Retekess HR11S Emergency Radio Hand Crank Solar, Digital AM/FM/SW Radio with Bluetooth and Recorder, 3 Ways Powered Radio with Flashlight, Cellphone Charger (Green)

EDIT - The minor beeping noises while playing bluetooth seems to come and go. The noise is minimal so I find it acceptable. Low volume music on BT drowns out the beep. The radio is awesome otherwise. ------------ I just received this radio from Amazon a few hours ago. Pros: fantastic build quality, great FM sound quality w good reception, Fairly bright flashlight, ability to load MP3 music on an SD card, good sound quality for an "emergency" radio, loads of nifty features. Cons: low level random beeping noises on Bluetooth when connected to my iPhone and iMac, no EQ functionality on Bluetooth. Overall I LOVE the radio but bluetooth was high on the want list so it’s a minor disappoint with the BT noise. Some googling on the BT identified this as an inherent issue w this radio. Would I buy it again? Absolutely. In fact, I ordered a second one as a spare. That's how much I like it. For $29 it’s a great buy.

The little emergency radio that could! Great price right now on a do everything, compact receiver. Search my name and model number on Youtube for an in depth review video of this radio. Features I like about this radio: * Build quality. * Audio quality on speaker and headphones is fantastic. * Great FM reception. * Decent SW reception when external wire added. * Record feature that also records stereo from the FM band! * Backlit LCD Panel. * Solar, Dynamo, and rechargeable Lithium battery. * Flashlight. * Awesome MP3 playback. Support for up to 32GB micro SD cards. * Bluetooth * Text reader, a great tool to have for important short lists. * Clock, Calendar and Alarm functions. Features that could be added or improved on: * Line-In jack for the recorder. * Longer life battery option. * Other colors...green is boring. Maybe yellow? * AM reception is ok, but still suffers from birdie type tones. * NOAA band? would be the icing on the cake. Overall this radio does many things well. The HR-11W will be for those that need the NOAA weather band. This radio is great for camping and hiking.

I received my Tivdio HR-11S yesterday, promptly delivered by UPS. I selected this radio after looking at all other options for an emergency radio. Judging from the multitude of features and good reviews, Tivdio appeared to be the best choice. I spent about two hours testing the radio, following the 30-page instruction book and came to the following conclusions: 1. The sound quality of both the MP3 player and the FM radio is excellent, even though the speaker is only 1.5 inches. 2. Automatic digital tuning is relatively easy, so is station selection. 3. The numerous shortwave bands yielded several stations with good reception. 4. The date, the clock, and the alarm were easy to set. It takes about three steps to read the time and only if the radio is on. 5. The MP3 player accommodates 32 GB of songs (more than 12 000 songs), and the titles and performers are displayed on the screen. 6. The radio has a built-in microphone, but you can record directly from the radio from FM to MP3 on your SD card. 7. The radio has a bluetooth function, meaning that you can use it as a speaker for your smart phone or other transmitting device. 8.The radio can be powered by cranking it up or using the solar cell on the top. The solar cell will work if it is in your window in direct sunlight. 9. The radio can be charged by your PC, from which (I assume) you can download songs to your SD card.(I have not tested this feature.) 10. The radio has a very loud siren to be used in an emergency. It also haas a rather bright flashlight and SOS alarm signal. 11.The radio has a college band, a Japanese band (for Japan only), but no weather band. 12. I have not tested the equalizer, but I believe it works with MP3. 13. Because of its compact size this radio is ideal for travel. 14. The radio comes without a case, but I found an old camera case, which fit perfectly. 15. The battery life was excellent probably because I had the volume set fairly low. There are many other features in this little radio, which I will experiment with in the days to come. My initial impression is that it is quite a unique piece in my collection of some 50 portable radios. Some of the alternatives I considered were the Kaito KA680 ($55), the Midland ER310 ($60.35), the Kaito KA500 ($55), and the Sangen MMR-88 ($64.95). All these radios missed some of the desirable features found on the Tivdio HR-11S. The closest one was Kaito KA680, but it did not have shortwave. Some of the others were not digital, had no clock and no PM3. I hope my analysis saves some future buyers time as they research the market.

