Eton FR300 Emergency Crank Radio Metallic Red by Eton
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Digital camera reviews of Eton FR300 Emergency Crank Radio Metallic Red
Digital camera Review: Eton FR 300
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this thing!
This is my second Eton product and believe that they are making a great product at the right price. It has a great form factor and does not eat the batteries. The alarm function during weather alerts is loud (scared my wife at 11:30 at night!) The light is good and the blinking red is also bright. The body is rubberized which means a no slip radio when having to crank it when wet. I give it a 9 out of 10. Great job Eton!
Digital camera Review: Eton FR300 Crank Radio
Summary: 4 Stars
Eton FR300 Emergency Crank Radio Metallic SilverA very good product. Only flaw is the adaptors supplied for recharging cell phones are outdated so that feature was therefore useless.Digital camera Review: Eton FR300 Emergency Crank Radio Metallic Red
Summary: 3 Stars
paid too much but thought it would be good to have in hurricane area. havent taken it out of box, and hopefully wont have tio either!Digital camera Review: Eton FR300 Emergency Crank Radio.
Summary: 4 Stars
A good piece of gear that I gave 4/5 stars because it does not come with a DC adaptor. That should be an integral part of the radio system.
The reason I'm writing this is to advise getting the adaptor from the Eton Website. Don't pay the crazy price other sources ask.
Digital camera Review: For "72 HOUR EMERGENCY KIT"
Summary: 5 Stars
I am getting the "72 Hour Emergency Kit" together and this is one of the items.
I have checked out all the features and they work very well.
The TV stations came in clear, including a PBS station! It is good to have a radio that has the TV. Sometimes it is needed in an emergency. Radio stations might be down, TV stations might be down... Gives you more options.
Radio stations are clear.
Weather stations are clear.
The reception will be different in your area.
Even though the light, flashing red light, siren and alert setting may never be used... one never knows!
I could see me sitting there unable to blow a whistle or... because I am busy building a fire or looking for shelter -or something...
with the siren doing the "flagging someone down" work for me.
I am planning to use this for emergencies only, though if I wanted to I could use it at the beach. So, I checked out all
the features and now it is going into the Emergency Kit.
It is a small and powerful radio, perfect for the kit.
You have to remove the piece of paper in the battery compartment the first time you use the radio. It is there for shipping.
To open the battery compartment you put your thumb on the round indentation that says OPEN and has traction on it (I use my thumb nail on the traction bits) pull with your thumb towards the bottom of the radio, that releases the "lock" like cover. Then you plug in the rechargeable battery.
I am buying more of these for other family members.
I think it is a good idea to have more than one and AT THIS PRICE
you can.
I got red for the brightness, in an emergency or camping,
having a bright color can help Emergency Crews find you.
Also, if you are looking for your radio... you can find it.
I would not want Emergency Equipment in camouflage colors!
This radio does not come with the AC adapter. That is all right for the emergency (or at the beach) use. I prefer not to have it, it would be yet another adapter to store...
I really like the internal power only idea!
It seems that every color of the FR300 radio has it's own review
and number of review stars.
Funny. Same radio different colors -different ratings for each color. Here is one for Metallic RED!