NOAA Weather Radio 12000mAh - Emergency Radio Hand Crank Solar Battery Operated Portable AM/FM Shortwave Radio with USB-C Charger, Flashlight, SOS Alert for Home Outdoor Hurricane Survival

This radio is way smaller than I expected. I'm sure I didn't read the dimensions expecting it to be a normal size weather radio. It's made of what feels like a thin plastic and one of the knobs seems a little wiggly so I hope it holds up, but so far it seems really ok! It's very lightweight. It's very easy to understand how to use it. It runs on 3 AAA batteries or I can plug it into charge it or I can charge it with the sun. There's a crank too, but I didn't try it. As soon as we got it I sat it in the sun for maybe a half hour before I checked it. It was already charged up enough to use. Even though it's weirdly small, I love the size and it fits good in our emergency stuff.

The product does everything it claims it supposed to do. It feels solid with no loose parts. The battery crank is solid and fits secure.I chose a digital display model as I have found they are easier to tune, especially to AM and Weather channels. The radio works great, and the speaker sounds good, without distortion or scratching. The instructions were in English and easy to understand. The flashlight and reading light have two settings for brighter and dimmer.I tested the USB port to charge my iPhone and it works fine. It's small and lightweight and perfect for my hiking bag, either inside or clipped to the outside, although I would recommend a stronger carabiner clip than the one provided.

pretty cool radio, works as well as any other radio. tuning is pretty simple, it's about the size of a iphone 13 Pro Max, maybe a bit bigger. there's a crank on the back of the device so you can manually charge the thing, which i think is neat

I just went through Hurricane Beryl, and what was shocking was that the power went out for such an extended amount of time. Even in Cat 3's, we've had power the whole storm or only lost power for a few hours. I've never worried about Cat 1/2 storms because they've been super mild with a little flooding, but this was insane with 2.5 million people with a loss of power. This storm happened July 8, 2024, and it's now the 17th as I write this, and I have friends/family STILL without power. So as you can imagine, sitting in the dark, no radio, no power, no way to charge things or know what's going on was super frustrating.In life, its best you learn from your mistakes and better prepare for the future, so this was definitely a wake-up call on a lot of things storm related. I cannot express how useful this "would have" been, and I'm hoping I won't need in the future, but a good emergency item to have.The LIghts: Very bright! Walking down a dark hallway, everything is lit up. Both the reading/and main light have two settings high and low.Compass/Strap: Both useful if you were maybe camping or you need to walk room to room or place to place. I might suggest adding an additional strap so you can carry it like a purse or crossbody if you need to travel a ways.SOS: Very loud! You can't just sit and listen to it, you press that button and your neighbors will hear it! Useful if you need help.Radio: I got a lot of static initially, but nothing the tuner and antenna did not fix. Radio volume can be set really high as well. Love that you can plug in some old school headphones. The NOAA stations are good if you like to hear monotone continual weather information.Charging: Super convenient. I 100% have been purchasing all my emergency equipment based on the ability to charge in at least 2 methods, solar and USB, and this has five!!! They all work really well. Some faster/slower than others, but it's awesome to know that this won't lose power even if you have no sun and no batteries.Score: 10/10, would definitely recommend to anyone who camps, or lives in an area with a lot of storms or power outages.

Great value, does a lot will, run your cell phone and has almost anything you might need in a power outage. Love it.

This device is very impressive....small but mighty. All of the functions work exactly as advertised. I would definitely recommend this.

Great devise, especially for the price. I'll be buying another to store in a Faraday.

I would really like to give this radio 5 stars but just can't. On the plus side it is a well designed and made unit, nothing flimsy or cheap about it. Definitely quality. All the functions work well and as a camping tent radio it will be a great addition to my tent. The issue I have with it is it's poor performance on receiving AM radio stations. I compared it to a Panasonic RF-2400D (a current model) which I have that performs well on AM. I live in central Connecticut and the big 50,000 Watt New York City AM stations come booming in on the Panasonic but are not received at all on this emergency/weather radio. To be fair, the Panasonic is strictly an AM/FM portable without any of the special features of the emergency radio but if AM is important to you consider the Panasonic, a solid performer. This emergency radio worked very well on FM and the weather channels. I did not try the short wave features at all. Poor AM performance is not unusual for radios these days and if it's not important to you, then you will really like this little radio.