I lost power!
There are a lot of negative comments about the build quality of this radio. I don't think it feels that cheap. It's certainly not as durable as a professional grade radio. It's not water proof and it is not shock-proof; if you dropped it on pavement from above 5 or 6 feet you are liable to break at least one part of this radio. It works great as an emergency radio to keep in your home or bring camping. It's not that great as a true survival radio, and you should not expect this radio to be of that quality since it is less than $100.
The only true flaw I see in the build quality of a radio of this price range is that the crank is plastic...I wish it were metal.
Speaker quality is good enough. Reception was as good as my car radio. Three power options is great to have as well. The radio is very portable.
As some reviewers noted, the cell phone charging feature will ONLY work while you are using the hand crank..it will NOT charge off of battery power. I was able to charge my smart phone with this (HTC EVO 3D).
Didn't test the solar charging..my guess is that it probably takes a while to charge since the solar cell is very small on this radio.
weather radio, (What's this?) love this radio my son wanted it for christmas and found the best price at amazon.
worthless, I just purchased this thinking it would be great in emrgency weather situations, etc.
Review of Eton ARCFR360R, (What's this?) First off, the size and weight are good. I bought the unit for the variety of power options and all deliver quite well. The radio tunes well and has good reception. I believe that it should have come with an AC adapter and a USB to micro USB power adapter. The unit does not have a fragile feel, but I don't know how well it would do falling more than a few feet. Overall I like it and would buy one again.
Very pleased, (What's this?) Item arrived quicker than expected and is everything that we in the listing. We are very pleased with this transaction.
Worse. Radio. Ever., I would give it no stars if I could. I wish this radio could give me stars back.
Where to begin? Well, let's begin with the main purpose of the unit- an emergency radio. The weather band sucks. Never could get it to pick up the weather. Shortwave really sucks because there isn't any. On an emergency radio. AM and FM work ok with strong stations but the channel presets would never stay preset. Every time it was turned on, the presets were gone.
You won't have to worry about doing too much else if this is your radio during an emergency- you'll be too busy having to babysit this stupid thing to do anything else. Even in the middle of summer on a cloudless day, the solar 'charger' would only keep the radio running if it was directly pointed at the sun, outside. If the unit was shielded from the sun by clear poly-carbonate or by glass, it would immediately shut down. Not low-E quadruple pane internally tinted architectural glass either, I'm talking about a single pane of untreated bare glass.
From the AC via USB adapter (not included); Solar power which charges Ni-MH battery.Accessories: owner's manual, warranty card Specifications subject to change.Weight: 1 lb. and 450 g.USB cell phone charger (USB cable not included) 3.5 mm headphone input Dimensions: 6.25x 6.5x 2.75and 158.75 x 165 x 69.85 mm (W x H x D).AM (520-1710 KHz) & FM (87-108MHz) NOAA weatherband ¿ all 7 channels Built-in 3 white LED light source 1 flashing red LED.Can be powered from four different sources: Dynamo/hand crank which charges the Ni-MH battery; From 3 AAA batteries (not included);..
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