For the price, I expected better reception, but like most attempts to make a compact "emergency" radio, the FM/SW whip is too short, which directly affects SW reception, sort of affects FM, but not as much as SW reception, except for the LED/siren, the Kaito KA29 does a better job of everything, plus the green back-light retains night vision better than the white back-light on the HR115. The Kaito KA29 can be had for $35 here on Amazon, I bought mine near new for under $20 at that other site from a reputable seller with 2 day delivery as they're around 100 miles away from my location. I noticed another reviewer had a photo with a clip-on antenna extender that they didn't mention within their write-up review, maybe they mentioned it elsewhere like in a video narration. Except for the battery size, I prefer the $16 I paid for a POVO crank radio, granted it has no SW, (and I didn't overpay for it on Amazon either) but it does have usable NOAA reception, AM/FM reception and a tf, (micro SD card) MP3 playback capability. I'll have to dig out one of my antenna extenders if I want to determine the usefulness of the Retekess HR115 SW reception, yet I should not have to do this as the whip antenna should be adequate for SW reception as I have a plethora of DSP based radios that have little trouble with static interference or reception sensitivity and they can be bought here on Amazon for less than $20 and provide the same compact size, but have excellent reception, one example is the XHDATA D-328, I hesitate to recommend the D-38 as even though the first sample I received was flawless, the second one I bought had so many inconsistencies that I hesitate to buy anymore, yet, you might get a good sample that doesn't have all the problems I experienced with the second unit. At least with the analog unit, (XHDATA D-328) it doesn't appear to have too many things that could potentially go wrong as it's just an analog display and it has a very strong SW reception, (better than any other DSP based radio I've ever owned) and it even outperforms some super-het SW receivers I have, so I'm probably going to order more XHDATA D-328's as they appear to be good compact units that again, do not require an antenna extender to pick up SW stations with just the built-in whip antenna, and the D-328 has the added benefit of being powered by a BL-5C battery, but if you need a small SW radio that can also be powered by ordinary AA batteries (3), (and the BL-5C) there is the Supersonic SC-1080BT, now although the SC-1080BT doesn't sound as good as the D-328, it at least has ok SW reception that is better than the Retekess HR115, (without having to add an external Antenna extender wire.)

This radio deserves five stars for the features and quality if provides at the price point of only $50. Sure, if it was a $200 radio, it might have extra features, etc. but if one carefully reads all the features available, the conclusion is that this is a great deal. For me, my needs are simple at the moment and I mostly use the AM and FM so far. I have been an amateur radio operator for 53 years and used dozens of radios in that time. This radio is sensitive enough to pick up even the weaker AM and FM stations in my area. People not exposed to what the 11 year sunspot cycle is doing to SW propagation might conclude that the SW band doesn't work and downgrade their rating. At the current time there is very little to no propagation for days on end and signals will be weak to non-existant. Also...come-on, it is a tiny little antenna. SW needs a long wire outside the house to really work. I am not worried about the SW part of the radio. I am amazed that such a small radio can put out such good sound. But it sure does the job. With my hearing that is important. In the future, I am sure I will use more features such as charging my cell phone, using the solar and crank charger when out in the motorhome on trips and eventually I will add the music files to the radio. BTW, read the manual. Play around with the radio. Then...read the manual again. If you don't, you may assume something doesn't work when it is really just not understanding what the manual says...how the radio works.

It’s a handy portable size and gets good reception. The lithium battery is weak and outdated. It only permits charging up to 3w and most modern transformers are charging at 5w or more... Fast chargers for mobiles, etc. are usually charging at 10-15w. If you charge with anything 5w or over the battery will overheat and swell. At 10-15 it’s dramatic. This reduces battery life and permanently distorts the battery shape so it doesn’t fit. Most importantly, it makes the routine act of charging a serious fire hazard! The user interface is very clunky and not very intuitive. It does okay if you just have it tuned to one station.

I like that it has a hand crank, solar, USB and that it will charge the battery. It takes a little while to get used to the controls. You will have to read the instructions over carefully to get it to work right. It can record off the radio and via the built-in mic. You can play songs off the SD card, max 32GB. You can also just repeat part of a song, repeat a song, randomly play songs, repeat all songs or repeat a folder of songs. You can also use the equalizer to select normal, pop, rock, jazz or classic listening modes. It has a text file browser that you can use to page through a text file you have put on the radio. It has a light, SOS signal and emergency siren. You can receive via Bluetooth from a device but you can't send via Bluetooth to a device. It has good clear sound and can get pretty loud. The sound can be adjusted in steps from 0 to 30 and 10 is a comfortable level for me. It can auto search (ATS) a band that puts the received stations in memory that can be retrieved later by memory location. It has 440 FM memories, 132 MW(AM) memories and 928 SW memories. When I automatically scanned for stations I found 7 FM stations in my area, 3 AM stations, and 10 SW stations with a 23' external antenna clipped to the whip antenna. I live in a valley so I don't get the best of reception. I also like that it has clock and calendar functions. It has an alarm that can be set to ring once at a specific day and time, ring daily or ring multi-day which can be set to ring on any day or combination of days Monday thru Sunday, You can also update the firmware on the radio, however, I haven't seen any firmware or firmware update program on their website. This is a feature packed radio and I have only touched on some of the features. I highly recommend it.

Arrived quickly and is as described so it earned 1 star from me. It's just over complex - VASTLY over complex! It's got more 'stuff' on it than a bush dog has fleas. So far mine still sits on a shelf - as does the one I gave my (adult) daughter. Even SHE can't be bothered doing a PHD in electronics just to learn how to simply operate a radio! Would I buy one again? Not on your nelly! Oh, and the one thing it doesn't have that it should have is a simple way to charge it from a 120v wall socket!

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