Auto NOAA Digital 5000 Weather Radio with Backlit LCD Screen, 5 Way Powered Solar Hand Crank Portable AM/FM/Shortwave Emergency Radio/Phone Charger,Read Lamp/Camping Flashlight,Earbud Jack,Clock,SOS

The sound, the features, long lasting battery.Despite the cheesy packaging I have no complaints. All local important and regular music stations come in clear with some adjusting and tuning. Lights work great and are bright!Overall a fair price. Haven’t had a chance to try the crank powered yet or test the solar but it does charge somewhat quick and holds its charge over a long period of time. I also love that there are 4 ways to charge this.1. Regular batteries2. Recharge cord with built in rechargeable batteries3. Solar4. And when all else fails crank it

It works well

For $36 you don’t expect Crane CC Radio 3 performance, but this CR1009Pro radio does a surprisingly good job. Weather & FM band reception were good, but the AM band was able to receive stations over 700 miles away (at night). SW band was so-so, but this radio is not billed as a top-of-the-line communications receiver-if that’s what you want, look elsewhere. Audio quality was ok. It does receive several WB frequencies (depending on your location).Overall, it seems like a decent deal for an emergency radio.

The radio is all but useless in Australia.During the recent floods I was caught out in regional NSW with no phone coverage and no internet. And, due to my car radio failing, I had no access to the emergency ABC local radio. I bought this radio so I could listen casually to ABC radio (e.g. the Cricket) and, more importantly, the emergency ABC local radio.In most of our big cities (e.g. Brisbane where we live or Sydney where I used to live) and more outback regions the emergency radio is on the AM band.This radio has AM band but it only increments the frequency by multiples of 10. However all australian AM frequencies are multiples of 6 (e.g. 612, 702, 556, 792 etc.) So it can't really pick up most Australian AM frequencies.And so it is all but useless in Australia.

Great product to have at home, camping or in you go bag. Works as advertised. In an age where everything its digital and depends on electricity it's just a little piece of mind that you won't be completely cut off from information if the worst ever happens.